Hi, I've got a relatively mid-power PC. It should be more than enough to run Dolphin emulated games on native or 1080p resolution. However, no matter the settings I try... many games lag or stutter or are outright unplayable. My only theory is that my CPU is being bottlenecked on account of it being multicore, and the cores individually are quite small in terms of size/power. As for specific game examples, Animal Crossing and Luigi's Mansion will run perfectly fine. But Mario Sunshine will stutter frequently if not outright be unplayable, it's inconsistent. The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker and Twilight Princess also stutter heavily in certain areas or are fine in short bursts, but eventually become unplayable. F-Zero GX is completely unplayable. Super Smash Bros. Melee is fine but has occasional lag spikes along with stuttering. Shadow the Hedgehog is unplayable. And the audio tends to crackle even in games that run perfectly.
These specs should be more than enough to run the games in at least native resolution if not 1080p. I usually get the best results with Vulkan or OpenGL. But it seems like a flip of the coin if one or the other will be better. I typically try Vulkan first, given that it's the backend that has the most multicore support. But no matter the settings I try, there is no improvement. If there are any suggestions or potential solutions, I would very much appreciate the support. Thank you.
Dolphin Version: Dolphin 2407 x64
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Memory: Corsair VENGEANCE® LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz C16 Memory Kit
OS: Windows 10 Pro
Processor: Intel Core i7 6800K
Motherboard: X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)
Installed Physical Memory RAM: 16 GB
Total Physical Memory: 15.9 GB
Available Physical Memory: 8.16 GB
Total Virtual Memory: 29.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory: 16.8 GB
These specs should be more than enough to run the games in at least native resolution if not 1080p. I usually get the best results with Vulkan or OpenGL. But it seems like a flip of the coin if one or the other will be better. I typically try Vulkan first, given that it's the backend that has the most multicore support. But no matter the settings I try, there is no improvement. If there are any suggestions or potential solutions, I would very much appreciate the support. Thank you.
Dolphin Version: Dolphin 2407 x64
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Memory: Corsair VENGEANCE® LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz C16 Memory Kit
OS: Windows 10 Pro
Processor: Intel Core i7 6800K
Motherboard: X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)
Installed Physical Memory RAM: 16 GB
Total Physical Memory: 15.9 GB
Available Physical Memory: 8.16 GB
Total Virtual Memory: 29.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory: 16.8 GB