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Sorry for the fairly noobish post but I am at a loss.

According to everyone, the Nvidia Shield TV should be the best android device out there for Dolphin, but I cannot get it to run the main game I actually want to play in any playable way.

I want to play Fight Night Round 2.

Game loads, menus look great, video cut scenes are a bit janky (known vp6 video issue, no big deal) but when the actual gameplay starts (ie start a fight) the thing runs like its in slow motion.

The FPS counter says 29-30 which should be fine, but the game is running in slow motion, nowhere near what it should.

Is there a guide/thread out there for the absolute best settings for the Nvidia Shield TV? I've tried all kinds of stuff but have not had any success. Is there a build version people say is the best for the Nvidia Shield TV?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The NVidia Shield does have a nice GPU (AND drivers), but the CPU as of now is a "meh".

Have you tried adjusting the CPU over/underclock option? It's usually a good way to increase gameplay speed at the cost of emualtion accuracy.

(11-06-2018, 03:35 AM)LG Fanatic Wrote: [ -> ]Have you tried adjusting the CPU over/underclock option?  It's usually a good way to increase gameplay speed at the cost of emualtion accuracy.

I did. All the way from 75% to 20%. Very little difference. Is that it basically? I feel like I'm missing something. Why do so many other games work supposedly?

It could be that Fight Night is a graphically demanding game that even the Shield struggles to get playable frame rates.

NVIDIA Shield is relatively weak. Fight Night is a 60 FPS game, so 30 fps will be slow motion.

servo386 Which Nvidia Shield Model?

Old Models <2015 Have Nvidia Tegra K1 / ARM Cortex-A15



New Models 2017 Have NVIDIA Tegra X1 / ARM Cortex-A57


My mistake Nvidia K1 is Tablet


Tegra X1 is beast but I don't know if CPU have enough power to run Dolphin-Emu games.

It's the same SoC. Super not sure where you're getting that information, but it's 100% wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegra#Tegra_X1

The X1 has one model.

(11-07-2018, 06:31 AM)BlackAngel Wrote: [ -> ]servo386 Which Nvidia Shield Model?

Old Models <2015 Have Nvidia Tegra K1 / ARM Cortex-A15

New Models 2017 Have NVIDIA Tegra X1 / ARM Cortex-A57
Tegra X1 is beast but I don't know if CPU have enough power to run Dolphin-Emu games.

I do not believe the "shield *TV*" ever had a k1 - just an x1.

Maybe you're thinking of the shield *tablet*?

I think that SD845 performs better than Tegra X1 now.


Anyway, if you want to play wii game at higher gameplay speed you can try to run emulation in PAL 50Hz mode.
You need PAL iso and have to turn off PAL60 option in dolphin settings. So if you have 30FPS then you have 50% gameplay speed for NTSC 60Hz mode and 60% gameplay speed at PAL 50Hz. Not too much, but in some games when FPS is about 40 that trick makes sense.