Dolphin reaches 4K and runs perfectly for an hour before turning slow

[DJDXDDD2006]

So I got this new Gaming laptop for Christmas, not very expensive. The first thing I downloaded was Dolphin. It worked fine back then, but it is now slowing down for extended periods of time before turning back to normal for no apparent reason. I close every tab, program, or resource demanding program before starting up Dolphin.

Here's my specs:

Core i5 8300H @ 2.30GHZ

NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050 GPU

4GB RAM (I know it's not that good)




I'm new to the forum, so I'll be very thankful to any help.

[JMC47]

Check your temperatures, it could be thermal throttling.

[DJDXDDD2006]

(02-04-2019, 04:08 AM)JMC47 Wrote: Check your temperatures, it could be thermal throttling.

Checked my temperatures and cooling system, working fine. I just can't think of any explanation for this, as this problem only occurs with Dolphin since yesterday...

[DJBarry004]

Does it still happens if you plug the charger?

[DJDXDDD2006]

(02-04-2019, 01:19 PM)DJBarry004 Wrote: Does it still happens if you plug the charger?

It dissappeared completely before the Super Bowl ended, but not certain if it's because of it being plugged in. Gonna test a little and will reply back. Till then!

[DJDXDDD2006]

(02-04-2019, 01:19 PM)DJBarry004 Wrote: Does it still happens if you plug the charger?

It turns out that was the problem! It slows down horrendously when I unplug it. Do you think it's a problem with the settings of my PC? 

[DJBarry004]

(02-05-2019, 12:53 AM)DJDXDDD2006 Wrote: It turns out that was the problem! It slows down horrendously when I unplug it. Do you think it's a problem with the settings of my PC? 

More like the Windows settings. When you unplug it, make sure you´re using the High Performance profile.

Same for your NVidia GPU (otherwise it will use Intel´s GPU instead).

[DJDXDDD2006]

(02-05-2019, 01:04 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: More like the Windows settings. When you unplug it, make sure you´re using the High Performance profile.

Same for your NVidia GPU (otherwise it will use Intel´s GPU instead).

It was already in High Performance profile. NVIDIA is on Maximum Performance, too. What else can I try?

[trihy]

Some notebooks Will force throttle depending on battery charge.


Not sure if this can be bypassed.

[TKSilver]

Does it happen faster if the battery is already predrained to say 70% then the laptop is powered off (and back on) before you play?