(10-07-2016, 10:31 AM)Shonumi Wrote: Stuttering gameplay sounds like Dolphin's shader cache for the game is being generated. This behavior has not changed with 5.0, so all games can potentially stutter if the shader cache needs to be filled. Unless of course, you're referring to this kind of stuttering, as mentioned by the Wiki: "Higher settings and/or running in windowed mode cause frequent and annoying stutter". I can't comment on the lighting issues.

Out of curiosity, do the very latest Dolphin revisions (ones newer than 5.0) run Pokemon XD without these issues?https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/editpost.php?pid=424528

(10-07-2016, 01:22 PM)JMC47 Wrote: I have a much weaker computer than you and I played Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness without much of anything in terms of lag or stuttering.  You need to give me something to work off of to try and narrow down what your particular situation is.

(10-07-2016, 10:20 PM)joltmasta Wrote:

My guess is: Try 1080p internal resolution and set your Anti-Aliasing to 4xMSAA and see if that makes a difference, you might be choking your videocard, because my GTX870 6GB starts choking as soon as I go above 4xSSAA, but can use 6-7x internal resolution with some games. Also you might want to try turning off V-sync (this increases input lag, and if your computer isn't strong enough it will limit the framerate from 60 to 45, 30 or even 15 fps.)  And maybe try DX12 as a back-end since it is quite a lot faster on my machine.