(02-26-2015, 11:05 PM)necbot Wrote: My computer has a A8-7600 AMD APU as my processor/GPU. I'm on Arch Linux, so I pulled the very latest version of dolphin (4.0.2.r5396) and I compiled it. I tried running Mario Kart on it using it's default settings but I was barely able to get above 30 FPS during gameplay. I set my resolution down from 1080p to 720p and the performance did not improve. At first I figured that this processor was too weak so I tested the dolphin benchmark from here...
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-new-dolphin-cpu-benchmark-no-game-required
I got 10 minutes and 17 seconds as the total time, which puts it on par with a i7-3770k according to the spreadsheet in the benchmarks thread. So my question is... Why is the performance so bad with Mario Kart? Is there a setting I'm missing? Thanks.
EDIT:
Here is a video of someone playing Mario Kart on an A8-5500, which is a lower spec chip than mine. He regularly get's up to 60 fps. I can't get anywhere near this kind of speed.
That is not the latest dev version and you can try windows in case there is a linux driver speed issue. You shouldn't use efb to ram for good speed in this game.