SMRTR TechJan 11, 2026Daily.dev

RTX 5090 + Raspberry Pi: Can it Game?

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A tech enthusiast connected NVIDIA's new RTX 5090 graphics card to a Raspberry Pi 5 using an external GPU dock to test gaming performance against similar budget computers. While technically possible, the Pi 5 struggled with modern games like Cyberpunk 2077, managing only 15 FPS due to CPU limitations and emulation overhead, though older games from 2010 achieved playable framerates around 40 FPS.

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