Wow, I just bought 2 of them and I'm blown away at how fast they are. Now you can't use Chromium or other huge memory hungry browsers with 512M of RAM, but other than that, I've been quite happy.
I've also overclocked slightly within the stated limits modifying /boot/config.txt to add:
I've loaded one with 64-bit OS and the other with 32-bit (the 32-bit is significantly faster than the 64-bit -- which is consistent with the documentation). Both running Bullseye installed via the pi imager.
Give the overclock a try, any issues, just step the arm_freq down until they go away. Both run on par with the other 3B+ I have.
I don't use the GUI a lot, most of the time accessing the Pi Zero 2 W's over ssh and making use of the peripherals (GPIO, I2C, SPI, PWM, etc..), but I have had no problem when I use them as a desktop - just don't try and overload them.
Another tip is to reduce swapping. You can edit/create /etc/sysctl.conf and add vm.swappiness=10 to reduce the tendency to swap. That helps quite a bit so long as you don't overload the Zero's exhausting the memory and forcing them to page memory out to the swap file. That will bring any device reading/writing to a MicroSD card to its knees.
Good luck with the zeros - they are really capable little computers.
I've also overclocked slightly within the stated limits modifying /boot/config.txt to add:
Code:
# Overclocking (if problems, drop to arm_freq=1200)over_voltage=4arm_freq=1300core_freq=500Give the overclock a try, any issues, just step the arm_freq down until they go away. Both run on par with the other 3B+ I have.
I don't use the GUI a lot, most of the time accessing the Pi Zero 2 W's over ssh and making use of the peripherals (GPIO, I2C, SPI, PWM, etc..), but I have had no problem when I use them as a desktop - just don't try and overload them.
Another tip is to reduce swapping. You can edit/create /etc/sysctl.conf and add vm.swappiness=10 to reduce the tendency to swap. That helps quite a bit so long as you don't overload the Zero's exhausting the memory and forcing them to page memory out to the swap file. That will bring any device reading/writing to a MicroSD card to its knees.
Good luck with the zeros - they are really capable little computers.
Statistics: Posted by drankinatty — Sat May 25, 2024 10:08 pm
