God awful FPS

[GTAllesto]

Hello, I have a question here. I have a Modified Dell XPS 420.

Windows 10 Pro x64
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(Upgrade soon)
Intel Q6600 2.4 Ghtz Quad Core
6GB DDR2 Ram
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AMD 6450 1GB
Dolphin 5.0

Yet am getting god awful FPS on the simplest of games. The only game That gets 30 Fps on the dot is Mario Galaxy 2 (quite strange). Am I doing something wrong, or am I just stupid? Please help, PokePark Wii is calling me!

[KHg8m3r]

Your specs are really old and slow.
I have that same CPU, and most games don't run well for me with it paired with a GT 740.
Your GPU is also really slow, its weaker than the mobile versions of the Intel HD 4000.

Both of those contribute to a slow Dolphin experience.

[admin89]

https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/faq/#which-cpu-should-i-use
If you don't have much money to spend , i3 6100 @ 3.7GHz ( which requires H110 mobo + DDR4 Ram) is good choice . It's 300% faster than your current CPU
Otherwise just grab Xeon 1230v5 (i7 6700 without iGPU) + Asrock Fatal1ty Gaming E3V5
You should upgrade GPU to sth like HD 7750 at least ($30 on ebay) if you want to play game at 1080P

[GTAllesto]

Okay, i thought i was being stupid... I do have a weak pc. I will get a GTX 970 and a new processor motherboard off my cousin (16 gb ddr3 ram)

[DJBarry004]

(07-19-2016, 04:19 AM)GTAllesto Wrote: Okay, i thought i was being stupid... I do have a weak pc. I will get a GTX 970 and a new processor motherboard off my cousin (16 gb ddr3 ram)

Why DDR3? DDR4 performs better. 
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-differences-between-ddr3-and-ddr4-ram/

[TehGuy]

(07-19-2016, 08:41 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: Why DDR3? DDR4 performs better. 
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-differences-between-ddr3-and-ddr4-ram/

Performs better, yes, but not really enough of a difference (outside of memory intensive tasks (and synthetic benchmarks) IIRC.. Games and such don't care) to justify going for it over what his cousin might be able to offer. If a DDR4 build ends up being cheaper, then by all means