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Poor performance on a computer that should run dolphin fine? - wowbcf - 09-13-2015
I'm getting poor performance on a computer that should be able to run dolphin. It even runs minecraft at 50fps.
Specs of the computer in question:
Intel i3 - 4 cores @ 2.3GHz
HD 3000 graphics
4GB RAM
I get about 2-4 FPS in any given game with this setup, which is strange, because I get 25-30FPS with the following computer, with the exact same dolphin settings (native resolution, no fancy stuff turned on):
Intel i5 - 4 cores @ 800MHz (underclocked with power saving)
HD 4600 graphics (underclocked with power saving)
I don't see why something that's so much slower should be out performing it by so much, there's clearly something wrong somewhere.
RE: Poor performance on a computer that should run dolphin fine? - Helios - 09-13-2015
(09-13-2015, 04:03 AM)wowbcf Wrote: It even runs minecraft at 50fps.
That is hardly a good benchmark to see how well a computer performs.
Try the latest development release. Don't use stable.
Do you have your GPU drivers installed correctly?
RE: Poor performance on a computer that should run dolphin fine? - wowbcf - 09-13-2015
(09-13-2015, 04:14 AM)helios747 Wrote:(09-13-2015, 04:03 AM)wowbcf Wrote: It even runs minecraft at 50fps.
That is hardly a good benchmark to see how well a computer performs.
Try the latest development release. Don't use stable.
Do you have your GPU drivers installed correctly?
I realize that MC is not a great benchmark for dolphin, but the 50FPS vs 2FPS is suspicious to me.
I am using the latest version of Dolphin
The HD 3000 graphics is displayed in the upper left corner when I boot dolphin.
RE: Poor performance on a computer that should run dolphin fine? - leolam - 09-13-2015
What is the model number of your CPUs precisely? There are tons of i3s and i5s.
Also, have you checked if you were in performance mode or power-saving mode (assuming you're on Windows)? This can make a huge difference.
RE: Poor performance on a computer that should run dolphin fine? - TehGuy - 09-13-2015
(09-13-2015, 04:21 AM)wowbcf Wrote:(09-13-2015, 04:14 AM)helios747 Wrote:(09-13-2015, 04:03 AM)wowbcf Wrote: It even runs minecraft at 50fps.
That is hardly a good benchmark to see how well a computer performs.
Try the latest development release. Don't use stable.
Do you have your GPU drivers installed correctly?
I realize that MC is not a great benchmark for dolphin, but the 50FPS vs 2FPS is suspicious to me.
MC is real light on the CPU/resources in comparison to GC/Wii emulation, so much so that one can get MC to run fairly well on old Dell/IBM PCs from ~2001 (and I'm talking about the low-end stuff they'd give to public schools).
Anyhow, I'd also suggest turning off any power saving features or setting your PC's power profile to high/max performance (whatever it may be called)
RE: Poor performance on a computer that should run dolphin fine? - Qaazavaca Qaanic - 09-13-2015
Your CPU core should be set to JIT.
Toolbar -> Config -> bottom of first tab
Your GPU backend should be set to D3D or OpenGL.
Toolbar -> Graphics -> top of first tab
Use CPU-Z to find the clock speed when Dolphin is running. Use taskmgr to find how much %CPU Dolphin's using.
And why do you claim to have an i3 and i5 in your post, and an i7 3770K in your profile?
RE: Poor performance on a computer that should run dolphin fine? - KHg8m3r - 09-13-2015
Go to Config and change the Framelimit from 5 to Auto.
At one point, you had it set to Audio, and since Audio framelimit was removed between your old version and the 5.0-rc build you're using, it tried to load the slot #2, which was now 5 fps instead.