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Pretty wild to see a drop-in replacement that's actually faster - usually that's marketing speak for "technically compatible but slower in real life." The fact that you can just pop this into existing CM4 hardware and get 2-3x performance is impressive. Finally, my commercial display can run Crysis! (Ok, maybe not, but that USB 3 upgrade is sweet).

Though I have to laugh at the "good news everyone, it's the same price!" followed immediately by "...for the 8GB version only, everything else costs more." Classic Pi Foundation pricing gymnastics. At least we're not dealing with scalpers asking $200 for a CM4 anymore.

The silkscreen specs on top is such a simple but brilliant addition. No more squinting at tiny chips trying to figure out which module is which in your parts drawer.

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creesch a day ago | parent | next [-]

> Finally, my commercial display can run Crysis! (Ok, maybe not, but that USB 3 upgrade is sweet).

It actually can! .... if you also plug in a GPU. https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/amd-radeon-pro-w7700-...

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benj111 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

>Classic Pi Foundation pricing gymnastics

To be fair, theyve dropped the 1GB model, so do you want to compare old and new lowest specs?

I don't know about relative sales figures, I infer that 8GB is expected to be the default going forward.

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esskay a day ago | parent [-]

Thing is once you start looking outside of the base model it becomes a bit less of a good offering when there are others making compatible boards that are arguably better specced.

The only issue of course is some whilst sharing the same formfactor and connector aren't always compatible with the same hardware.

If I recall correctly the Radxa CM3's for example are fully compatible.

	▲	bayindirh 9 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		My OrangePi 5B runs circles around an Raspberry Pi 5 (cooler, 2x cores, 2x RAM f you want, a decent eMMC, AI acceleration plus better hardware video encoders, etc.). However, the support is "barely there". It's running standard Debian stable with a pinned Kernel from OrangePi guys, and the Kernel tree is open, but I don't know whether I'll be able to compile a 6.x kernel by lifting their patches and correctly applying them to a mainline kernel. Then I don't know which drivers are closed source and how they'll play with each other. On the other hand, Raspian works really well. Plus with a good A2 card, you really don't feel any latency in day to day use of the system anymore. P.S.: I run both of them as home servers at different locations, so I can "continuously review" them day to day.
	▲	benj111 a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Rpis proposition has always been support rather than value per se. If you want cheaper, yes there are other options. If you want something where a mainline kernel will work, and has a community, Pis are a much better choice.