Been getting really unexpected slowdowns...

[Pyrota]

I just downloaded Dolphin rather recently and I've been getting odd slowdown that I didn't expect from my hardware, on any graphical setting. For example, in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, I'll have 55-50 FPS when zoomed out (once) on a map, and it drops to about 45 or lower if I'm moving around while zoomed out. However, this problem persists on every AA setting and IR setting across multiple games (Zelda: Wind Waker, when spinning the camera or moving around, Mario Kart Double Dash, etc...)

My specs are:

OS: Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)
CPU: Intel i7 950 (3.07GHz)
GPU: AMD Radeon 6970 (1GB)
RAM: 6GB
Current Revision: 3.0-458

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[dannzen]

overclock to 3.6ghz

[kausdebonair]

overclock to 3.6ghz

Its recommended, i agree, however if i judge from my experience on the fire emblem ( on my i7 930 @ 3.8), those slow downs will happen anyway, i had the same kind of problem, just have some patience and go for the end, this is a great game.

obs: i dont remember the names, but im supposing the path of radiance is the WII version of the fire emblem .

[Pyrota]

Thanks for the advice guys.

And kausdebonair, Path of Radiance is the Gamecube one, but it does have quite a few issues of its own. Mind that it's not the only game that slows down a little.

Anyhow, I'll overclock and come back with results when I get the chance later.