So many questions about laptop performance, I figured time to start a thread specific to this CPU family + Nvidia GPU.
My system: Dell E6520 laptop; 2.2Ghz i7-2720QM (runs at 3.0Ghz Turbo in Dolphin), 8GB of RAM, Nvidia NVS 4200M 512MB graphics. I'm using a 1080p display, should run faster with the lower-resolution display. The Dell E6420 is a nearly identical system, smaller screen. NOTE: In my experience, Dolphin runs fine with 2GB of RAM, equally to 8GB of RAM. Also the hard drive speed doesn't really impact performance in significant way.
Windows 7 64bit. With Dolphin R7690... I turned off the EFB to RAM setting to match the default setting of Dolphin 3.0 release. Here are screen shots of Wii Sports Bowling NTSC. I used same settings for screen shots. in-game FPS display turned on, 640x480 internal resolution:
DirectX 11 gets around 75FPS peak: http://sites.google.com/site/stephengutk...ectX11.png - RENDERS Mii Perfect!
DirectX 9 gets slowest, around 60FPS peak: https://sites.google.com/site/stephengut...rectX9.png - Mii renders with corruption
OpenGL is in between speed, 68FPS peak: https://sites.google.com/site/stephengut...OpenGL.png
So, on my hardware, DirectX 11 is far outperforming DirectX 9 - and it is rendering the Mii attributes correctly on 11
Also notice the tiny "thumbnail" of the Mii at the left of the bowling scores.... it appears best on DirectX 11.
P.S. I am also running Linux... Ubuntu 11.04 x64 / Mint 11 and Fedora 15 x64 on this same system. So far, performance SUCKS on Dolphin - I'm getting 40FPS on this Wii Sports Bowling screen using bumblebee git & nvidia-current from August 1, 2011. I'll keep trying
It is the fault of Linux graphics drivers, they really are in transition/flux.
My system: Dell E6520 laptop; 2.2Ghz i7-2720QM (runs at 3.0Ghz Turbo in Dolphin), 8GB of RAM, Nvidia NVS 4200M 512MB graphics. I'm using a 1080p display, should run faster with the lower-resolution display. The Dell E6420 is a nearly identical system, smaller screen. NOTE: In my experience, Dolphin runs fine with 2GB of RAM, equally to 8GB of RAM. Also the hard drive speed doesn't really impact performance in significant way.
Windows 7 64bit. With Dolphin R7690... I turned off the EFB to RAM setting to match the default setting of Dolphin 3.0 release. Here are screen shots of Wii Sports Bowling NTSC. I used same settings for screen shots. in-game FPS display turned on, 640x480 internal resolution:
DirectX 11 gets around 75FPS peak: http://sites.google.com/site/stephengutk...ectX11.png - RENDERS Mii Perfect!
DirectX 9 gets slowest, around 60FPS peak: https://sites.google.com/site/stephengut...rectX9.png - Mii renders with corruption
OpenGL is in between speed, 68FPS peak: https://sites.google.com/site/stephengut...OpenGL.png
So, on my hardware, DirectX 11 is far outperforming DirectX 9 - and it is rendering the Mii attributes correctly on 11

P.S. I am also running Linux... Ubuntu 11.04 x64 / Mint 11 and Fedora 15 x64 on this same system. So far, performance SUCKS on Dolphin - I'm getting 40FPS on this Wii Sports Bowling screen using bumblebee git & nvidia-current from August 1, 2011. I'll keep trying
