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Hello~
I'm a new user of the dolphin emulator and i was playing harvest moon animal parade and while in the house the games goes at 100% speed but when i get out of the house the speed goes down to 56% I've been looking around the forum to see if someone said anything about issues like this one but couldn't find any so i'm sorry if this is not the place to ask here i'll put my computer's specs here just in case:

SPEC DATA:Toshiba Satellite P755-S5269
Type: Gaming, Desktop Replacement
Processor Name: Intel Core i7-2630QM
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Operating System: Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
RAM: 6 GB
Weight: 5.8 lb
Screen Size: 15.6 inches
Screen Size Type: Widescreen
Native Resolution: 1366 x 768
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce GT 540M
Graphics Memory: 1024
2nd Graphics Card: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Storage Capacity (as Tested): 750 GB
Rotation Speed: 5400 rpm
Networking Options: 802.11n

(10-08-2012, 02:53 AM)efebriel Wrote: [ -> ]I've been looking around the forum to see if someone said anything about issues like this one

It isn't an issue. Your CPU is just too weak to get more. Don't expect more than 60-70% speed

(10-08-2012, 03:01 AM)LordVador Wrote: [ -> ]

(10-08-2012, 02:53 AM)efebriel Wrote: [ -> ]I've been looking around the forum to see if someone said anything about issues like this one

It isn't an issue. Your CPU is just too weak to get more. Don't expect more than 60-70% speed

But the speed inside the house is ok, that's what i find it weird, when i play inside the house the speed is 100% , its when i go outside that it becomes 56%-65%

Thats how gaming and emulation works, different areas will need different resources, so some places will be slower than others.

(10-08-2012, 03:20 AM)efebriel Wrote: [ -> ]

(10-08-2012, 03:01 AM)LordVador Wrote: [ -> ]

(10-08-2012, 02:53 AM)efebriel Wrote: [ -> ]I've been looking around the forum to see if someone said anything about issues like this one

It isn't an issue. Your CPU is just too weak to get more. Don't expect more than 60-70% speed

But the speed inside the house is ok, that's what i find it weird, when i play inside the house the speed is 100% , its when i go outside that it becomes 56%-65%

"Outside parts" are logically more demanding than "Inside parts"

So it is play it slow or not play it at all for me...... yay~ thanks

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can't i do anything to improve this? i mean turning off something, activating something so it can go a little faster at least?

Weird , i'm getting 23 FPS (more than 70%) when i go outside
His CPU should do better than that unless :
_CPU overheating -> Turbo boost is disabled
_Dolphin used Intel HD 3000 , not the dedicated GPU - Nvidia GT 540M
Edit : Tested on Dolphin 3.0 - 763
Btw , Toshiba Qosmio is gaming laptop / desktop replacement . Toshiba Satellite is multimedia laptop

You can try using the official Dolphin 3.0 release (that's just 3.0 with no additional numbers) and use these speed settings. Other than that, you'll probably need better hardware or figure out what's holding your current hardware back (overheating/using an IGP like admin89 suggested).

I post some screenshots as proof

(10-08-2012, 04:25 AM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]Weird , i'm getting 23 FPS (more than 70%) when i go outside

With 2 cores whereas he got 50% with 4 cores. Locking threads to cores should help