(01-13-2013, 05:38 AM)Luu Wrote: Hi,
I'm running Dolphin 3.5 on Windows 8 x64 on my HTPC. It's a AMD A10-5700 APU on a MSI FM2-A75IA-E53 Mainboard.
The CPU is a Quad Core 3.4 GHz with an integrated AMD Radeon HD 7660D - which is basically a HD 6600 series card. The system has 16GB DDR3-1866 RAM (GeIL EVO LEGGERA).
For the past two days I've been trying to get Dolphin running at a decent speed. However almost all games I've tried are pretty much unplayable.
In the beginning I've been using default settings, later I enabled experimental features that are supposed to speed up emulation. However in games like New Super Mario or Super Mario Galaxy the best I could get was around 20 fps with quite a bit of sound stutter. Menus and static screens show 60fps, but as soon as something 3D is being rendered it goes down to 10-20fps. I let the emu render at 1x (which looks very blocky) and scale up to 720p as that's the resolution of the projector the HTPC is connected to. I briefly tried turning on anti aliasing and switched from DX9 to DX11 (just because you never know) but as one would expect it only slowed things down even further.
The system plays relatively recent games like Spec Ops the Line and Assassins Creed III at 720p and High settings and the Windows 8 Experience Index for 3D Graphics and CPU is both at 6.9. So I feel that in principle the system should be powerful enough to run Wii games on Dolphin. I just haven't found the right settings yet.
Has anyone had more luck with running Dolphin on an AMD Trinity based system and would share their settings with me?
(01-13-2013, 05:38 AM)Luu Wrote: Really don't know why you're having problems unless you're running Dolphin 3.5-367x64. That one has serious sound issues in almost every game. If you look at my specs, I'm running a HP G7 2320DX laptop and all your hardware is a bit stronger than mine. I reverted to 3.5.0 x64 and x32 depending on the game and everything works MUCH better. I haven't tried any Wii games, but most all the Gamecube games I've tried work well with FPS from 30-60. Of course, some games simply don't run well yet...it's emulation. And you SHOULD use dx11 for most games, it's almost always faster in my experience.
(01-13-2013, 05:38 AM)Luu Wrote: But by reverting I'm now able to play these previously unplayable games - Star Fox Assault, Mario Kart Double Dash, SSX3, Viewtiful Joe, Super Mario Sunshine, Zelda's TP and WW (those all run perfectly).
(01-13-2013, 05:38 AM)Luu Wrote: Wave Race Blue Storm (not great FPS but playable), Mario Golf Toadstool Tour and Mario Power Tennis (both some graphical glitches but play smoothly and stable)
(01-13-2013, 05:38 AM)Luu Wrote: Good luck!
Don't know what I did that my reply to you shows as you writing it, weird. Anyway...
Really don't know why you're having problems unless you're running Dolphin 3.5-367x64. That one has serious sound issues in almost every game. If you look at my specs, I'm running a HP G7 2320DX laptop and all your hardware is a bit stronger than mine. I reverted to 3.5.0 x64 and x32 depending on the game and everything works MUCH better. I haven't tried any Wii games, but most all the Gamecube games I've tried work well with FPS from 30-60. Of course, some games simply don't run well yet...it's emulation. And you SHOULD use dx11 for most games, it's almost always faster in my experience.
But by reverting I'm now able to play these previously unplayable games - Star Fox Assault, Mario Kart Double Dash, SSX3, Viewtiful Joe, Super Mario Sunshine, Zelda's TP and WW (those all run perfectly).
Wave Race Blue Storm (not great FPS but playable), Mario Golf Toadstool Tour and Mario Power Tennis (both some graphical glitches but play smoothly and stable)
Good luck!