Brand new laptop- having problem with DOLPHIN Emulator

[shoter350]

I just bought a hp pavilion dv6-6135dx for $650 from best buy.
specs are:
AMD VISION A8 APU
2.4 GHZ
6GB DDR3 RAM
AMD RADEON HD 6750M Graphics

i have everything set up, under the graphics i set them to "high performance" for when dolphin is being used.
When i go to play galaxy there is some serious slowdown (although the game LOOKS beautiful in both 720p and 1080p)

i understand maybe having slowdown in newer games like galaxy 2, but we're talking 37% speed and 28 FPS here

other less-intensive games are running at about 50-60% (world of goo, boy and his blob)

any help? is this computer maybe not powerful enough?

[LordVador]

(09-10-2011, 02:20 AM)shoter350 Wrote: I just bought a hp pavilion dv6-6135dx for $650 from best buy.
specs are:
AMD VISION A8 APU
2.4 GHZ
6GB DDR3 RAM
AMD RADEON HD 6750M Graphics

i have everything set up, under the graphics i set them to "high performance" for when dolphin is being used.
When i go to play galaxy there is some serious slowdown (although the game LOOKS beautiful in both 720p and 1080p)

i understand maybe having slowdown in newer games like galaxy 2, but we're talking 37% speed and 28 FPS here

other less-intensive games are running at about 50-60% (world of goo, boy and his blob)

any help? is this computer maybe not powerful enough?

That's it

[kausdebonair]

(09-10-2011, 02:20 AM)shoter350 Wrote: I just bought a hp pavilion dv6-6135dx for $650 from best buy.
specs are:
AMD VISION A8 APU
2.4 GHZ
6GB DDR3 RAM
AMD RADEON HD 6750M Graphics

i have everything set up, under the graphics i set them to "high performance" for when dolphin is being used.
When i go to play galaxy there is some serious slowdown (although the game LOOKS beautiful in both 720p and 1080p)

i understand maybe having slowdown in newer games like galaxy 2, but we're talking 37% speed and 28 FPS here

other less-intensive games are running at about 50-60% (world of goo, boy and his blob)

any help? is this computer maybe not powerful enough?

I think you CPU is the bottleneck. Considerating that a I7 overclocked to 3.6+ is necessary to run SMG1/2 at good speeds.

[shoter350]

wow... thanks for the quick responses... i guess i assumed this unit would be more than enough for wii emulation. kind of bummed about that, but i guess ill just stick with my crappy 480p wii gaming.

[LordVador]

(09-10-2011, 02:27 AM)kausdebonair Wrote:

(09-10-2011, 02:20 AM)shoter350 Wrote: I just bought a hp pavilion dv6-6135dx for $650 from best buy.
specs are:
AMD VISION A8 APU
2.4 GHZ
6GB DDR3 RAM
AMD RADEON HD 6750M Graphics

i have everything set up, under the graphics i set them to "high performance" for when dolphin is being used.
When i go to play galaxy there is some serious slowdown (although the game LOOKS beautiful in both 720p and 1080p)

i understand maybe having slowdown in newer games like galaxy 2, but we're talking 37% speed and 28 FPS here

other less-intensive games are running at about 50-60% (world of goo, boy and his blob)

any help? is this computer maybe not powerful enough?

I think you CPU is the bottleneck. Considerating that a I7 overclocked to 3.6+ is necessary to run SMG1/2 at good speeds.

Yes his CPU is too weak for Wii games and above all for SMG(s)...

[shoter350]

how much would i have to spend to get this laptop to the specs it needs to have to run SMG1 and 2 well?

[Garteal]

(09-10-2011, 02:37 AM)shoter350 Wrote: how much would i have to spend to get this laptop to the specs it needs to have to run SMG1 and 2 well?

Probably more than you're ever willing to pay. And no, you do not buy parts for your laptop if you're not very technical with pc's etc... even then it barely happens.

If you really want to play SMG1/2 very well, get a nice desktop PC. You won't regret it.

[NaturalViolence]

Quote:how much would i have to spend to get this laptop to the specs it needs to have to run SMG1 and 2 well?

No laptop parts are powerful enough to do that. You would need a desktop.

Quote:wow... thanks for the quick responses... i guess i assumed this unit would be more than enough for wii emulation. kind of bummed about that, but i guess ill just stick with my crappy 480p wii gaming.

Lowering your resolution won't help, that only effects gpu performance. Your cpu is not powerful enough, period, regardless of resolution. Your system will be able to handle lighter games such as most GC titles fine though. SMG/SMG2 are very heavy games.

[Runo]

(09-10-2011, 07:32 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Lowering your resolution won't help, that only effects gpu performance.

He was talking about playing on his wii at 480p.