/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3603619
Okay, what is the deal with that powervr SGX544 chip popping up in these nixey things? It doesn't support desktop openGL, unlike the 540, 535, 545 and 554, AFAIK. Does it have any sort of open drivers or something? I understand it's very closely related to the Intel GMA 500 or 600 GPU that was used with Pentium 3s or something, which did have open drivers made for it from scratch, but that was just for basic 2d!

>no SCART
>no component video
>not even fucking basic composite video!
>outdated generation old ARM A15 CPUs, unlike bleeding edge 64 bit ARMv8 CPUs on a humble little pi3
>2 measly CPUs, just half the number present on generation old Pi2
>DSPs are obnoxiously contrarian - ie. different from the ones used in classic arcade machines, sabotaging their ability to be helpful in emulation
>won't fit into all those neat little raspberry pi cases out there
>not one bit aged - not even collectible!
>over $200!!!

Justicize dis!

Would this be any good for retro gaming?

It's got a 1.5ghz dual ARM cortex A15, and a powerVR chip likely 16 or 32 times as powerful as the one in predecessors.

Sounds like it should be able to handle any Quake3 engine game easily, and I'd guess Lithtech too, and whatever else of that sort. And of course tons of emulators.

What's offputting is the lack of high res analog - neither S-video nor VGA. Then there's the huge bunch of odd stuff, including dual gigabit ethernet...
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On the other hand, it's got buttloads upon buttloads of GPIO, which ought to be usable as VGA, with plenty of room left, not sure about S-video or even component. I don't know if those M4s and PRUs could be usable by emulators. It would be more mundanely versatile if it had at least a triple core or maybe at least 1.8ghz A57s.

A less fancy version would be seriously tantalizing, either cheaper with some odd features cut down, or with S-video or VGA or quad cores.

Probably wishful thinking, but it is interesting.