Couple of Q's regarding GPU and crashes

Kerrigor · 05-23-2013, 12:52 AM #1

Hi all,

Just started using this (awesome) emulator and had a couple of questions regarding my setup.

So I've played a few games now, most run fine, but Mario Kart and SSBM both run a little slowly, with SSBM getting quite bad if I more than 1 player. I was wondering if it was to do with the fact that no matter what I do, I can't seem to get Dolphin to use my GeForce GT630M. I can't even select it in the setup of Dolphin, it just shows the Intel GPU.

I have configured the nVidia Control Panel to make Dolphin use the video card but the icon in the tray says it doesn't use it. It also crashes every time I try to load an ISO when I try this way.

I have tried different versions of Dolphin and nVidia drivers.

My specs are also below, thanks for any answers,
Kerrigor

CPU - i5-3210M
RAM - 8GB DDR3
GPU - GeForce GT630M

haddockd · 05-23-2013, 01:15 AM #2

Whats the speed on your processor? I know that I had multiplayer lag in Mario Kart Wii before I overclocked my processor and I was at 3.3. The same goes for SSBM, once I overclocked, essentially all the lag went away. I do not know if you need to get it as high as mine, but if you have a low clock speed (under 3GHz) then you may just have to cope with it unless you can overclock.

Kerrigor · 05-23-2013, 01:32 AM #3

It's running at 2.5 GHz, but I haven't overclocked it yet.

I'm getting more concerned about that fact I cannot seem to make it my video card and it crashes when I try and make it do so.

Cheers

**admin89** · 05-23-2013, 01:45 AM #4

Quote:It's running at 2.5 GHz, but I haven't overclocked it yet.

You can't overclock that CPU anyway
Btw that CPU clock speed should automatically boost up to 2.9GHz (Turbo Boost - 2 cores active)
If your Turbo Boost does not work (CPU overheat or hardware/software troubleshooting) , your CPU will stay at 2.5GHz or lower
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i5/Intel-Core%20i5-3210M%20(BGA)%20Mobile%20processor.html
How to controll Turbo Boost Manually : Set your CPU multiplier = 29
http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-nvidia-driver-problem--29265

Kerrigor · 05-23-2013, 02:25 AM #5

(05-23-2013, 01:45 AM)admin89 Wrote:
Quote:It's running at 2.5 GHz, but I haven't overclocked it yet.
You can't overclock that CPU anyway
Btw that CPU clock speed should automatically boost up to 2.9GHz (Turbo Boost - 2 cores active)
If your Turbo Boost does not work (CPU overheat or hardware/software troubleshooting) , your CPU will stay at 2.5GHz or lower
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i5/Intel-Core%20i5-3210M%20(BGA)%20Mobile%20processor.html
How to controll Turbo Boost Manually : Set your CPU multiplier = 29
http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-nvidia-driver-problem--29265

Okay so I followed through those posts, thanks by the way, and my CPU is running with Turbo Boost, so that's fine.

However, I also ran GPU-Z, I posted the results below, but there's no load on the GPU even when I run Dolphin on high specs and Mario Kart is running slowly.

I saw one of your solutions was to reinstall Windows. Is there any other solution or do I have an afternoon of fun ahead of me? Smile

**pauldacheez** · 05-23-2013, 05:56 AM #6

In the Nvidia driver settings, set Dolphin to a high-performance profile or whatever it is. If there's no option, just increase the graphical settings (Internal Resolution, AA/AF, texture cache accuracy) in Dolphin until GPU-Z starts reporting a non-zero load on the dedicated GPU.

Kerrigor · 05-24-2013, 02:24 AM #7

(05-23-2013, 05:56 AM)pauldacheez Wrote: In the Nvidia driver settings, set Dolphin to a high-performance profile or whatever it is. If there's no option, just increase the graphical settings (Internal Resolution, AA/AF, texture cache accuracy) in Dolphin until GPU-Z starts reporting a non-zero load on the dedicated GPU.

I tried that, still have a 0% load on the GPU.

Shadicbypass · 05-24-2013, 03:04 AM #8

(05-24-2013, 02:24 AM)Kerrigor Wrote:
(05-23-2013, 05:56 AM)pauldacheez Wrote: In the Nvidia driver settings, set Dolphin to a high-performance profile or whatever it is. If there's no option, just increase the graphical settings (Internal Resolution, AA/AF, texture cache accuracy) in Dolphin until GPU-Z starts reporting a non-zero load on the dedicated GPU.
I tried that, still have a 0% load on the GPU.

have you checked to see if the nvidia control panel is letting dolphin use that gpu.

Kerrigor · 05-24-2013, 06:48 AM #9

(05-24-2013, 03:04 AM)Shadicbypass Wrote:
(05-24-2013, 02:24 AM)Kerrigor Wrote:
(05-23-2013, 05:56 AM)pauldacheez Wrote: In the Nvidia driver settings, set Dolphin to a high-performance profile or whatever it is. If there's no option, just increase the graphical settings (Internal Resolution, AA/AF, texture cache accuracy) in Dolphin until GPU-Z starts reporting a non-zero load on the dedicated GPU.
I tried that, still have a 0% load on the GPU.
have you checked to see if the nvidia control panel is letting dolphin use that gpu.

I have tried making dolphin use the gpu through the control panel, but as for letting it, I'm not sure. Is there any way to check?

Shadicbypass · (This post was last modified: 05-24-2013, 07:02 AM by Shadicbypass.)

you can try disableing the intel gpu to force your whole system to use the nvidia gpu but now that i think about it.I do not think that is actually a problem because my system shows zero gpu load but shows there is memory usage while using dolphin-emu in gpu-z. does yours show memory usage.