Horrible FPS

[StinkyTurtle]

Hi, i recently reformatted my computer and i seem to not be able to run dolphin as well as before. I was running everything at least 30fps+ and 100% speed, but now, im dipping if anything happens. In any game that has anything with an explosion or some kind of effect my fps goes down to 2 and sometimes even crashes the game. I dont know if i installed something wrong, or what, but i really cant play games like metroid or xenoblade with this kind of stuff going on every time i shoot or use a move. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Im running a i5-2500 3.3ghz
Radeon hd 7850

[DJBarry004]

Your CPU is too slow for the games you´re trying to play. Xenoblade and the Metroids are sort of demanding and demanding, respectively, so it´s pretty normal for you to get those speeds with your rig.

Anyway, light-weight games (like the Mario Party games) shouldn´t give you problems so check CPU and GPU temps to make sure they aren´t throttling.

[delroth]

WTF are you talking about, Xenoblade runs at more than full speed on an i7-920 @ 3.6GHz. Sandy Bridge is ~20% faster than Nehalem at same clock speed, so an i5-2500 should have no issue.

This sounds more like settings issues.

[StinkyTurtle]

I followed the guide to max my performance, and im still getting the same issues. Not sure what else to do, why i posted here.

[Zee530]

Do you have the latest graphics drivers? also post screenshot of your settings.

[StinkyTurtle]

Yeah i have the most recent beta driver settings. I Uninstalled dolphin last night then re installed and i havent changed any of the settings, still the same problem.

[Qaazavaca Qaanic]

First post screenshots, then if nobody can help try resetting your settings.
To reset the settings, go to "My Documents\Dolphin Emulator" and delete "Config", "GameSettings", "Cache", and "ShaderCache", then retest. I think uninstalling Dolphin actually does not reset the settings, though I may be wrong. Keep in mind that doing that will wipe all settings

[StinkyTurtle]

These are the only 2 settings i ever touched, everything else i haven't messed with.

[Zee530]

Try setting your Internal resolution to 2x

[StinkyTurtle]

Alright, tried it, its actually better, but still get dips to about 16 fps everytime i shoot a missle in metroid.