DC Rainmaker review - K2 seems slow?

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Ryleyinstl

• August 25, 2020 21:04

https://youtu.be/KcJyNQ5NRFc

In DC Rainmaker's review of the preview unit, performance seems slow/choppy compared to my K1 unit? Choppy/jerky scrolling and pokey loading. Can the team comment on this?

 

I've been happy with the performance of the K1 and would hate to see this regress.

 

Thanks!

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  Franklin Prince

  • August 26, 2020 10:36

  Hey Ryley. I can confirm that the responsiveness of the Karoo 2 will certainly not be slower than the Karoo.
  The unit that was sent to DCR was a Beta unit and the production hardware and software will be superior to that.

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  iain callaghan

  • August 25, 2020 21:07

  As Ray said this was a beta unit and not the finished article from a software side or hardware side 

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  Thomas Hartenstein

  • August 26, 2020 07:09

  If I look on the known specifications both models use a Quad-core CPU.

  ... the Karoo 1 uses a ARM Cortex-A53 (299 MHz - 1.3 GHz)

  ... the Karoo 2 CPU-speed seems to be limited to 1.1 GHz

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  Bill MacMillan

  • August 27, 2020 05:26

  1.1 GHz quad-core sounds like four Cortex-A53 or A7 judging by those low clocks. Those aren’t high performance cores but they should be enough for basic use. It would be nice if you could be more specific about the CPU.

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  Martin Bednarik

  • December 11, 2020 16:18

  Here is new full blown review https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/12/hammerhead-karoo-2-in-depth-review.html 

  Looking good, except of the map loading. Why is it sooo slow? Those are offline maps so should be fairly quick. For sure much quicker than this.

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  Dave Hein

  • February 26, 2021 12:26

  I can absolutely confirm that the karoo2 performance is slow and choppy. Compared to my karoo, the 2 is a step back in overall performance, it takes a long time to boot up, antagonizing blank screens when you start a ride (for about 10 seconds) and everytime you click a lap reset or ask it to do anything. I don't know if my unit is just bad or if their software is so backwards that everything crawls no matter what you are doing but so far the 2 is a downgrade in everything but size and weight.

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