The Sims 2- GCN shower FPS drop

[ecvr30]

Hi, when I play The sims 2 on Dolphin i get a serious frame drop when a sim is on the toilet or taking a shower due to the pixel effect they have on them. Im playing on a 2011 Macbook Pro with 8 GB of RAM on Dolphin 5.0. Anyone have the solution to this problem? Thanks

[leolam]

(07-19-2016, 04:35 AM)ecvr30 Wrote: 2011 Macbook Pro

That's probably your issue, it's a not-so-new machine not really built for gaming, and with awful GPU drivers.

What internal resolution are you playing at? Does it still slow down at 1x IR?

[ecvr30]

(07-19-2016, 05:41 AM)leolam Wrote: That's probably your issue, it's a not-so-new machine not really built for gaming, and with awful GPU drivers.

What internal resolution are you playing at? Does it still slow down at 1x IR?

I was running it on Auto, but now I've put it ion 1.5x native, lets see. But even when i was running it on auto, the game ran smoothly, it just slowed down when the pixelated effect was in use.

[JMC47]

That effect is more demanding than your computer can handle. That's all there is to it. I wish I had a better answer. Even my computer (Core i5-3570K) struggles. You can disable it outright by checking "Skip EFB Access to CPU."