Raspberry Pi 4B experiencing slowdowns
April 20, 2024, 12:23
Hello, I've finished setting up my Raspberry Pi 4B and I'm noticing quite a lot of slowdowns. For example: if I want to open a window it can take quite long to open, especially compared to a PC OS (ik I shouldn't really compare, but still). Is there any way to maybe increase the speed? Am I maybe missing something? I'd appreciate help.
you can overclock your pi
or increase gpu ram/swap
id increase gpu ram first
but swap and overclocking both come with disadvantages you may want to avoid.
How much RAM does the Pi have?
Which OS do you have installed? Raspberry Pi OS: Desktop or Desktop and recommended software?
8gb, raspberry OS 64-bit
id on't think i have recommended software installed
What kind of SD card are you using?
A 128gb Kingston
We would need a little more data, which class C, U and/or V?
V
Should I maybe just take a quick pic of it 😅
Possibly a forgery. 🤷♂️
I've never had such problems with SanDisk, but I also lift V30, U3.
No slowdowns aren't uncommon on a pi
Enter sudo raspi-config in a terminal or go into the main menu --> preferences --> config
Yup I'm there
Which one?
The GUI version
So the latter
Okay go into performance and set your GPU ram to the highest
I don’t see an option for it
I only see some fan config and a filesystem overlay
Can you screenshot? It's been a while since I've been in gui
Nvm
Try sudo raspi-config
Under performance options
The same as GUI
Any other ideas?
is this the newest raspberry pi os?
bookworm?
id say try buster or bullseye if you can get them
Shouldn't make a difference
Anyway it's fine
You want to enable swap?
my pi4 was incredibly slow when i tried to go to new os
no kms definitely seemed to make a difference
yup
nope
I've got the space for it so sure
It does unfortunately mean that it dramatically decreases SD card reliability
Hmm
Nah then it's fine
I did notice it way mainly GPU btw
The rest seemed fine
(checked in task manager)
Yeah that makes sense the GPU is way less powerful