Any tips on running dolphin faster? Should I overclock?

kaloskatoa · 10-19-2013, 01:41 PM #1

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...

**mbc07** · 10-19-2013, 02:12 PM #2

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...

kaloskatoa · (This post was last modified: 10-19-2013, 02:24 PM by kaloskatoa.)

(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?

**Zee530** · 10-19-2013, 03:50 PM #4

(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.

kaloskatoa · 10-19-2013, 04:05 PM #5

(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.

**LordVador** · 10-20-2013, 10:35 AM #6

(10-19-2013, 04:05 PM)kaloskatoa Wrote: Can I improve the CPU performance in any way?

You can't

kaloskatoa · 10-22-2013, 06:07 AM #7

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.

**admin89** · (This post was last modified: 10-22-2013, 07:33 AM by admin89.)

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....

kaloskatoa · 10-22-2013, 06:53 AM #9

(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.

**admin89** · 10-22-2013, 07:02 AM **#10**

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