Decided it was time for a replay of Metroid Prime Trilogy, and couldn't figure out why I was getting only 40 FPS. If I hit TAB to disable frame limiter it would go to 80-90 at 1440p during game play.
Turns out that the 2020 Radeon drivers were set to 40 FPS min in the Radeon Chill setting, and something between Dolphin and the driver were interpreting that to make the game run at minimum rate. After spending over a day clicking and unclicking all the advanced graphics options, and trying all the different GFX backends, all I needed was a simple change in the driver software. Hope this helps anyone that was as frustrated as I was with this.
*Edit- game was locked in at 60 fps after disabling chill in the Radeon overlay. Didn't even need to restart the game or the emulator.
Turns out that the 2020 Radeon drivers were set to 40 FPS min in the Radeon Chill setting, and something between Dolphin and the driver were interpreting that to make the game run at minimum rate. After spending over a day clicking and unclicking all the advanced graphics options, and trying all the different GFX backends, all I needed was a simple change in the driver software. Hope this helps anyone that was as frustrated as I was with this.
*Edit- game was locked in at 60 fps after disabling chill in the Radeon overlay. Didn't even need to restart the game or the emulator.