Why does dolphin run so slow?

robochicken7 · (This post was last modified: 09-03-2017, 06:28 PM by robochicken7.)

So, dolphin runs at an incredibly low FPS when i try to play games on my mid/high end gaming pc. It ran smoothly on my old WORSE gaming pc, so i don't know whats up. I haven't changed any settings in my graphics or my config.

PC specs:
8GB DDR4 ram
Intel i5 7500k 3.4gHz
Nvidia GTX 1060 6 GB

Im running dolphin 5.0 x64

Craftyawesome · 09-03-2017, 10:07 PM #2

The CPU and/or GPU are probably doing some sort of power savings. Set both of them to performance. You could also be using the integrated gpu by accident.

robochicken7 · (This post was last modified: 09-04-2017, 04:16 AM by robochicken7.)

(09-03-2017, 10:07 PM)Craftyawesome Wrote: The CPU and/or GPU are probably doing some sort of power savings. Set both of them to performance. You could also be using the integrated gpu by accident.

I don't know, because all of my other, much more demanding games run just fine. I'm not using the integrated GPU, im using my 1060, and thats what Dolphin says when i boot up a game. How do i get them off of power savings?

Edit: Changed PC performance to high performance, it's a bit better, but still dipping down to 15 and 20 FPS consistently

**JMC47** · 09-04-2017, 04:23 AM #4

What games? What settings? You should be able to to run most games full speed. If changing the power settings is helping, I'm wondering if there's more going on in the environment side of things outside of Dolphin even.

robochicken7 · 09-04-2017, 05:25 AM #5

(09-04-2017, 04:23 AM)JMC47 Wrote: What games? What settings? You should be able to to run most games full speed. If changing the power settings is helping, I'm wondering if there's more going on in the environment side of things outside of Dolphin even.

The two games i've tested are Mario Kart: Double dash and Super mario sunshine. Like i said, i havent changed any settings yet

**JMC47** · (This post was last modified: 09-04-2017, 08:10 AM by JMC47.)

Double Dash is a super lightweight game... what frequency is your processor running at?

robochicken7 · 09-04-2017, 08:26 AM #7

(09-04-2017, 08:10 AM)JMC47 Wrote: Double Dash is a super lightweight game... what frequency is your processor running at?

What do you mean what frequency? If you mean how many gHz, its always around 3.4

**DJBarry004** · 09-05-2017, 12:07 AM #8

Using the Windows Task Manager you will see what is the current frequency your CPU is running, in real time (must go to the Performance tab to check it).

robochicken7 · 09-05-2017, 12:45 PM #9

(09-05-2017, 12:07 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: Using the Windows Task Manager you will see what is the current frequency your CPU is running, in real time (must go to the Performance tab to check it).

It's actually higher than 3.4, its more around 3.5ish, even when i open up dolphin