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I'm using dolphin 3.5 x64 the stable version because when i use the new version it didn't respond when i close the game...here's my problem:

at first it is ok,i use backend : direct3d9 and i notice that my gpu is not working because in the game (tales of symphonia 2) when i use the unison attack the fps drops from 50 - 35...when i look at my nvidia settings the default is HIGH PERFORMANCE NVIDIA which is (gt650m) i thought it was OK but when i Run the game and check the GPU-z



and then i tried editing the setting of my nvidia panel ... and now it works , the dolphin is now using the gpu but sometimes the GPU load is going 0% (normal is 10-20% when running dolphin)
and FPS down from 60fps - 0fps for about 2-4 seconds ... and the sound is horrible, i think that is stuttering? somebody help me ... i love dolphin emulator

Add "Dolphin.exe" to High Performance via Nvidia CP - Program Settings
like this :


Also "Battery Settings" must be high performance otherwise your GPU will be in 2D mode . 2D gaming mode is made for gaming on laptop battery , GPU will be underclocked . 3D gaming mode is only available when you set battery plan to "high performance"


You should use a better tool for Nvidia GPU - "Nvidia Inspector" which i'm using . You can check GPU load with it

(07-05-2013, 12:12 PM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]Add "Dolphin.exe" to High Performance via Nvidia CP - Program Settings
like this :


Also "Battery Settings" must be high performance otherwise your GPU will be in 2D mode . 2D gaming mode is made for gaming on laptop battery , GPU will be underclocked . 3D gaming mode is only available when you set battery plan to "high performance"


You should use a better tool for Nvidia GPU - "Nvidia Inspector" which i'm using . You can check GPU load with it

I did that all bro ... im can see that my laptop is using the gt 650m bcoz the gpu load is going 10-20% but sometimes once every minute the gpu load becomes 0% and the fps drops from 50 (because of PAL) to 0 , and make a bad sound for 3 seconds ... i dont know whats the problem, should i edit some settings on NVIDIA paneL?

Use "High Internal Resolution" such as 3x or 4x , you GPU load will be 99% when you use 4xIR + Direct3D11
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-gpu-using-higher-internal-resolutions-ir

(07-05-2013, 12:26 PM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]Use "High Internal Resolution" such as 3x or 4x , you GPU load will be 99% when you use 4xIR + Direct3D11

i also try that sir, i'm using 4x and when i use a skill or unison attack on the Tales of Symphonia 2 ... but it becames laggy, now im using auto window mode and the FPS is almost 48-50 ... the problem is sometimes the FPS is down to 0 from its stable 48-50 for 3 seconds,and i though it hangs but after 3 seconds its back to normal ... and when i look at the GPU-z there is a gap in GPU load % ... there is a 2 consecutive 0% in gpu load in the log file...

thanks for the fast reply and sorry for my bad english ... this problem is so simple but this is annoying

Your Dolphin 3.5-367 may be the problem . You should download Dolphin build from our official site : Dolphin-emu.org , not the fansite Dolphin-emu.com . The fansite was dead long time ago , there was no newer build since then
Latest Dolphin atm is 3.5-1565 and stable Dolphin versions are Dolphin 2.0 , 3.0 , 3.5

(07-05-2013, 12:45 PM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]Your Dolphin 3.5-367 may be the problem . You should download Dolphin build from our official site : Dolphin-emu.org , not the fansite Dolphin-emu.com . The fansite was dead long time ago , there was no newer build since then
Latest Dolphin atm is 3.5-1565 and stable Dolphin versions are Dolphin 2.0 , 3.0 , 3.5

i'm not using 3.5-367 anymore ... im using the stable 3.5 at the dolphin-emu.org i cant use the update 1565 version because the sound in TOS is horrible, i just cant think whats my GPU's problem, i can't update my driver from 296.xx to 320.18 because of many issue,i dont know whats the best driver that will suit my gt650m...in PCSX2 this problem also occurs...i think i have a problem in NVIDIA settings...im gonna post it later

i hope its solve

i try resetting my nvidia control panel and the problem occurs here's the image .

and then i try to configure again the NVIDIA control PANEL here's the config .

and here's what happened

also the image below the nvidia inspector is GPU-z (intel hd 4000) it means the dolphin use's 2 video card at the same time when i edit the nvidia control panel, hope it may help others

FYI, if you've got the game running at full speed, the sound'll be flawless on a current build. Stable 3.5 still has the crappy old HLE audio that makes games crash all the damn time. v_v;

(07-05-2013, 04:37 PM)pauldacheez Wrote: [ -> ]FYI, if you've got the game running at full speed, the sound'll be flawless on a current build. Stable 3.5 still has the crappy old HLE audio that makes games crash all the damn time. v_v;

What should i do then sir? Ok i'm gonna try again the new revision ... what should i use in DSP settings? thanks in advance ...