Raspberry Pi 4 goes 8GB, Pi OS goes 64 bit! 

I have absolutely no good reason to have an RPi with 8GB of ram but I want one anyway

It's kind of cute to see Pi evolve, from 256mb to now 8gb and a 64bit OS. Its like watching desktop hardware and OS evolve years ago.

Nice! BTW I've got 10 x CM3+ which I use for tests and prototypes laying around waiting for that Bramble Carrier Board you're making!

Yeay! 8G and 64 bit! I can't wait to build a turing pi cluster with pi4 8G compute modules with this!

Exciting news man...Thanks a lot!

My Pi 4, 8gb just arrived today via FedEx Express from Canada.... Excellent. Watched this video on it through my TV as a monitor. A bit of video shearing but I'm not complaining a bit. Now, to figure out what I want to do with this thing besides an alternate to the iPad or the Android phone lol I'm going to wait on the 64-bit OS to come out of Beta before I change from 32-bit.

Been running Raspberry Pi OS 64 bit version for a couple of days and it seems solid. I can do everything I did on older Raspbian versions without much hassle.

Whaaaaaaaat !!! I want my Pi 8 GB 64-bit

Thanks for another good video. Did not know about the new 64bit and 8GB, this is good news. I have absolutely not use for it, but "maybe one day" so I better get one just in case...

I now know my next rpi :). Lucky I did hold out on the pi 4 (the 3b+ was enough for my purpose). This new pi looks like it can really be a substitute for pc (low power use)

Love your videos. Could really get your thoughts on installing elasticsearch on the k3s cluster. Maybe it'll have to wait until you get some beefier nodes with more memory. I have 4 RPi4s clustered similarly to your Dramble but I couldn't find an elegant way of deploying elasticsearch to them. I ended up installing the jdk less version and then running the services with systemd. Thoughts?

Thanks Jeff

So can you run the 64bit OS on the current 4GB RPi 4B?

Have you tried Manjaro yet? It was a fairly stable 64-bit released distro when I got my Pi4/4G. It has subsequently improved quite nicely. After running that up, I also tried Majaro on my AMD64 test computer with 16GB RAM. Curiously that was not as good. It used to slow down alarmingly during the day.

Hi Jeff, any updates on the Pi OS 64bit? It's over a year since this video is made. I am looking forward to running PiHole, Unifi Controller, Nginx Reverse proxy on my 4GB Pi 4(POE powered) with Pi OS 64bit for a home setup. I am worried about OS bugs and the Unifi controller's java8 dependency problem. Let me know what you think.

I'm little confused, Mark Hooper (rpiMike) in his video of Minecraft 1.14.4 running on raspberry pi 4 mentioned gentoo x64 on raspberry pi 4 4 GB. If can somebody explain me how it works?

Hey Jeff, I recently upgraded my own cluster with a full-upgrade and now systemd and systemctl seems to have stopped working after a reboot. Error: System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate. Failed to connect to bus: Host is down Any ideas?

I am running Ubuntu 64 on my rpi4 4gb since octofarm needs a 64bit no-sql service. I will be interested to see how this performs with octofarm.

When I was about to buy the PI with 4GB, lol. Now I will just get this one.

Quick question just got the raspberry pi 4 witht the canakit and noobs is pre loaded so do i download that then download the new os or what someone help please

Bought the original 256mb, then the 512, then the pi 2 mostly to get more ram. Now I have the 4gb pi 4 and that finally provides a pretty comfortable desktop experience. Probably won't get the 8gb.

Does anyone know downloading using kali linux on the pi 4 8gb? the sd card works on my 2gb Pi 4 but not on my pi 4 with 8gb

Lol Linus should have waited a few weeks to do his secret computer video

can you finally run gta v 720p low setings? and if so then how much fps would get? and can you check and tell me please?

Thanks

Hi nice video dude

I am watching this from a raspberry pi 4 (4GB) from an SSD overclocked to 2.147Ghz. Its my main driver for months without any issues at all...

I got mine today :)

any gains in perf for rpi 3b+ in 64bit?

Damn!! That's awesome

Just purchased 2 more nodes for my cluster and added into the mix #whatthehell

The truth is most people get the "64-bit" OS thing wrong. It's not just about addressable memory. In CPU architecture the bit size of the processor refers to the size of the "datapath" or ALU/Execution unit. This means a 64bit machine can work with 64bit data types natively. If you are using binaries that are 64bit this can be a meaningful increase in performance. Especially in cases where the application wants to use 64bit datatypes. Just having the wider instructions available can be a significant improvement. I know that modern scripting languages tend to lean towards 64 bit datatypes so the programmers don't have to worry about precision or overflow errors. Since Linux is more or less lives and dies by scripts it can make a difference.

