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Slowdown after 30 - 40 minutes of gameplay? - keem85 - 02-25-2016
So I'm playing Wind Waker and everything runs smoothly, but after a while it suddenly runs at HALF the speed.. I tried to google it, but I only found resolutions to slowness in general, not slowdowns.
I had this issue a couple of years back also I remember. Memory comes back to me now, I suggest there are some settings that I have set wrong?.. I have a feeling that this is a known problem somehow, but I can't figure out what it is.
Specs:
Intel i7 4770k overclocked at 4.5
12gb ram
780TI Geforce
Ishiiruka Dolphin (the latest version)
Dual core active
resolution: full screen 1080
Directx12
vsync on
Enhancements:
Scaled EFB Copy
Pixel lightning
Tesselation enabled, early culling
3x internal res (1080p)
No AA
16 AF
Custom textures
Setting in pictures: http://imgur.com/WR0AHHO
RE: Slowdown after 30 - 40 minutes of gameplay? - Helios - 02-25-2016
Turn off vsync.
If you really want vsync, my recommendation is to go into nvidia control panel, set up a profile for Dolphin, set preferred power level to "Prefer high performance" or whatever it's called, and then set v-sync in nvidia control panel to "Adaptive"
RE: Slowdown after 30 - 40 minutes of gameplay? - keem85 - 02-25-2016
(02-25-2016, 06:35 AM)helios747 Wrote: Turn off vsync.
Thanks, I will try that. Do you have more information for me regarding that?
EDIT: Like, why it happens for example
RE: Slowdown after 30 - 40 minutes of gameplay? - Helios - 02-25-2016
Yeah. Our implementation of vsync is *very* touchy. If you drop even a little under your refresh rate, Dolphin will slow down like crazy.
RE: Slowdown after 30 - 40 minutes of gameplay? - keem85 - 02-25-2016
(02-25-2016, 06:38 AM)helios747 Wrote: Yeah. Our implementation of vsync is *very* touchy
Great to know, thanks
I feel I get answers here very quickly. Love the community!
RE: Slowdown after 30 - 40 minutes of gameplay? - skid - 02-25-2016
Is your CPU overheating after 30mins?
RE: Slowdown after 30 - 40 minutes of gameplay? - keem85 - 02-25-2016
(02-25-2016, 06:44 AM)skid Wrote: Is your CPU overheating after 30mins?
No, it's water cooled and keeps a fairly ok temperature. I'll go for the vsync option, hoping that's the reason
RE: Slowdown after 30 - 40 minutes of gameplay? - keem85 - 02-27-2016
Hi
I tested it, and now I get slowdowns faster.. It slows down, and then speeds up again, but after a while it's full slowdown by half speed..
Maybe it's because I'm using DX12?
RE: Slowdown after 30 - 40 minutes of gameplay? - keem85 - 02-27-2016
Nope. It happend with DX11 too.. I wonder what the problem is.. Can't figure it out!!
RE: Slowdown after 30 - 40 minutes of gameplay? - keem85 - 02-28-2016
Does anyone have any other tips for me here? I've tried OpenGL now, and the same slowdowns occur. Now within fire to ten minutes... If I do a quicksave and then quickload, the slowness is gone...
Please if anyone have any more tips to try! (check my settings creenshots)