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Rasberry Pi graphics performance

Apparently, the Rasberry Pi will have twice the graphics performance of the iPhone 4s. Sounds good to me; here it is running Quake 3. Although I’m not entirely sure that we’re comparing Apples to…Apples here – since the Pi runs from mains power, and the iPhone has to worry about battery life, the Pi has a little bit of an advantage in this area. Still, it makes a change from the 500w performance graphics cards in modern desktops.

Can’t wait to start programming some games for it. Could make an affordable little indie console, this…

Rasberry Pi board

Posted on 09/02/2012 at 4:22pm | Uncategorized | No comments

Rasberry Pi

I’m actually really excited about the upcoming Rasberry Pi $25 computer! (That’s about £15 in the Queens English) A tiny, single board computer with a 700MHz ARM processor, capable of running Linux and apparently powerful enough for 1080p video playback. I’m a bit dubious about that last point, but I still think I’ll pick one up to play with. Two versions available; Model A with 128MB RAM and no network jack and the more expensive (or slightly less-cheap at only $35 / £22) Model B with 256MB RAM and an RJ45 jack. I never got round to buying myself an Arduino, but hey, if this does manage HD video playback, I’m sure I could hack together a microscopic HTPC!

Rasberry Pi board

Posted on 28/12/2011 at 12:51pm | Uncategorized | No comments