Dolphin on New Rig - A Few Questions (Super Mario Galaxy)

Dolemub42 · (This post was last modified: 12-05-2015, 09:18 AM by Dolemub42.)

Yes, sorry. I updated my profile and signature. It is the latest development build 4.0-8297.

(12-05-2015, 08:12 AM)JosJuice Wrote: These problems are likely caused by shader compilation. There's currently no fix other than playing the game for a while to build up the shader cache. Every time you get to an area or a graphics effect that makes the game stutter, it caches shaders so that it won't make the game stutter the next time. However, if you're using an old version of Dolphin, updating can improve the performance in general.

1. Is this time to build shader cache limited by CPU or storage medium? I'm wondering if a RAM drive would help with this, since I saw some improvement switching from a standard HDD to a solid-state drive.

2. Would this also solve the weird slowdowns in FPS when entering a new area?

3. Should I be using D3D or OpenGL for games like Mario Galaxy?

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4. Also are there any downsides to using this?
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-unofficial-ishiiruka-dolphin-custom-version