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Metroid Prime 2 framerate stutter
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Metroid Prime 2 framerate stutter
11-05-2015, 08:02 AM
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I just noticed that the recent versions over the last few months have been causing the frame rate of Metroid Prime 2 (GC) to stutter badly. I'm getting between 45-55 fps in the landing site area. It started in version 4.0-6904, while in previous versions (4.0-6901 and earlier) I get 60 fps in that area. There's even a little stutter in the startup menu. There was no problem in the recent version 5-rc releases however. Also, the performance in Prime 1 has increased substantially with the recent versions. It's a shame that didn't carry over into Prime 2.

Can anybody else confirm this?
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11-05-2015, 09:39 AM
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When you switch versions, shaders have to be recompiled, and Metroid compiles a TON of shaders. So when you hop around different versions, you're recompiling those shaders over and over.
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11-05-2015, 11:08 AM
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(11-05-2015, 09:39 AM)helios747 Wrote: When you switch versions, shaders have to be recompiled, and Metroid compiles a TON of shaders. So when you hop around different versions, you're recompiling those shaders over and over.

I understand that but I don't think that's the problem because when I switch from a stuttering version to a non-stuttering one, there is virtually no stuttering, and what little there is, it's only temporary. Now when I do the opposite and switch from non-stuttering to stuttering, the stuttering doesn't go away, not even if I stay in that first room forever.
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11-11-2015, 01:54 AM
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Maybe I'm only noticing this stutter because my system isn't that impressive, but if someone with a stronger CPU could disable auto Framelimit and test the frame rate of this game on current and older versions of Dolphin, I would be grateful.
CPU: Intel Core i5 M460 (2.53 ~ 2.8 GHz)
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OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit / Ubuntu 15.10 64bit
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12-20-2015, 11:06 AM
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Ok, I upgraded from Win 7 to Win 10 and the stuttering is gone, though the game runs a bit slower than usual (50 - 55 fps most of the time, with dips as low as 30 in certain areas).
CPU: Intel Core i5 M460 (2.53 ~ 2.8 GHz)
GPU: NVIDIA Geforce GT 420M
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