Bad cpu or gpu? Baldurs gate: Dark Alliance

[davidrohusch]

In first cutscene i have full speed 60fps, but when i am in tavern i got really big slowdown in cutscenes.
I have Intel pentium g3258 overclocked to 3.8GHZ and Nvidia 210

[admin89]

G3258 is an excellent CPU for Dolphin . Base on official Dolphin Benchmark , G3258 @ 4.5GHz outperforms Core i7 4770k @ 4.3GHz
Nvidia GT 210 is beyond salvation . It's even weaker than a 2 year old integrated GPU : Intel HD 4000 which is not good for Dolphin
Baldurs gate: Dark Alliance is a demanding game
If you want more speed for free , just push your CPU frequency higher . G3258 can be oced to 4.6GHz with Intel Stock Fan...
Or just get latest low power consumption GPU like EVGA GTX 750 (non-Ti version)
Edit : Btw , x86 OS is not a good choice for Dolphin . If you want more speed then you must install x64 OS and use x64 version of Dolphin

[elemein]

Maybe try the iGP built in with the G3258?

[Xeno Aura]

The G3258's integrated GPU would fair worse than the 210 I believe. It has the lowest level of Intel HD graphics for Haswell. (Intel HD GT1)

But yeah, your GPU would definitely hold you back in this instance.

[KHg8m3r]

A 750 Ti will play PC games pretty well, and Dolphin at 4x IR, and its only like $100 or so

[elemein]

A 750 Ti will play PC games pretty well, and Dolphin at 4x IR, and its only like $100 or so

750 Tis usually run around 150$ actually... :/

[yl-smash]

I have a Radeon 7770 works wonders for me, believe theyre about 80 bucks.

[KHg8m3r]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-c...titf2gd5oc

[elemein]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-c...titf2gd5oc

Oh with a rebate. Yeah if it didnt have a rebate it wouldn't have made much sense.

[KHg8m3r]

Yup, so technically it's cheaper than $150 once the rebate comes back