Kirby's epic yarn big slowdowns!

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I am no GPU expert so I can only go on what I have observed when I play Dolphin which is admittedly limited. GPU load and AA are correlated but (at least with my setup) the load isn't increased significantly. I can play WW, Tales of Symphonia, Kirby Yarn, and more with AA on and my GPU load is pretty close as with AA off. I think it may be more closely related to the amount of video memory you have. Try it with no AA enabled and see if it does indeed help. And for the record a 5850 is not all that powerful.

I have a 6970 and I can't pull off 9x AA in most games, although to be fair it probably does depend on the IR.

Anyways, just my 2 cents