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    • Gaetan
      Gaetan Theme moderator @Substring last edited by

      @substring Maybe it's a bit early for you to give the answer, but maybe you'd know already.
      Will it be the same Recalbox .img file to burn on both pi3 B and B+ or a different one ?

      Boards : Now: Nuc i7 7567u // Past: Rpi3 B, Rpi3 B+, Odroid xu4
      Controllers : Ps3 dualshock, 8bitdo SFC30 pro, Snes wired controller

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      • Substring
        Substring @Gaetan last edited by

        @gaetan i think it should be the same, can't be sure yet. It's mainly a dtb change (+ major kernel change concerning recalbox)

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        • Gaetan
          Gaetan Theme moderator @Substring last edited by

          @substring Thank you for the answer. Specially when I like it 🙂

          Boards : Now: Nuc i7 7567u // Past: Rpi3 B, Rpi3 B+, Odroid xu4
          Controllers : Ps3 dualshock, 8bitdo SFC30 pro, Snes wired controller

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          • hex12
            hex12 @Gaetan last edited by hex12

            @substring sorry but i am really curious to know if improvements on pi3 b+ will reflect in updated performance on recalbox, in particular in n64 emulation. Except the 200MhZ CPU speed, what i think could be useful is the improvements in termal, which i read should bring to a 1,2GhZ stable speed of Pi3 b+, where normal Pi3 should decrease to less than 1GhZ. For sure, as GPU doesn't change, there won't be a high performance increase on emulators, but maybe framerate could be a little more stable on emulators that requires more system resource and most of all if we user active dissipation (heat sink+fan). If you have some datas on that and can share, it should be good to evaluate differences with the two Pi3 models on our favourite applicaton 🙂

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            • Substring
              Substring @hex12 last edited by

              @hex12 ain't nuttin' 😞 voljega shared a benchmark showing some interesting improvements. Gralicek2 said they can ve nicely overclocked. So all in all, you could reach 1.5Ghz, maybe 1.6. I can't tell if it's good improvement, and we sadly have no benchmark suit available (tjat's something i'd love to write but we lack devs)

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                • joinski
                  joinski @hex12 last edited by

                  @hex12
                  take a look at this little review:
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD_dEaRIevo

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                  • dizeLL
                    dizeLL last edited by

                    i've received today my new pi3 b+. libreelec and raspbian works. recalbox not.

                    @substring you got your pi3 b+ already? im so hyped to test the new performance on recalbox. 🙂

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                    • Substring
                      Substring @dizeLL last edited by

                      @dizell we have an internal build working fine on pi3+, needs some fixing here and there, nothing bad. The real problem is that we can't include it in the current build as any kernel update would brick recalbox. Working hard on finding a solution without forcing people to reinstall from scratch

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                      • noktambule
                        noktambule @Substring last edited by

                        @substring said in Raspberry Pi 3B+ (Plus) - Compatible?:

                        Working hard on finding a solution without forcing people to reinstall from scratch

                        Thanks for your amazing work.
                        But don't worry, reinstall from scratch is not a big deal!

                        Raspberry pi 2; recalbox 6.1 ; carte SD SanDisk 32go; alimentation 2a; jeux sur disque dur externe auto alimenté; manette dualshock 3 officielle + clone chinois driver bluez ; branché en hdmi.
                        Ordinateur: Ubuntu Mate 18.04 LTS

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                        • roman126
                          roman126 @noktambule last edited by

                          @noktambule @substring

                          Same for me, New Pi 3B+, and new fresh install to go with it! I have this obsession that new installs are always better than upgrades! I have the same thinking when updating my IOS devices 😄

                          Thanks for all the hard work guys, appreciated

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                          • Substring
                            Substring last edited by

                            Pi3b+ forces us to switch to kernel 4.9 (we're on 4.4), and in the coming weeks, raspberry should switch for good on 4.14. So we can't always get that late comparing to official kernel releases. That's also forgetting the x86 kernel release cycle is much faster ...

                            So i'm working on a new update process

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                            • kazki
                              kazki last edited by

                              that's a good thing to know that a internal version of recalbox works with R3B+
                              I'm building a second bartop and I'd like to use the new raspberry pi 3B+
                              it's quite irrelevant to install recalbox from scratch since you always advised to use usb drive to store roms, of course it takes longer to load but I think it's worth the wait at every boot: I can manage my roms on a usb drive directly (adding and more often deleting titles from a full set, I know I should own the originals and so on)

                              I tried retropie since the beta is compatible with P3B+ and to my humble opinion although it's really nice to be able to set every thing, I really appreciate the simplicity of recalbox

                              Thanks for your efforts guys, I'm looking forward to installing recalbox on a new R3B+

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                              • roman126
                                roman126 @kazki last edited by

                                @kazki agreed, how much longer does it take to load from USB? Twice as long, 3 times as long?, maybe I should try and find out for myself 😄, yes the very thought of trying to get all the roms off my memory card, to do a new build for 3B+ when it’s available fills me with dread. Time to invest in a decent Nano USB memory stick!

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                                • kazki
                                  kazki @roman126 last edited by

                                  @roman126

                                  i just chronometered
                                  it took about 1min25sec to boot from usb drive on (i used a USB3.1 64GB Sandisk USB drive Sandisk Ultra fit newest version)
                                  compared to under 30 sec with a Sandisk Ultra micro sd card

                                  It can take a while to transfer roms through ethernet I think it's easier to manage my roms library from usb drive. That's not really the subject here so I won't develop

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                                  • roman126
                                    roman126 @kazki last edited by

                                    @kazki true, thanks I’ll give it a whirl

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                                    • Marcos Filipe Pereira
                                      Marcos Filipe Pereira last edited by Marcos Filipe Pereira

                                      I just bought my RP 3 B + put the latest Recalbox and did not work( no booting). 😞
                                      Do you know if there is a way to make it work ?
                                      Thanks!

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                                      • acris
                                        acris @Substring last edited by acris

                                        @Marcos-Filipe-Pereira
                                        you need to wait an update major of recalbox. thank you for reading all the answers of this topic

                                        @substring said in Raspberry Pi 3B+ (Plus) - Compatible?:

                                        @gkralicek2 it's not a noobs problem, it's a firmware + kernel problem. Recalbox img most probably can't boot for these reasons. And for noobs : we're not yet compatible as we need the new board's id

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                                        • simba51
                                          simba51 last edited by

                                          @acris said in Raspberry Pi 3B+ (Plus) - Compatible?:

                                          @Marcos-Filipe-Pereira
                                          you need to wait an update major of recalbox. thank you for reading all the answers of this topic

                                          Hello, do you have an approximate date a major update to have support for RPi 3 B +?

                                          Cartes RPi Zéro 2 W - RPi Zéro W - RPi400 - RPi 4/4Gb - RPi 3b - RPi 3b+ - RPi 3 a+
                                          Stockage 16Gb Sandisk, 32Gb Samsung et clé usb 64Gb & 128Gb
                                          2 manettes PS3 Freegun Bluetooth - 2 manettes 8BitDo SF30 Pro Bluetooth

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                                          • OyyoDams
                                            OyyoDams Staff @simba51 last edited by

                                            @simba51 sorry no date will be given.

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