Glad to hear about the CM4 coming soon. I hope new carrier boards soon follow, with USB3 and WiFi.🙏 Does anyone know of a good WiFi solution for the Control Modules, besides a USB-WiFi dongle? Haven't found a carrier board w/WiFi. Only finding a WiFi GPIO HAT for RPi Zero, which could be stacked on a carrier board.😒

Why not snapdragon and lvds for laptop lcd?

cheers!

3:00 I have a question. That is, are CPU heavy operations faster because now the CPU can work with 64 bits of data at once?

How would be the performance of this version for making a laptop to run web navigation (multiple tabs) and office in a school administration? Or the 4gb would be enough for that?

Guys, I need ur help! I just bought a new Raspberrypi 4 8GB and wanted to install lakka, but it wont boot correctly. It always says that start.elf cannot be found. Is this a common problem with the new 8GB version or am i doing something wrong? Thanks in advance

This means good things for people buying 1,2 or 4gb because the price will go down having to compete with 8gb for $75, cannot wait for it to go on sale

are the 64bit os run like AMD64? some software like docker-machine can be use?? Need to know more about this =P

He, I ordered mine last night...

Soon we'll be able to use it as a full spec gaming pc

the next milestone IMO for pi's is a pcie lane and m.2 slot to mount a nvme drive

this may sound odd but the reason my friend did not buy a Raspberry Pi was because it did not have 8 GB... he wanted to host a Minecraft server that used low power but his mod pack has 145 mods in so the game will not start on 4 GB! (and when it does, it lock up randomly... 8GB is needed!)

I installed official 64bit rasbian on Pi 4B, 4 GB RAM, 64 GB mSD card. 64 bit OS runs really faster, more smoothly than 32 bit. Really amazing !

I just bought the 4GB version ... I should have waited ... Feels Bad (I'm allready using buster arch64 version D:) (using my raspi 4 for a modded mc server)

I am curious whether the CM4 will use the same DDR3-Connector and whether it is compatible to the TuringPi. I've preferred the Pine64 Clusterboard recently, because their Sopine Computer Modules pack a bit more of a punch than the Raspi CM3. But the TuringPi Board has better features than the Clusterboard.

such a niche market for this. not much to get excited about for media playing, retro gaming, desktop usage etc.

man I wish I could buy this stuff and justify the purchase

Want new cluster video!

link to your ansible t-shirt pls :)

Actually Skype or Netflix is only working on 64 bit too.

I hope the 64 bit version comes out of BETA already.

NASDAQ should go up 100 point index for Pi 8G releases .

Now they need dual-channel memory.

7 months and this is still in beta :( Any changes?

Can it play golf?

We need a on board memory for OS.

can i use 64 os on 4gb pi

They mentioned they can even fit 16gb

Speaking of 64-bit programs, Dolphin (Gamecube/Wii Emulator) is strictly 64-bit and has been for a long time.

What do you do with all your older model raspberry pi's when a new model comes out?

I'm planing to make a server rack for 12 raspberry pi 4 8gb with a server rack with 12 2.5 inch 1tb SSHD for a large home server

These are sold out everywhere!!

Create a home server with the pi 4 8 Gb include all parts and network security steps also boot from a ssd drive for easy home network storage and a pi hole add blocking and vpn network full security is my wish list

still waiting windows iot for raspberry 4 😕

How to updrade from 32 bit raspbian to 64 bit raspberry Pi OS? Without reflashing the sd Card

If you have the 2Gb version can you desolder the memory chip off of the board and add this 8Gb chip now for sale individually on a popular auction site as Micron LPDDR3 8Gb Memory chip for about $18?? It says you need BGA reworking equipment but is there any other hardward changes?

vmware on respberry pi? free nas and w10?\

I cannot find an 8GB to buy.

Next time, are you not going to be Jeff Geerling anymore?

They add more memory but the gpu support is horrible.

Sigh, just bought 4GB version one week before

give it a year or two and it will be good for the noobs and non-power users, same as whats happened with the Pi4 4gig, I would have thought that the less skilled users are the bigger market so I don't know what the Pi foundation are thinking there, I am sure many a novice user has all but given up on all the waiting for a properly up-together issue of the Pi

I Ssssssssssssssssssssmashed that like button!

Rasbian Pi 64 runs much faster than 32. I really happy with 64 bit OS

Can I install 64bit os in Pi 3?

Can Windows 10 run on it?

*clicks subscribe*

Dang I just bought a 4gb version.

Pi OS goes 64-bit, huh? ...congratulations? I've been running Gentoo arm64 on my Pi3 for like a year. And on Pi4 since I got one. Way to go, Raspbian, you FINALLY CAUGHT UP.

if RPi goes to 16GB then u can have RedHat openshift cluster with it, it will be amazing...

