CPU stays at 1.6 GHz while dolphin is on

01-22-2016, 08:03 PM #1

I had run dolphin fine but after installing new gpu drivers for my HD 7850 the cpu stays idle when playing dolphin. I have overclocked my 3570k to 4.5 GHz but again it was running fine before I installed the new graphics drivers. Does anyone know how I can get my CPU to stay at 4.5 while playing?

**leolam** · 01-23-2016, 02:05 AM #2

How did you overclock your CPU? Did you do it from the BIOS or from Windows?

01-23-2016, 04:39 AM #3

(01-23-2016, 02:05 AM)leolam Wrote: How did you overclock your CPU? Did you do it from the BIOS or from Windows?

I did it from the bios. Using OC Tweaker in my Asus Pro4

I now do not believe it is my computer idling while dolphin is open because I turned off speedstep and c1e which keeps my CPU at 4.5 GHz. I keep testing Need for Speed Underground as that was the game I was playing before I put in new drivers and it was working. Now once I start a race the FPS goes from 30 to 3 and keeps varying where before it was 60 fps. A

Any trouble shooting ideas would be great I will try them out and report back

**Helios** · 01-23-2016, 08:37 AM #4

What are your temps?

You might be overheating.

01-23-2016, 08:43 AM #5

(01-23-2016, 08:37 AM)helios747 Wrote: What are your temps?

You might be overheating.

http://puu.sh/mFPB0/9003e2caa9.png

These are the temps after playing need for speed for 10 minutes. For some reason now its not at 5-10 FPS but it still doesnt stay 60 FPS consistently.

When playing my cpu usage is only 5-10% of max i have it open and was looking at it while playing. I currently have it so that my cpu is always at 4.5 GHz. I dont get why dolphin isnt using more of the cpu power

01-25-2016, 01:35 PM #6

i ended up just switching to windows 10 and it works fine on that no real issues