Random Slowing

[Deep Thought]

Hello again everyone,

So yesterday I created a thread topic about how my windows updates had screwed up Dolphin. But then I "realized" that I just needed to download a new version of 7Zip to extract Dolphin. So everything was running fine and smooth at 100%. I did not download any new programs or change any settings after that.

So today I turn my laptop on and try to play Mario Kart: Double Dash and speeds are back to being so slow as to be unplayable (30%-45% range). All other games run very slow as well, while yesterday all games were running excellently. Does anyone have any suggestions or any ideas? I have downloaded multiple different versions of Dolphin and this issue has happened with all of them, regardless of settings that I have enabled. If these are of any relevance:

Sager NP8150
OS: Win7 Home Premium 64 bit
Graphics Video Card: nVidia GeForce GTX 560M 1,536MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11
CPU: 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM, 2.0-2.8GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache)
RAM: 8,192MB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory
Version of Dolphin I prefer: 7671

Sorry for my newbiness, but I have no clue what could have happened to cause this issue when I made no changes to my computer.

[HawaiianPunch]

Since your performance with that CPU relies heavily on Turbo-boost, enable backround input and look at the Turbo boost monitor (if it's not already on your computer download it here: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_D...ldID=19105 ). Check how fast your CPU gets with Dolphin. If your computer was hotter today than yesterday then Dolphin won't perform as well because Turbo-boost is limited by CPU temperature.

[Deep Thought]

Since your performance with that CPU relies heavily on Turbo-boost, enable backround input and look at the Turbo boost monitor (if it's not already on your computer download it here: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_D...ldID=19105 ). Check how fast your CPU gets with Dolphin. If your computer was hotter today than yesterday then Dolphin won't perform as well because Turbo-boost is limited by CPU temperature.

Thank you! I figured out that the turbo boost wasn't kicking in because energy save mode was on (in other words, my laptop wasn't plugged in to the wall haha).

Thanks again for the help!