• Login
  • Register
  • Dolphin Forums
  • Home
  • FAQ
  • Download
  • Wiki
  • Code


Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums › Dolphin Emulator Discussion and Support › Hardware v
« Previous 1 ... 144 145 146 147 148 ... 189 Next »

Having trouble getting a smooth framerate out of my machine...
View New Posts | View Today's Posts

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
Having trouble getting a smooth framerate out of my machine...
02-19-2013, 07:34 AM
#1
campbell000
Unregistered
 
Specs of my laptop:
Intel i7 Q720 (mobile) 1.60Ghz (the oldest i7, I think)
ATI Radeon 5730 (mobile)
4 GBs of Ram
Native display: 1366 x 786

Games usually hover around the 60-55 fps mark, but there are very frequent and very annoying dips and jerks in the frame rate that make it drop to about 30 or 40. This happens about 5-6 times a minute, and make games very annoying to play. Is this to be expected? And, is there anything I can do to make the framerate more consistent (perhaps at the expense of visual quality)?
Reply
02-19-2013, 07:38 AM (This post was last modified: 02-19-2013, 07:43 AM by noah.)
#2
noah Offline
Senior Member
****
Posts: 266
Threads: 35
Joined: Sep 2012
What games are you trying to play? And you could try making it 1xIR. Most games should be full speed.
PC Specs
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB
RAM: 8GB 2400MHz DDR4
OS: Windows 10 64-Bit
Find
Reply
02-19-2013, 07:51 AM (This post was last modified: 02-19-2013, 07:55 AM by Xalphenos.)
#3
Xalphenos Offline
Member
***
Posts: 217
Threads: 0
Joined: Nov 2012
Your CPU is slow especially if turbo isn't working. Make sure your temps are good or turbo will not work. Even with that you really shouldn't expect full speed all the time but it depends on the game. What are you trying to play? If three of your cores are being used your max turbo is only 1733 mhz so LLE on thread is out of the question.
Find
Reply
02-19-2013, 08:01 AM
#4
LordVador Offline
Christmas Vader
*******
Posts: 8,851
Threads: 1,908
Joined: Mar 2011
(02-19-2013, 07:34 AM)campbell000 Wrote: there are very frequent and very annoying dips and jerks in the frame rate that make it drop to about 30 or 40. This happens about 5-6 times a minute, and make games very annoying to play. Is this to be expected?

Your laptop is probably overheating. Check your temperature.

(02-19-2013, 07:34 AM)campbell000 Wrote: is there anything I can do to make the framerate more consistent (perhaps at the expense of visual quality)?

No. Your CPU is too weak for most games
[color=#ff0000][color=#006600]i5 3570K @ 4.5GHz/GTX 660 Ti/RAM 4GB/Win7 x64[/color][/color]
Find
Reply
02-19-2013, 08:23 AM (This post was last modified: 02-19-2013, 08:42 AM by noah.)
#5
noah Offline
Senior Member
****
Posts: 266
Threads: 35
Joined: Sep 2012
Yeah I read his stats wrong Tongue. I thought he said i7 3770k. My eyes deceived me. It also feels weird responding because Campbell is my last name, and my brothers. And my brother... is a troll.
PC Specs
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB
RAM: 8GB 2400MHz DDR4
OS: Windows 10 64-Bit
Find
Reply
02-19-2013, 08:40 AM
#6
campbell000
Unregistered
 
(02-19-2013, 07:51 AM)Xalphenos Wrote: Your CPU is slow especially if turbo isn't working. Make sure your temps are good or turbo will not work. Even with that you really shouldn't expect full speed all the time but it depends on the game. What are you trying to play? If three of your cores are being used your max turbo is only 1733 mhz so LLE on thread is out of the question.
I was trying to play Paper Mario, SSBM, and Mario Kart DD. All three exhibited the same behavior.

And really? Too slow? What kind of temps should I be looking at? How can I decrease my temp?
Reply
02-19-2013, 10:37 AM (This post was last modified: 02-19-2013, 10:37 AM by NaturalViolence.)
#7
NaturalViolence Offline
It's not that I hate people, I just hate stupid people
*******
Posts: 9,013
Threads: 24
Joined: Oct 2009
Use realtemp or coretemp (google them) to check your temperature while running the game in dolphin. Then post the temps here.
"Normally if given a choice between doing something and nothing, I’d choose to do nothing. But I would do something if it helps someone else do nothing. I’d work all night if it meant nothing got done."  
-Ron Swanson

"I shall be a good politician, even if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else for that matter. "
-Mark Antony
Website Find
Reply
« Next Oldest | Next Newest »


  • View a Printable Version
  • Subscribe to this thread
Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)



Powered By MyBB | Theme by Fragma

Linear Mode
Threaded Mode