4K Gaming... on Raspberry Pi!

Yes, it is possible. But can it play DOOM?

Yes, it can, at 4K and on Ultra. Check out more details about how this was achived in my blog post:

- https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/use-external-gpu-on-raspberry-pi-5-4k-gaming

Here are the parts I used in my setup (some links are affiliate links):

- Pineboards HATs: https://pineboards.io

- Lian-Li SP 750 SFX PSU: https://amzn.to/4eIzzsu

- JMT M.2 to Oculink PCIe Dock: https://amzn.to/3BBQkHG

- SFF-8611 OCuLink PCIe Gen 4 Cable: https://amzn.to/4eQtxGm

- AMD Radeon RX 460: https://amzn.to/3Ub7ked (cheaper on eBay though)

Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy

Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy

Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com

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3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff

Contents:

00:00 - 4K Gaming and more

01:06 - Hardware

02:47 - Why AMD Polaris generation?

03:59 - Time to Recompile Linux

04:59 - The fun part: Games!

06:06 - Other GPU benchmarks

06:38 - Hardware accelerated transcoding

07:27 - Why do this?