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is openMP texture decoder safe? - lookerup - 09-19-2014
Is it safe to use? I'm look for some speed-ups. When playing on some stage on super smash bros. brawl some stages lag.
RE: is openMP texture decoder safe? - AnyOldName3 - 09-19-2014
It should be safe, but it's no longer recommended by anyone, as we're not sure it's actually any faster.
RE: is openMP texture decoder safe? - lookerup - 09-19-2014
The amount to gain of speed is little to none i suppose.
RE: is openMP texture decoder safe? - Radiant Malevolence - 09-19-2014
It actually does give a small speedup in some games. I was able to get a few extra FPS out of it in games like Metroid Prime Trilogy, and Okami. It can also sometimes help with stuttering.
There's really no harm in trying it, just pause the game, open the graphics settings and turn it on and off and see if it helps at all. I always leave it on and I've never had any problems with it.
RE: is openMP texture decoder safe? - lookerup - 09-19-2014
(09-19-2014, 03:10 PM)Radiant Malevolence Wrote: It actually does give a small speedup in some games. I was able to get a few extra FPS out of it in games like Metroid Prime Trilogy, and Okami. It can also sometimes help with stuttering.
There's really no harm in trying it, just pause the game, open the graphics settings and turn it on and off and see if it helps at all. I always leave it on and I've never had any problems with it.
i tested it out on Brawl, i saw a few minor speed ups. There were virtually no stutters on some stages.
RE: is openMP texture decoder safe? - Radiant Malevolence - 09-19-2014
(09-19-2014, 03:19 PM)lookerup Wrote:(09-19-2014, 03:10 PM)Radiant Malevolence Wrote: It actually does give a small speedup in some games. I was able to get a few extra FPS out of it in games like Metroid Prime Trilogy, and Okami. It can also sometimes help with stuttering.
There's really no harm in trying it, just pause the game, open the graphics settings and turn it on and off and see if it helps at all. I always leave it on and I've never had any problems with it.
i tested it out on Brawl, i saw a few minor speed ups. There were virtually no stutters on some stages.
Oh, and according to your profile, it says you're still using Dolphin 4.0-118, which is a pretty old version. You should download the latest Development version as they are much faster now. You might be able to get full speed with the newer versions.
RE: is openMP texture decoder safe? - mbc07 - 09-20-2014
From my personal experience, it varies. For most games it provides very small speedups (almost not noticeable), but it help avoiding stuttering (they're less frequent when using OpenMP here). However, depending of your System Specs, it may cause slowdowns too, apparently the OpenMP implementation from Dolphin doesn't play nice with some texture formats, neither with Hyper Threading, in that cases I generally get slowdowns, fixed by disabling OpenMP...
RE: is openMP texture decoder safe? - lookerup - 09-20-2014
(09-19-2014, 04:16 PM)Radiant Malevolence Wrote:(09-19-2014, 03:19 PM)lookerup Wrote:(09-19-2014, 03:10 PM)Radiant Malevolence Wrote: It actually does give a small speedup in some games. I was able to get a few extra FPS out of it in games like Metroid Prime Trilogy, and Okami. It can also sometimes help with stuttering.
There's really no harm in trying it, just pause the game, open the graphics settings and turn it on and off and see if it helps at all. I always leave it on and I've never had any problems with it.
i tested it out on Brawl, i saw a few minor speed ups. There were virtually no stutters on some stages.
Oh, and according to your profile, it says you're still using Dolphin 4.0-118, which is a pretty old version. You should download the latest Development version as they are much faster now. You might be able to get full speed with the newer versions.
I never updated on my profile, I am using 4.0 - 3178.
RE: is openMP texture decoder safe? - DaRkL3AD3R - 09-22-2014
So is it confirmed that no possible harm can come from using Open MP texture decoders? If so, I'll always enable it to get a potential fps boost and stutter deterrent.
RE: is openMP texture decoder safe? - mbc07 - 09-22-2014
As I said before, OpenMP can cause slowdowns in some scenarios...