I've watched a few other vids on overclocking retropi and most others have "Over_Voltage=5" not "Over_voltage=2" any particular reason as to why you went with two and not five as I've seen elsewhere? just curious if there was a particular reason for this.
Hey, i am considering overclocking my pi 3 model B to run n64 games better and i like the sound of this basic over clock option you show in the video. I just have 1 question. I have heard that there is an overclocking option which involves something like turbo or something like that which tells the pie to run max power all the time and not idle when it is not doing anything. this code you have shown doesn't do that does it? i don't want my pie 3 to run max all the time, only when it needs to. thanks for the video.
No this code does not do that. It makes the CPU and memory run at higher relative speeds all the time but this is based on performance requirements. It would never run at maximum unless you were requiring it with a game you were playing.
Retro Game Club brilliant, would i be safe overclocking it now as long as i don’t use any games or is it best to wait until the new case with the fan arrives?
Overclocking will heat it up even when idle, but not to a level you have to worry about unless it's 80 degrees in your house haha. Even playing games you're safe unless the heat indicator pops up.
You added all the lines of code shown at 4:36 under # uncomment to overclock the arm correct? Make sure there are no # symbols before your code, but you should leave the # before the # uncomment to overclock the arm text since that's just a placeholder to show you where to put the code. Open the file again to make sure it saved properly, and if it did, your console is overclocked! There is no huge noticeable effect other than a speedup in the menus and during game emulation. Let me know if you have any other questions!
RETROPIE USERS: In the config.txt file on the root of your MicroSD Card (in the boot folder if you're accessing it from your console rather than by plugging it into a computer) type this code under # uncomment to overclock the arm: arm_freq=1300 gpu_freq=500 core_freq=500 sdram_freq=500 sdram_schmoo=0x02000020 over_voltage=2 sdram_over_voltage=2
Finally a coding that works! thankyou!
No problem, thanks for watching!
I've watched a few other vids on overclocking retropi and most others have "Over_Voltage=5" not "Over_voltage=2" any particular reason as to why you went with two and not five as I've seen elsewhere? just curious if there was a particular reason for this.
This is a "safe" overclock, we kept all the figures low to avoid pushing the system too hard for people who do not have fans, etc.
Hey, i am considering overclocking my pi 3 model B to run n64 games better and i like the sound of this basic over clock option you show in the video. I just have 1 question. I have heard that there is an overclocking option which involves something like turbo or something like that which tells the pie to run max power all the time and not idle when it is not doing anything. this code you have shown doesn't do that does it? i don't want my pie 3 to run max all the time, only when it needs to. thanks for the video.
No this code does not do that. It makes the CPU and memory run at higher relative speeds all the time but this is based on performance requirements. It would never run at maximum unless you were requiring it with a game you were playing.
Retro Game Club brilliant, would i be safe overclocking it now as long as i don’t use any games or is it best to wait until the new case with the fan arrives?
Overclocking will heat it up even when idle, but not to a level you have to worry about unless it's 80 degrees in your house haha. Even playing games you're safe unless the heat indicator pops up.
Retro Game Club ok, sweet. Thanks for the video and advice :)
Turbo wouldn't do much to make your games run better.
Did as instructed and I see no effect. I am on retropie not retroevolved.
You added all the lines of code shown at 4:36 under # uncomment to overclock the arm correct? Make sure there are no # symbols before your code, but you should leave the # before the # uncomment to overclock the arm text since that's just a placeholder to show you where to put the code.
Open the file again to make sure it saved properly, and if it did, your console is overclocked! There is no huge noticeable effect other than a speedup in the menus and during game emulation. Let me know if you have any other questions!
RETROPIE USERS:
In the config.txt file on the root of your MicroSD Card (in the boot folder if you're accessing it from your console rather than by plugging it into a computer)
type this code under # uncomment to overclock the arm:
arm_freq=1300
gpu_freq=500
core_freq=500
sdram_freq=500
sdram_schmoo=0x02000020
over_voltage=2
sdram_over_voltage=2
What theme?
Ethan Cawse it is called Lost Oddity.
Not one word about how to overclock a pi.
Smh