(03-01-2015, 12:07 PM)St8guy Wrote: I am currently running an FX 8350 with a Gtx 980 and I wanted to see if overclocking the GPU would result in a boost in dolphin as some games suffer performance wise from the weak single core processing of the 8350. I found that unlike all other games I play dolphin greatly benefited from an increase to the memory clock, but there was not discernible difference from an increase to the core clock. This is the opposite of what I typically experience, is there something about how dolphin utilizes the GPU that is different from most games?
Unless you typically use very high internal resolutions (higher than 4x) i don't think overclocking a gtx 980 will benefit much. As you said you have a cpu bottleneck and an unbalanced rig, a mediocre at best cpu for dolphin paired with a great gpu. If i were you i would overclock the 8350 instead if you haven't. As KHg8m3r said above don't forget to set your gpu at high performance in driver settings.