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Any tips on running dolphin faster? Should I overclock?
10-19-2013, 01:41 PM
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Hello everyone, I know it must be pretty boring to answer the same questions again and again, so I'll try to keep it simple!My specs are

Win 8 64x
Intel Core i5-3337U (ivy bridge. 1800 - 2700 MHz)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M (2GB DDR3).

I'm running 4.0

I been playing with dolphin for a couple days and some games are working nicely, others... not so much.
SMG is playable with frameskip at 1-2. Now smash bros and DKCR, two of my favorite titles, are just unplayable. I also happened to be fucking dumb and bought Last Story before checking if the game was demanding. My fault I guess.

My questions are:

Should I disable turboboost and overclock my CPU to run at 2700 all the time? Would that improve my performance?
Is there a dolphin build that works faster for DKCR and SSBB?

Should I buy the gamecube smash bros? If it runs better I'll try to find a copy, thought it would be hard...
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10-19-2013, 02:12 PM
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You can't overclock this mobile CPU. And it won't run The Last Story fullspeed no matter what you do. However, it's strange that you're getting better performance in SMG (that's a demanding game) than in Smash Bros and Donkey Kong... Check if your system isn't overheating...
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10-19-2013, 02:22 PM (This post was last modified: 10-19-2013, 02:24 PM by kaloskatoa.)
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(10-19-2013, 02:12 PM)Jhonn Wrote: You can't overclock this mobile CPU. And it won't run The Last Story fullspeed no matter what you do. However, it's strange that you're getting better performance in SMG (that's a demanding game) than in Smash Bros and Donkey Kong... Check if your system isn't overheating...
Hmmm, I thought it was weird too, and nah, its running cool.
Also, its not that SMG is running excelent. It just runs better than DKCR. Its playable. I get 80%+ on the observatory


Ok, I can't overclock. Can I set turbo boost to be on more often or tweak it in anyway?
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10-19-2013, 03:50 PM
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(10-19-2013, 01:41 PM)kaloskatoa Wrote: SMG is playable with frameskip at 1-2.

I'm surprised, that really should make no difference on that GPU.
......?????
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10-19-2013, 04:05 PM
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(10-19-2013, 03:50 PM)Zee530 Wrote:
(10-19-2013, 01:41 PM)kaloskatoa Wrote: SMG is playable with frameskip at 1-2.

I'm surprised, that really should make no difference on that GPU.


Hmm. I think the CPU is the bottleneck. I can put the IR in 2x and the game will stay on the same framerate.


Anyway... Can I improve the CPU performance in any way? Can I like... offload a task to the gpu or anything like that? Feeling kinda sad here.
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10-20-2013, 10:35 AM
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(10-19-2013, 04:05 PM)kaloskatoa Wrote: Can I improve the CPU performance in any way?

You can't
[color=#ff0000][color=#006600]i5 3570K @ 4.5GHz/GTX 660 Ti/RAM 4GB/Win7 x64[/color][/color]
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10-22-2013, 06:07 AM
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I plan on buying a i7-4770K

Would that be good enough to run everything at full speed?

At least Skyward sword, SMG2 and the like.
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10-22-2013, 06:44 AM (This post was last modified: 10-22-2013, 07:33 AM by admin89.)
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Both i5 4670k and i7 4770k are quad core . Since Dolphin only uses 2->3 cores , i5 quad and i7 quad should have the same performance . Therefore , you will waste your money and gain almost nothing
Build : i5 4670k @ 4.2GHz + MSI Z87 G45 + Radeon HD R9 270X + CM Hyper 212 Evo + Arctic MX-4 + Gskill Ripjaws X Series 2x4GB + SeaSonic S12II 620W + Rosewill BLACKHAWK + Intel 335 SSD 180GB + Any 7200rpm HDD from WD/Seagate....
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Clevo W230SS : 3200x1800 IPS | i7 4700MQ @ 3.6GHz (Intel XTU + Triple fan mod) | GTX 860M GDDR5 | 128GB Toshiba CFD SSD | 16GB DDR3L 1600MHz
Aspire 715 43G : 1080p 144Hz |  R5 5625U @ 4.3GHz | Nvidia RTX 3050 4GB | 500GB WD SSD  | 16GB DDR4 3200MHz 
Mini PC :: (Show Spoiler)
G3258 @ 4.6GHz | ELSA GTX 750 | Asrock Z87E ITX | 600W SFX 80+ Gold Silverstone + SG06-LITE | Corsair Vengeance 8GB 2000MHz | Scythe Kozuti + Ao Kaze | 45TB 2.5" Ex HDD (in total) , Zelda Gold Wiimote , LE Wii Classic Controller , Gold LE PS3 DualShock , BlackWidow Chroma ,
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10-22-2013, 06:53 AM
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(10-22-2013, 06:44 AM)admin89 Wrote: Both i5 4670k and i7 4770k are quad core . Since Dolphin only uses 2->3 cores , i5 quad and i7 quad should have the same performance . Therefore , you will waste your money and gain almost nothing
Build : i5 4670k @ 4.2GHz + MSI Z87 G45 + Radeon HD R9 270X + CM Hyper 212 Evo + Arctic MX-4 + Gskill Ripjaws X Series 2x4GB + SeaSonic S12II 620W



Well, I'm buying a gaming PC, not just a dolphin PC. So I kinda think a I5 4670k wont be good enough. Even more when I have 1300$ to waste.

I just need to know if this specific CPU is good enough to run the most demanding games well.

If not I can get a i7 4820k instead.
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10-22-2013, 07:02 AM
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Quote:Well, I'm buying a gaming PC, not just a dolphin PC. So I kinda think a I5 4670k wont be good enough. Even more when I have 1300$ to waste.
You're kidding me . i5 4670k is a top of the line quad core CPU unlike your low-end dual core i5 3337U
Just spend on a better video card instead
i7 has Hyperthreading (4 cores 8 threads) while i5 doesn't have (4 cores 4 threads)
Hyperthreading is useless for most PC games (not all PC games) . HT is usefull for video encoding or heavy multi-tasking
Laptop: (Show Spoiler)
Clevo W230SS : 3200x1800 IPS | i7 4700MQ @ 3.6GHz (Intel XTU + Triple fan mod) | GTX 860M GDDR5 | 128GB Toshiba CFD SSD | 16GB DDR3L 1600MHz
Aspire 715 43G : 1080p 144Hz |  R5 5625U @ 4.3GHz | Nvidia RTX 3050 4GB | 500GB WD SSD  | 16GB DDR4 3200MHz 
Mini PC :: (Show Spoiler)
G3258 @ 4.6GHz | ELSA GTX 750 | Asrock Z87E ITX | 600W SFX 80+ Gold Silverstone + SG06-LITE | Corsair Vengeance 8GB 2000MHz | Scythe Kozuti + Ao Kaze | 45TB 2.5" Ex HDD (in total) , Zelda Gold Wiimote , LE Wii Classic Controller , Gold LE PS3 DualShock , BlackWidow Chroma ,
Now Playing : Xenoblade Definitive Edition on Yuzu - Switch Emu 

 
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