Computer specs:
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
AMD Radeon RX 470
32GB Ram
Ubuntu Linux 18.1
Dolphin version was built from master branch Nov 26
commit 654c4fb1da3a7d626c0775b4ae15780491d59dda
Vulkan rendering
I've just started playing with Dolphin and I've noticed a number of slow downs. I only have a couple of ROMs, so most of my testing has bee with Super Mario Galaxy. In more complex scenes, there's a lot of stuttering, and the frame rate drops from 60FPS, to around 25FPS.
I ran top and radeontop to get an idea of what the system was doing and it looks like the CPU load was always around 50-70%, but the graphics pipeline got really deep when the FPS would drop.
So, my thought is that this indicates that my graphics card is probably too old (which the bottleneck in a number of other games anyway) and I was thinking of replacing it. My question is, is there a preferred card/architecture/manufacturer that people have been using successfully? The FAQ isn't too specific, but I thought I'd ask. Also, does this make sense, or does this behavior indicate something else such as audio back end problems, or an IPC issue on the CPU?
Thanks!
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
AMD Radeon RX 470
32GB Ram
Ubuntu Linux 18.1
Dolphin version was built from master branch Nov 26
commit 654c4fb1da3a7d626c0775b4ae15780491d59dda
Vulkan rendering
I've just started playing with Dolphin and I've noticed a number of slow downs. I only have a couple of ROMs, so most of my testing has bee with Super Mario Galaxy. In more complex scenes, there's a lot of stuttering, and the frame rate drops from 60FPS, to around 25FPS.
I ran top and radeontop to get an idea of what the system was doing and it looks like the CPU load was always around 50-70%, but the graphics pipeline got really deep when the FPS would drop.
So, my thought is that this indicates that my graphics card is probably too old (which the bottleneck in a number of other games anyway) and I was thinking of replacing it. My question is, is there a preferred card/architecture/manufacturer that people have been using successfully? The FAQ isn't too specific, but I thought I'd ask. Also, does this make sense, or does this behavior indicate something else such as audio back end problems, or an IPC issue on the CPU?
Thanks!