(12-28-2012, 04:50 AM)dEnigma Wrote:

(12-28-2012, 02:49 AM)nintendo_nerd Wrote:

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(12-27-2012, 09:17 PM)delroth Wrote:

(12-27-2012, 06:28 PM)nintendo_nerd Wrote:

(12-27-2012, 06:23 PM)delroth Wrote: ... the same build has been available on dolphin-emu.org for almost 2 days: http://dolphin-emu.org/download/dev/b3ed3bdb910fe77dc3b1e05478258f693b5d943d/

Yeah, but aren't those builds awfully unstable? I doubt they're even optimized for CPUs with SSE, SSE3/4/4.1 etc.

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bollocks, slow at posting things yet again

Maybe you shouldn't talk about stuff you don't understand.

(12-28-2012, 02:22 AM)neobrain Wrote: Yo, just fyi: complaining about instability in your first question and then about not being optimized with potentially instability-provoking "optimizations" in your second question seemed kinda contradictory. Especially since one would think that our official builds would be more stable than some weird 3rd-party build which is just distributed to maximize the 3rd party's ad income.

tl;dr: Yes, you indeed appeared like a noob with those questions.

Well, how should have I worded my question then?

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to delroth, I think I know a little about CPU architectures, instruction sets, and how CPUs execute processes. I am a current CS major after all.

Maybe you shouldn't have asked the question at all. Why would you even think that the official builds are "awefully unstable"? And doubting that the builds are optimized for SSE is a silly thing to do, since it is clearly stated in a number of places that Dolphin requires a CPU with SSE2 support. You would think a CS major would reflect a little more on what he/she is about to say instead of just blabbering along.

(12-28-2012, 07:13 AM)nintendo_nerd Wrote:

(12-28-2012, 04:50 AM)dEnigma Wrote:

(12-28-2012, 02:49 AM)nintendo_nerd Wrote:

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(12-27-2012, 09:17 PM)delroth Wrote:

(12-27-2012, 06:28 PM)nintendo_nerd Wrote: Yeah, but aren't those builds awfully unstable? I doubt they're even optimized for CPUs with SSE, SSE3/4/4.1 etc.

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bollocks, slow at posting things yet again

Maybe you shouldn't talk about stuff you don't understand.

(12-28-2012, 02:22 AM)neobrain Wrote: Yo, just fyi: complaining about instability in your first question and then about not being optimized with potentially instability-provoking "optimizations" in your second question seemed kinda contradictory. Especially since one would think that our official builds would be more stable than some weird 3rd-party build which is just distributed to maximize the 3rd party's ad income.

tl;dr: Yes, you indeed appeared like a noob with those questions.

Well, how should have I worded my question then?

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to delroth, I think I know a little about CPU architectures, instruction sets, and how CPUs execute processes. I am a current CS major after all.

Maybe you shouldn't have asked the question at all. Why would you even think that the official builds are "awefully unstable"? And doubting that the builds are optimized for SSE is a silly thing to do, since it is clearly stated in a number of places that Dolphin requires a CPU with SSE2 support. You would think a CS major would reflect a little more on what he/she is about to say instead of just blabbering along.

Oh, I don't know maybe because it says ""Warning! Development versions are released every time a developer makes a change to Dolphin. Using development versions enables you to use the latest and greatest improvements to the project, at the cost of decreased stability" on the download page.

(12-28-2012, 05:21 PM)Diathorus Wrote: Now, now. What relationship does this arguing have to my original post... To delroth and nintendonerd; thank you for trying to aid me, even though it didn't help. I hope this issue's resolved one day.

• Configured the Nvidia Control Panel to use the dedicated GPU for Dolphin
• Configured the Nvidia Control Panel to use the dedicated GPU globally
• Rightclicked the Dolphin.exe and selected the NVidia GPU in the "run with graphics processor"-menu
• Reinstall the Geforce Driver
• Tried the latest Master build
• Updated your BIOS

Quote:cleaning registry

(12-28-2012, 08:00 PM)dEnigma Wrote:

(12-28-2012, 05:21 PM)Diathorus Wrote: Now, now. What relationship does this arguing have to my original post... To delroth and nintendonerd; thank you for trying to aid me, even though it didn't help. I hope this issue's resolved one day.

okay b2t: So, just to clarify, you have tried the following things:

• Configured the Nvidia Control Panel to use the dedicated GPU for Dolphin
• Configured the Nvidia Control Panel to use the dedicated GPU globally
• Rightclicked the Dolphin.exe and selected the NVidia GPU in the "run with graphics processor"-menu
• Reinstall the Geforce Driver
• Tried the latest Master build
• Updated your BIOS

Did you try all of those things and if you also tried something else, what did you try already? Also remember that your personal settings are lost when you completely reinstall the driver, that includes the settings for Optimus.

You could also try renaming the Dolphin.exe into something like codSP.exe or some other game name and see if this forces it to use the dedicated GPU.


P.S.

Quote:cleaning registry

I hope you mean manually cleaning your registry and not just running one of those registry cleaners.


edit: One more question: Is your Dolphin located on a removable drive, because that might cause problems.

(12-29-2012, 10:18 AM)nintendo_nerd Wrote: How long have you had your laptop? There might be a defective GPU at hand and might need an RMA. Even the most stubborn Optimus GPUs should swap to the nVidia side by making a profile.

(12-29-2012, 08:04 PM)Diathorus Wrote:

(12-29-2012, 10:18 AM)nintendo_nerd Wrote: How long have you had your laptop? There might be a defective GPU at hand and might need an RMA. Even the most stubborn Optimus GPUs should swap to the nVidia side by making a profile.

It works with other programs, and PCSX2 uses the GPU perfectly. It cannot be defective.