The new Raspberry Pi 4 is here!!

Thak

@dankcushions damn... That's too bad :'(

Lyle_JP

I would really rather have a full sized HDMI port than 2 micro ports, but other than that, this looks really exciting. 4k hardware h.265 decoding is something I've wanted for awhile, and the memory options are great. Can I assume this will run much cooler than the 3b+?

thelostsoul

@Lyle_JP said in The new Raspberry Pi 4 is here!!:

Can I assume this will run much cooler than the 3b+?

Hard to say (from my perspective). If you aim at same performance, then it will be cooler for sure. If you run it at its full potential, I would assume its a bit hotter, because its consuming more power. Here is a full review and first look, testing the heat too: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/raspberry-pi-4-b,6193.html

Yes, this board gets warm, warmer than its predecessor. Thermal images mirror what we experienced; the areas of the board near the CPU get really warm, not just the top of the processor itself. The Pi 4 board reaches a toasty 74.5 degrees Celsius (166 degrees Fahrenheit). That’s not enough for a serious burn, but kids especially should be sure to pick up the Pi by its sides only. The top surface of the Pi 3 B+ is much cooler, maxing out at 62.5 degrees Celsius (144.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

zortnac

Looking forward to being able to turn on the rewind feature for PS1, which, on my 3B+, slows things down to a stutter. I've been wondering if it had more to do with processor limitations or memory bandwidth limitations?

Something to look forward to down the line. I just finished putting together a retropie this spring, so I really should just enjoy it for a while, at least long enough for case designers to release updates for the new form factor :-)

simpleethat

I understand that all the ports aren't in the same spot but is the board the same size and are the 4 screw holes in the same locations? I run my pi-hole in a stacked pair of cases and it would be nice to just remove the old board and replace it with a new one when I upgrade that particular pi.

Actually that would be useful for at least one of my Retropie builds as well

thelostsoul

@simpleethat The website says they managed to make it compatible, but not 100%. The place for the LAN connection is changed, so they could optimize it more.

simpleethat

@thelostsoul the case it would be going into is four standoffs and a top and bottom plastic board. That sounds pretty promising

retropi19

hi is it worth it to take the 2gb version? i mean does it perform faster in anything over the 1gb

here in greece in the official distributor it cost 60usd including shipping while the 1gb version cost almost 49usd with shipping

mitu

@retropi19 the front-end or memory hungry games can benefit from the VRAM increase.

retropi19

from the virtual ram you mean?

mitu

@retropi19 VRAM = Video RAM, the amount of memory reserved for the GPU.

retropi19

in general i mean not only in retropie any benefit from the extra ram?

mick

Hey guys, the hypetrain is definitely rolling! I wonder if emulation station does support 4k resolution already?

Also maybe this is exactly the perfect time to get an all new UI for ES. For me it looks and feels pretty old compared to UI like PS4, Netflix, Apple TvOS etc.

thelostsoul

@retropi19 Outside of emulators, there can be some huge benefits, depending on the operating system and applications. If you want to use the Raspberry Pi 4 as a simple low power general computer to browse the web, then the web browser can make good use of the RAM.

thelostsoul

@mick You can change its layout and look: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Themes/

paffley

Got my pi4, adapter and hdmi this morning. Cannot wait for a pi4 rp release. whoop whoop :)

quicksilver

@paffley my micro center listed the pi 4 as being available starting this friday. Checked the listing this morning and they must have started selling them early because they are all sold out now except for the 1 gb model :(

I'm jealous man! Though I suspect getting retropie fully functional on the pi 4 is going to require a lot of work from the devs.

retropi19

update the firmware

hooperre

@quicksilver said in The new Raspberry Pi 4 is here!!:

@paffley my micro center listed the pi 4 as being available starting this friday. Checked the listing this morning and they must have started selling them early because they are all sold out now except for the 1 gb model :(

I'm jealous man! Though I suspect getting retropie fully functional on the pi 4 is going to require a lot of work from the devs.

Ugh I just checked my local microcenter and the date was changed from July 28th to the 20th and now the 4 GB model isn't even listed. Better call to figure out whats going on.

mick

@thelostsoul I know but that changes the look only slightly. Im thinking of a complete 2019/2020 redesign, maybe even with 4k in mind.