Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

Hi guys, I'm having a trouble that I couldn't find in any other thread, maybe you can help.
I'm playing sonic 4, monster hunter 3 and zelda twilight princess, and some other games.
They run smoothly (monster hunter isn't running 100% speed all the time, but at 28-25 fps its pretty playable for me).

The real problem is that every 5 to 15 minutes the fps just drop like crazy for 3 or 4 seconds (5- 7 fps)
This is really annoying and I'm wondering if maybe I'm configuring something wrong.

I've tried dolphin 3-154, 3-425, 3-427 and r6505 DKTOS MH3 FifoBsy L8 (the last one for the mh3 obviously)

My pc:
Windows 7 ultimate x86
AMD Phenom BE II x2 @3.2 ghz (dual core)
nVidia geforce 9500gt (1gb)
2 gb ram ddr2


I saw some of the pcs you guys have, and I know this isn't that great, bur I found a lot of games to be decently playable in this pc.

I hope someone can help. Thanks!!

i would say it could be a temperature problem...
could you check your temps while fps drop?
(realtemp or your tool of choice)

you're probably right

just using chrome= 50°C-60°C
5 minutes into playing MH3= 70°c-80°C
during a fps drop= 84°C-88°C

I knew I was having temperature troubles with this pc, but I didn't expected to be this high.
the problem is thet I'm using a reeally old pc case, doesn't have any coolers, and the position of things is just terrible for the air flow

thanks, I'll see what I can do to fix it, probablly have to buy a new case

in realtemp
on the bottom is a status indikator
if the status changes from ok
to sth other
the cpu throotles down

(02-27-2012, 10:08 PM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]Realtemp doesn't support AMD CPU....

I'm using Asus Pc Probe 2, it came with the motherboard
when the temp reaches 80°C the windopws turns red and starts beeping.

tomorrow i'll unsamble and clean every part of the pc, that usually helps lowering the cpu temperature for a few days.

I think that if I can keep the temp lower than 80°C dolphin might run smoothly

I'll tell is this work.

thanks!

Well, I've cleaned up my pc.
Playing mh3 the temp stays stable in about 77°C to 79°C
Game runs relatibly smooth, without mayor fps drops.
This makes clear that was a temperature problem.

Thanks, specially to all the coders and staff, for constantly work to improve dolphin

But without overclocking , 79°C is too high for desktop user
My Laptop : 70-72°C max with dolphin
Desktop : 60°C max with dolphin
Buy Arctic cooling MX-4 , clean the old thermal compound then apply the new one

Depends on the architecture. 79C is too high for a phenom II.