Now if only, the pie had a faster storage interface. M.2

Interesting, so now maybe a py is a viable choice for a Minecraft server

64 bits 32 bits 16 bit 8 bit 4 bit 2 bit 1 bit half bit quarter bit THE WRIST GAAAAAAAME

hi sponge bob

Why not just use Ubuntu 64bit? I've been using it with microk8s for a while not and it's brilliant!

This guy looks so familiar. Wait, he looks like that veritasium guy. Even sort of sound the same.

I want to see an M.2 slot

sadly by the time i get 8 gb worth of ram used the poor processor would commit seppuku

8GB does not make sense on RPi4. The CPU is so horrendously slow, that it can't even playback RU-vid videos without dropped frames. RPi4 still only have 4 (slow) cores meanwhile even low-end phones have much faster 8 core socs. noOnE nEeDs MoRe ThAn 4 cOrEs, right? Intel is also thinking that, so it can't be wrong.

mr. Girly,, please demo a product which available in the market, dont show us only you can try, we love virgin too.. otherwise we will discourage our other friend to use other product aside Raspberry

Son of a B!t(h - I just bought a 4Gig version for the same price.

Of course 64bit is faster.. It can use the full 8gb ram...

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Why is this not called Raspberry Pi 5?

Raspberry pi 5 better be 8, 12, 16

its all worthless, ( almost ill elaborate ) my pi 4 4gb for 2 years now has never been starved for ram. in fact, even in my tests where i tried doing so much at once, it still never even used the swap file ( i disabled the swap file for this reason ) . maybe youll use the 8gb model as a server, or in a cluster, or for mining etc, where thats the only example i can think of where the 8gb becomes useful. im mostly disappointed, that for 2 years i have waited on drivers that support hardware acceleration for video decoding / you tubes and movies. so ,, after 2+ years, they give us this 8gb model, which still has no hardware support for video acceleration. even in any business model i dont think it made sense bringing this to market. we didnt need an 8gb pi ( well ok maybe a very niche crowd of you can use it ) what we needed is , some better drivers and hardware accelerated video for the device that you have already had out for 2+ years. im very frustrated , i mean odroid comes out with the c4, its a month old , has much better ram ( quad channel 4gb vs pi 4 single channel 4gb / 8gb - both are single channel units ) ,, has a better gpu, out of the box has a faster cpu ( pi 4 can overclock yes, but still is gimped by single channel architecture) ,, and this thing, that 1 month old, has full android 10 support with working drivers and video acceleration, support for ubuntu and retropie , and is the same price as a pi 4 4gb. yes youll need a wifi bt dongle., but on my pi 4, i need a dongle for usb headphones, as every os ( except raspbian ) the 3.5 jack does not work. i think this 8gb model is useless in comparison for a 4gb unit, to those looking for a home media center / retro gaming setup or cheap desktop replacement , which any including this new 8gb model all fail at because they wont give us drivers for hardware accelerated video ( you cant watch movies or youtubes etc ) -- even the glorious 8gb of single channel and a 64 bit os, wont help you watch movies, wont help you watch youtubes. wont help with games ( raspbian already had support for arm 64 - tho since it only had 4gb 32 bit made sense -- yes 64 bit / 8gb can address more ram, but none of the current operating systems will need to do so,, at least for most users, i dont know maybe they are hoping for Microsoft to give them a reverse handie , offer up arm 64 / 64bit , with hardware acceleration for the pi 4 8gb . yea that would get me excited. too bad pi 5 will be out before it happens . i have waited over 2 years to enjoy simple things like you tubes and movies on my pi 4. im tossing my pi4 in the trash soon , and trying out something, anything else on the market so long as it has hardware acceleration for videos. i mean anything. who knows maybe theyll offer up a 12gb version soon, with full vulcan support, then theyll sit on it for 2 years without devoloping software or drivers to support it. i mean that feels like the current business model for the pi 4 4gb. the market is looking for a cheap desktop replacement, and they would have hit that mark if they just gave us some good drives. imagine a video card coming out, nvidia or ati, and for 2 years, they dont release a single driver to support hardware acceleration. then they come out with some new model with more memory ..... you still have not gave us working drivers for the 4gb unit, after 2 years, and here you are making new hardware, when we are starving for software? im done ill buy an odroid.

but raspberry is basically meaningless, whats even the use of them. also in the end how much are these gonna cost, well, we might just buy a windows with all of its advantages instead

Create a home server with the pi 4 8 Gb include all parts and network security steps also boot from a ssd drive for easy home network storage and a pi hole add blocking and vpn network full security is my wish list