Getting Pikmin 2 to work

[sky303]

That doesn't make any sense though. you said yourself it isn't a graphic intensive game and i have it running decently with none of these issues on dolphin 3.5. (aside from a one lag spike). and on the FAQ it says that i should be able to run average games fine. also, its using my AMD graphics card i believe. not my Intel HD 3000. my laptop switches graphics cards depending on the settings. i think the default is the intel HD?

[Shonumi]

It isn't a graphic intensive or CPU intensive game, correct. But there's a minimum threshold you need to surpass to efficiently run this game. Keep in mind, it's largely the CPU that determines Dolphin's speed, not the GPU, quite unlike modern PC games. The GPU determines how high you can raise you Internal Resolution without creating a GPU-based bottleneck. If the CPU is slow, however, then Dolphin will run slowly, regardless of the GPU. In other words, even if you managed to use your AMD GPU, 2.2GHz is a problem for your i7.

Did you follow the laptop performance guide? I say it looks like it's using your Intel HD 3000 because it was known to have issues like the attachment you posted. If it really is using your AMD GPU, perhaps you should grab the latest available drivers.

If you were able to raise the CPU speed (via Turbo Boost), you should get better performance. The guide I linked to has a section about ThrottleStop, which would very much help in your situation, but if all else fails, your hardware is too slow.

[JMC47]

GPU is at 87 degrees celcius on an onboard laptop. You're overheating.

[sky303]

(11-20-2014, 03:25 PM)JMC47 Wrote: GPU is at 87 degrees celcius on an onboard laptop. You're overheating.

Yea. my laptop brand/type is notorious for this,(samsung chronos 7 ultrabook) my first one actually overheated and melted the HDD within the first week i bought and received it. :/ It had a warranty so i got a refurbished one but i'm still a little sore about it. (stupid samsung ultra books) i have my laptop on a desktop cooler and everything (fans are on max) when i run games but it still happens. If you have any advice for keeping it cooler let me know.

[JMC47]

Well, Pikmin 2 is a lightweight game (I played through the coop with a friend on single core netplay without issues.) IF it's not running full speed... I'm not entirely sure why.