Zelda Wind Waker Slowdowns w/ good pc

Ayaruka · (This post was last modified: 03-31-2013, 04:00 PM by Ayaruka.)

Hey. I'm trying to play Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker and just started a new save and the game + music is really slow motion, it goes from about 15-20 fps.

My settings: Dolphin 3.5-367 64
Enable Dualcore
Enable Idle Skipping
JIT Recompiler
Direct3D9
1920x1080
V-Sync
Fullscreen/Not fullscreen, lags on both but I prefer Full screen
4x Native
4x SSAA
Scaled EFB Copy
Widescreen Hack
Ignore Format Changes
EFB Copies to Ram
Texture Cache safe
External Frame Buffer Virtual

My PC specs:
i5 3570k @ 4.2GHz
Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT @ 1270MHz
Windows 8 64 bit
Catalyst 13.3 Beta Drivers

I'm now getting 8 fps...

Update: Deleted beta drivers, now im getting full speed except when im around this area.
http://i.imgur.com/vdYk8u4.jpg
As you can tell, i'm only getting about 70% speed.

**Starscream** · (This post was last modified: 03-31-2013, 02:05 PM by Starscream.)

The first thing to try is the latest Development build from the Official Site -> http://dolphin-emu.org/download/

Ayaruka · 03-31-2013, 02:09 PM #3

(03-31-2013, 02:04 PM)Starscream Wrote: The first thing to try is the latest Development build from the Official Site -> http://dolphin-emu.org/download/

What settings do you recommend?

**admin89** · (This post was last modified: 03-31-2013, 03:06 PM by admin89.)

4xIR + 4xSSAA with AMD 7870XT ( 4xIR + 4xSSAA = insane resolution , disable SSAA immediately !)
EFB Copies to Ram (is default but it's fine)
Texture Cache safe -> Use Fast
External Frame Buffer Virtual -> Do not enable this

You messed up the default settings
Now you complain about poor performance with that light-weight game

Ayaruka · 03-31-2013, 03:31 PM #5

(03-31-2013, 02:52 PM)admin89 Wrote: 4xIR + 4xSSAA with AMD 7870XT ( 4xIR + 4xSSAA = insane resolution , disable SSAA immediately !)

So set SSAA to none and keep 4x IR?

Xalphenos · 03-31-2013, 03:38 PM #6

Fix the other things he mentioned first. WW is pretty light weight you should be able to use 4x ir with 4xSSAA IMO. But update to a more recent build like Starscream mentioned first.

**admin89** · 03-31-2013, 03:39 PM #7

2xIR + 4xSSAA ~ 3xIR
3xIR + 4xSSAA ~ 5xIR (3200x2640 near 4k resolution)
4xIR + 4xSSAA ~ much higher than 4k resolution

Xalphenos · 03-31-2013, 03:46 PM #8

Yeah it certainly isn't necessary but I can do it on a gtx 660 so Ayaruka should be able to do it on a 7870.

Ayaruka · 03-31-2013, 03:58 PM #9

What controller do you guys use to play? Xbox 360, PS3, Gamecube Controller with PC adapter?

Xalphenos · 03-31-2013, 04:01 PM **#10**

I use a wired 360 controller. My gc adapter doesn't work in win 8 unfortunately.