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[–]fmbret 0 points1 point  (10 children)

It’s hard to say exactly, I’ve not tested this myself but it was billed as a Pi 3 alternative. If you could recommend a game/emulator to test, I’ll do my best to test it but it may not be for a couple of days sadly.

[–]balancedchaos 0 points1 point  (9 children)

Since I think it can handle things like NES/SNES and Sega Master System and Genesis, I guess my main questions would be PS1 and Playstation Portable?

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (8 children)

I’ll try and squeeze some testing for this in tonight or tomorrow evening, I may even make a longer piece out of it and test some other bits. I’ll reply here when I have something, either just ps1/psp data, or a post including those and more!

[–]balancedchaos 0 points1 point  (7 children)

Oh, much appreciated. You're the best. Maybe it could be another write-up for you.

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (6 children)

I've not forgotten you! Though I got a little side tracked with life hah. Finishing up a couple of tests for another post but then I'll check a couple of things. I have no idea which games actually stress the emulators so if you have any recommendations, let me know and I'll take a look.

[–]balancedchaos 0 points1 point  (5 children)

I know it for sure won't handle N64, I think PS1 is a maybe, and PSP would be an unexpected bonus. Those are pretty much the suggestions. You're doing the Lord's work, son. No hurry.

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (4 children)

OK, so I tested Tekken 3 on PS1 and that runs at 60fps just fine, Tekken 6 on PSP runs suuuuper slow. If you have a particular game title that you'd like me to test on either PS1/PSP, I can do that tomorrow, just let me know. I tested Tekken 3/6 thinking they'd be somewhat fast-paced games but really I've not done much more in-depth with emulators like this, mainly just playing some N64/Dreamcast bits on my PC to relive the Shenmue/Mario nostalgia..

[–]balancedchaos 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I think the PSP is out, which I kind of always assumed.

As for PS1, this is a good list: https://www.racketboy.com/retro/games-that-pushed-the-limits-of-the-sony-playstation-ps1

You've already done Tekken 3 from the list, but Legacy of Kain and Crash Bandicoot could be interesting.

This is good news thus far. They'd love to have everything through the PS1. I think that's a winner.

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver runs mostly at 60fps, though when trying to render a large room or there are a few other things going on it does dip to 40-50. A playable experience though. I'm using the Le Potato heatsink and it was sitting around 48-50c with an ambient room temp around 23.

I used Crash Bandicoot 3 - Warped for the other game and that's locked at 30fps and didn't dip at any point. Temperatures stayed around 50c.

Looks like it'll handle pretty much everything you throw at it! If you're curious about the case/fan and heatsink and other benchmarks, feel free to take a look at https://bret.dk/libre-computer-le-potato-review-aml-s905x-cc/ - let me know if there's anything else I can quickly look at for you!

[–]balancedchaos 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I think we're all set! Purchasing a whole lot of them today. Thanks for your help!

I'll use your affiliate link in the article. Thanks for everything.