Hi.
I have been trying to play a game which is supposed to be able to run at full speed (Super Mario Sunshine, in case it matters), but I don't always get 30 fps.
My setup at first was:
* Athlon 64 X2 3600+ @ 1.9 GHz (stock)
* GeForce 9600 GT @ 600 MHz
* 1 GB RAM DDR2 800 MHz
* Windows XP SP3 (32bits)
I'm using Dolphin 2.0.
The CPU was always running at 100% (both cores), the pagefile was < 1 GB, and (according to GPU-Z) the graphics card was very far away from its limits.
So I assumed it was the CPU, and overclocked it (I got to 2.57 GHz). It did improve noticeably, but I still got lower-than-30-fps most of the time (say, 20 fps average).
I then stole my father's Athlon 64 X2 5400+ (2.8 GHz stock) and overclocked it to 2.97 GHz, but I don't see any improvement. The CPU is still at 100% all the time, but doesn't seem to be much better (if any) than with the 3600+ @ 2.57 GHz...
Any clues?
I have been trying to play a game which is supposed to be able to run at full speed (Super Mario Sunshine, in case it matters), but I don't always get 30 fps.
My setup at first was:
* Athlon 64 X2 3600+ @ 1.9 GHz (stock)
* GeForce 9600 GT @ 600 MHz
* 1 GB RAM DDR2 800 MHz
* Windows XP SP3 (32bits)
I'm using Dolphin 2.0.
The CPU was always running at 100% (both cores), the pagefile was < 1 GB, and (according to GPU-Z) the graphics card was very far away from its limits.
So I assumed it was the CPU, and overclocked it (I got to 2.57 GHz). It did improve noticeably, but I still got lower-than-30-fps most of the time (say, 20 fps average).
I then stole my father's Athlon 64 X2 5400+ (2.8 GHz stock) and overclocked it to 2.97 GHz, but I don't see any improvement. The CPU is still at 100% all the time, but doesn't seem to be much better (if any) than with the 3600+ @ 2.57 GHz...
Any clues?
