Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

Hi there!

First i'd like to say thanks for this amazing emulator ^^

My desktop computer being in another country i'm actually playing on my laptop but i am experiencing some speed issues with The Legend of Zelda The WindWaker.

The game runs great when i'm in an inside environment (100% speed, 30fps) but as soon as i go outside (The first island for instance) the speed drops to 70% and the fps drop to 20/24

I tried all i could do on my own to free my laptop of anything that would slow Dolphin down and i also tried a bunch of configurations (without really knowing what i was doing)

Here are my laptop's spec

CPU : P7350@2ghz
RAM : 4Go DDR2
GPU : GTX260M@1GB GDDR3

So my question is simple :

Can i get it to run smoothly with my specs or will i not be able to play it?

Well that CPU is kinda weak and is your biggest bottleneck.
If you haven't already you could try following this:

http://www.dolphin-emu.org/performance.html

Wow that was one fast answer ^^

I already did follow the performance guide and tried some stuff on my own.

Isn't there one rev that is better for WW?

or any options besides the ones in the guide that could help me?

I guess you could try out some of the older builds to see if that changes anything.

Back in the days before 2.0 I used the 3972 build a lot with this game, you could try that out if you find it.
Also I know this might sound cheap but you could also try to turn off the sound completely that should give quite a boost.