Amd A8 3520m Help

[Tirachii]

Do I need to overclock to get better performance? I have been getting very bad fps with Gamecube games, any ideas why it is running so badly?


Operating System:Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-Bit - SP1
Processor/CPU:AMD A8-3520m, Quad-Core, 1.60 GHz
Video Card/GPU:AMD Radeon HD 6620G + 7690m
Memory/RAM:6 GB
Dolphin Revision Currently Using:3.5-269

[admin89]

Quote:why it is running so badly?

This is the main culprit : 1.60 GHz
Not even an Core i7 @ 1.6GHz could run any game at decent speed .

Quote:Do I need to overclock to get better performance?

Yes , of course
http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-dolphin-and-the-amd-a6-3400m

[Tirachii]

I am also not sure if it is even using my 7690m in game =/

[admin89]

Show me the screeshot of "GPUZ" while Dolphin is running
Make sure you add Dolphin to high performance and set battery settings to high performance
http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-two-graphics-card

[Tirachii]

(01-26-2013, 04:39 PM)admin89 Wrote: Show me the screeshot of "GPUZ" while Dolphin is running
Make sure you add Dolphin to high performance and set battery settings to high performance
http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-two-graphics-card

[admin89]

It seems Dolphin is using the integrated GPU , not the 7690M
GPU clock , memory bandwidth do not match both DDR3 version and GDDR5 version

[Tirachii]

(01-26-2013, 04:57 PM)admin89 Wrote: It seems Dolphin is using the integrated GPU , not the 7690M
GPU clock , memory bandwidth does not match both DDR3 version and GDDR5 version

Any way I could fix that? It doesn't appear as an option =/

[admin89]

Ah Never mind GPUZ , try this :

Starscream Wrote:download AMD system monitor and run a game, see if your discrete GPU is being used like mine is.



Even after that, Dolphin will still never show your discrete GPU when you start a game, but it doesn't matter as long as it's being used.

[Tirachii]

(01-26-2013, 05:04 PM)admin89 Wrote: Ah Never mind GPUZ , try this :

Starscream Wrote:download AMD system monitor and run a game, see if your discrete GPU is being used like mine is.



Even after that, Dolphin will still never show your discrete GPU when you start a game, but it doesn't matter as long as it's being used.

It used to work, but now it just says "sorry an unexpected error has occurred, please restart the application

[Starscream]

His GPU-Z shot shows that crossfire is disabled, that means that only the integrated card is in use. Before he sets dolphin to high performance in CCC, he has to enable both GPUs.