Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

Yes, you're right. Dolphin only shows the stock speed.

btw: Maybe you can get some FPS more, just post your settings (screenshots) and i'll take a look on it.

OK here are my graphics settings....Everything in Catalyst Control Center is set to application control.


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Dolphin configuration settings[/color]
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Enable Dual Core Speedup = Checked
Enable Idle Skipping = Checked
Enable Cheats = Checked(I need these for my AR codes)

Advanced Settings
JIT Recompiler(recommended) = checked

Lock threads to cores = Unchecked
Force Console as NTSC = Unchecked

Sound
DSP HLE emulation(fast) = Checked
Enable DTK Music = Checked
The other two unchecked



[color=#FF0000]Dolphin Graphics settings:
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"Basic":
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Backend = Direct3D9

"Display"
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Fullscreen resolution = 1920x1080
Aspect ratio = Auto
V-sync=Unchecked
Use Full Fullscreen=Checked

"Other"
Nothing checked except "Show FPS"

"Enhancements"
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Internal Resolution = 3x Native
Anti Aliasing = None
Anisotropic Filering = 16x
Scaled Copy = Checked, everything else unchecked in that section

"Hacks"
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Skip EFB Access from CPU = Checked
Ignore Format Changes = Checked
EFB Copies = "Disable" is unchecked, Texture is checked

"Texture cache"
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Accuracy = slider to Fast

External Frame buffer = Disable checked

Other"
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Only two things checked....Fast mipmaps and Disable Per-Pixel Depth

"Advanced"
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Nothing checked here

pls post a screenshot of all setting windows, it's certainly better than this chaos.

This forum does not allow attachments so I can't post screenshots. [/php]

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OK Uploaded:

Pls activate "OpenMP Texture Decoder". Well, the rest of the settings is okay.

isamu, right click on the game and select properties and then select Dual Core mode. That should speed it up, but might make the game hang.

All I can say is WOW!!!

After taking both DefenderX and Skid's advice, and making those in addition to other further tweaks, the game run very VERY good now! I am getting 60fps on Mute City everywhere except right at the start during the count down! Awesome! I'm gonna keep playing and see what the speed is on other tracks. I'll letcha know if it hangs.

Thanks so much Defender and Skid. You guys rock!! Defender keep making those builds man, they're wonderful!!

Oh and before I go I just got a few quick questions...

1)Given my processor and GPU(Intel Core i7 950 OC'ed to 4.0 and AMD 5870 1GB version), if I do experience slowdown, where would I be bottlenecking? In my GPU or CPU?

In other words, which upgrade would yield a performance increase....a newer gpu like say, the nVidia 680 or a new CPU like say, Sandy Bridge 2600K?

2)Also, does higher internal res in Dolphin require more VRAM from the gpu?

to 2: If you set your IR too high, the GPU will bottleneck your CPU. But usually, the CPU is the problem Dolphin is more demanding for the CPU.

to 2: Actually not. I play in 2.5x IR and my GeFore GT 540M needs only about 15-25% of 1024MB VRAM.

btw: I'm glad to hear, that my builds works for ya. I'll keep up working on it

(04-08-2012, 06:18 PM)DefenderX Wrote: [ -> ]to 2: If you set your IR too high, the GPU will bottleneck your CPU. But usually, the CPU is the problem Dolphin is more demanding for the CPU.

to 2: Actually not. I play in 2.5x IR and my GeFore GT 540M needs only about 15-25% of 1024MB VRAM.

btw: I'm glad to hear, that my builds works for ya. I'll keep up working on it

Thanks. I am able to actually play the game at maximum 4x IR with only a few instances of lag here and there and it is very playable!

Here's the strange thing though Defender....sometimes, usually when there are a lot of cars on the screen, I will experience minimal but noticeable lag, but the fps counter still stays 60fps. Why is that? It should say a number somewhere below 60fps when it drops but it doesn't! Weird.

(04-09-2012, 08:45 AM)isamu Wrote: [ -> ]when there are a lot of cars on the screen, I will experience minimal but noticeable lag, but the fps counter still stays 60fps. Why is that? It should say a number somewhere below 60fps when it drops but it doesn't! Weird.

My guess is that Dolphin is emulating the lag that the GameCube had. i.e. there is lag at that point on the real hardware too.