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And the N100. It's the NEW budget champ. (for now at least)

Hi. It needs 12v 3a 36w USB-C. If your charger can output that, I don't see why not.

yeah it is crazy but, look out for my GTA V video coming soon.. I set the fan manually to 200 in this video i believe. (i'd rather a constant fan noise than a ramp up/down noise)

@@PiManiac one more question please. do you think is there any difference between launching batocera from usb port or micro sd card in terms of performance? Launching from sd card seems to be smarter because it allows to keep usb ports available for others uses. thanks

@@mohamedrich6830 hi. If sdcard is bootable device (might wanna check that) it will be slower for sure than USB3.

@@marcinmorun I'm pretty sure it will but, I will test it out.

Hi. It's my own Batocera build with HyperMax V9 theme and yeah, has just over half the 4000+ PS2 titles available installed.

@@marcinmorun I already did. video is here on my channel.

@@PiManiac Thanks!

@@PiManiac Out of curiosity, did you test ps2 emulation after applying the bios and CPU temps fix?

@@marcinmorun Yes i did.

It definitely is. (i have a N100 also) GPU is at 1200Mhz N100 is 750Mhz N97 Max CPU is a little higher also

basically, allows one computer system to mimic another via software. Most Mini PCs can do all that you want. However, the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator will need a fair bit of GPU power. (depending on your expectations)

The maximum boost frequency for 1 core is 3.6 GHz / 3600 MHz (for like 1-2 seconds) The maximum sustained frequency for ALL cores is 2.9 GHz / 2900 MHz. I've seen 3.4 MHz a few times using Batocera Performance graphs.

@@PiManiac okay. Yesterday I saw in a Video that you have to enable C-States and Set the CPU Power to 15W. I'm Testing it right now. I always Stop at 2.9 GHz

@@unknownidentity0815 Most will tell you C-States are best left off but, it make very little difference. The power supply that comes with the G5 is 12w/3a and others have tested with better power supplies that can make the required 15w with no better benchmark results. You cannot run at the BOOST CPU speed for more than a few seconds. 2,9 is the MAX you will see with benchmarks. It's the GPU@1200Mhz that enables the N97 to beat the N100.

​@@PiManiacOkay, the 2.9GHz performance of the CPU is sufficient for me. I knew that the 3.6GHz is single-thread only. but even with the CPU-Z stress test, I couldn't get more than 2.9GHz with one core. I tested C-State and now see more than 2.9ghz even in task manager.

@@unknownidentity0815 Whilst I see a slight inprovement in Geekbench 6 Benchmark scores with C-States ON, Batocera seems to run worse so, Windows/RetroBat may benefit from it being enabled more. (& i still see a core going way over 2.9 on Batocera at times)

My Geekbench 6.3.0 N97 for GMKtec G5: single core - 1223, mult-core - 2888 on balance power plan mode.

@@michaelm4407 How about the GPU Vulkan/OpenCL tests?

@@PiManiacGPU Tests Vulkan = 5963 / OpenCL = 5207. Seems similar to yours. I'll need to replace the thermal paste after noticing thermal throttling in HWinfo64. Trying to decide on Kooling Monster KOLD-01 vs MX4. I wonder if HTWingnut used too much thermal paste on his G5 considering the N97 is a small APU.

@@michaelm4407 I certainly used less than he did and i hope soon, this is not required. This is a cheap/awesome little unit for what your getting here.

@@PiManiac Was it difficult to reassemble the G5. I think I will struggle to put back the ribbon cable for the upper motherboard. Do I need a tweezer of some sort? I don't think I've seen any videos re-assembling the G5 from anyone yet.

I did reach out and received a reply that their techs will look into but, time will tell.

Hopefully they take the advice and act on it. I did new paste on mine yesterday and its just a world of difference. I used a nano diamond thermal paste which was a couple dollars more than the usual ones at my local but it certainly worked well. I can't get it to go higher than 79c now in stressing (and generally more like 75c) whereas before I'd often see 89-96c. I used to hear the fan revving up to maximum speed constantly but now as its running cooler I rarely ever hear it.

great job my friend. i think god of war is a good challenge for this little box. thanks

@@mohamedrich6830 Yeah GOW 2 will only run @ 2.5x Upscaling. (which looks GREAT btw..wanna see?)

Hi. It's the standard barebones Batocera build (not a prebuilt with roms etc) i have added some extra emulators and ports (see @BatoceraNation ) and used Scott Ocana ES theme. (Link in my description which you expand by clicking ...MORE above) I have off course added BIOS/ROMS (can't tell you much more about that here) and configured the Emulators where required. (Sometimes Per Game) Happy to share what i've learnt and know as, i have been doing this for quite a few years.

​@@PiManiac thanks, will check out the channel

Dismantling is pretty straightforward, just watch the connector where the two boards connect. (A bit of patience required to reconnect also) @HTwingnut has a better teardown tbh but didn't have the success i did with re-pasting. I have purchased about 6 of these so far and no SSD issues yet. I have been speaking to GMKtec support and hope the paste used is changed for those (like me) who like to push this little NUC harder than just browsing and watching RUclips.

@@PiManiac thanks for that info, it's hard to find much detailed stuff on these around the net oddly enough. As for the SSD, I guess I really am unlucky!

@Urosaurus No. It's still on GMKtec website (more links, support, firmware update) and i also host/link to it above in the full video description. Thanks

@@PiManiac great, many thanks!

** Update ** BIOS update has gone from GMKtec website so, only my share which is linked above.

​@@PiManiac es gab Probleme nachdem BIOS Update mit der Win 11 Aktivierung

@@unknownidentity0815 Interesting. I activated before updating and have been fine. Do you have more details?

The maximum CPU speed. Boosted and sustained. Geekbench 6 GPU benchmark, please. Cheers!

@@Urosaurus Max 3.6GHz, Sustained 2.9GHz. Geekbench 6.3.0 = 972 single/2984 Multi. Geekbench GPU Vulkan = 5975 / 5186 OpenCL

@@PiManiac thank you

I'd still go for 8gb if you wanted some higher end systems, Win10/11 or even cloud gaming which is possible with this.

Thanks. Hope you enjoyed my struggles. I made Killing the first boss in Shadow of the Colossus (something I'd done many times easily) look really tough.

Hi. This is just running on the $99 USD X1 SBC a fun x86/Linux computer. I used Retrobat which I downloaded from their website free and put my ROMs in the correct places. Contact me elsewhere if you want more help.

I'm planning on it.

@@PiManiac Could you please provide some info in the description of the video? What are the necessary steps to get this running? I have not managed to get this to work on my machine :/

What is your Machine? Radxa Rock 5 A or B? Whilst it should work on other RK3588 boards however, i can't guarantee even if i explain how that it will on others. Do you have aetherSX2 setup/running at least? I could share a .cfg file you can SSH to the device to try?

Despite being an OG Xbox owner/Modder, i only discovered it recently. Fun Game!

What to show next? Switch or the PS3 i got running?

I have only used 1TB NVME (Win 11) and a 4TB USB (Which is bootable/selectable) Batocera Build i created so, until somebody tries 4/8TB i guess we wont know for sure. Logically it should however BIOS could be a factor here also. (which is upgradable/changeable)

They are there, i had just turned BGM upto 7 and drowned them out. I discovered its better at 2 (If you want to hear the SFX better)