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    Pi Zero (v1.3) Capabilities?!

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    • LoohneyL
      Loohney
      last edited by

      Good Evening!

      I just finished setting up and transferring some NES Roms to my Pi Zero.
      The game and overall system performance are perfectly fine.
      But i'm curious about the capabilities of the Pi Zero (v1.3).

      Before i started working on this project i've read somewhere that the Pi Zero won't be able to support every emulator in retropie.
      Is this true? If yes, which Emulators (ROMS) would be too much for the processing power of the Zero?

      My Setup:
      Pi Zero v1.3
      32GB Micro SD Card (Pre Made SD Image installation)
      XBOX One Controller via. USB

      Thanks in Advance!
      __

      Regards,
      Loohney

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators @Loohney
        last edited by BuZz

        @Loohney dreamcast, psp,n64, psx (psx may be ok, but may be a little slow) for example

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • LoohneyL
          Loohney @BuZz
          last edited by Loohney

          @BuZz is there some sort of an overlay to view the usage and utilization of the processor and even frames per second etc.?
          Oh, and since you said: "for example" are there any other emulators i should consider?

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators @Loohney
            last edited by BuZz

            @Loohney retroarch has a fps setting that can be enabled from the RGUI (select+x). cpu usage can be seen over ssh by using a command like top or htop

            There are others, and there are lots of arcade games that will be too slow. 8 and 16 bit systems should be fine.

            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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            • LoohneyL
              Loohney @BuZz
              last edited by

              @BuZz - thank you!
              I was thinking about top or htop too.

              Awesome support!

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              • B
                barbudreadmon
                last edited by

                mame4all and pifba should be ok too. Don't expect the libretro arcade cores (lr-fbalpha, lr-fbalpha2012, lr-mame2003, ...) to run at decent speed.

                FBNeo developer - github - forum

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