Emulator speed... yes, I have a 64bit OS.

[Sephariel]

Salutations,

I just downloaded your latest BETA version of your emulator, and I am trying to run Super Smash Bros Melee on it.

Unfortunatly, I get terrible performance, ranging from 3 to 13 fps.

I have a rather good computer, I'm pretty sure the problem doesn't come from here.

Core2Duo 6700E
Geforce 8800GTX
4gb RAM
Vista 64bit

Now I've searched a little on the forum (surprise!) and all I found out about SSMB performance issues was with people having a 32bit OS, and how it runs so well on 64bit, so well in fact, it runs too fast.

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Anybody have a clue ?

 

[snexs]

do you have the x64 dolphin version?

 

[Sephariel]

Yes, I tried both Betas (2 and 3) from the sticky uptop.

 

[Sephariel]

I found the problem...

Silly me.

I didn't activate the Dual Core support and eum... dynarec ? -_-


Well, now it's going fine... TOO FINE.

I'm running at 90 FPS, and the game goes too damn fast ! Can I slow it down ?

 

[Agozer]

Can I slow it down ?

Not until a frame limiter is coded in. You know, Dolphin hasn't exactly been speedy in the past, so something like slowing the game down was written off as crazy talk.

 

[Sephariel]

Haha, alright I see. Thanks for the answer.

 

[p_025]

I read somewhere that increasing graphics quality settings (6xFSAA) helps to slow it down by intentionally adding graphic lag, but with a graphics card that amazing, it may not slow it down as much as the CPU. The result of that is it would look really good but still be too fast. Can't lose.

 

[Seizure22]

Different combinations of cpu players and stages with slow-mo special melee will run around normal speed. I get around 60 fps with 1 bot on a highly detailed/active stage, such as Venom or Mute City, or with 3 bots on a neutral detailed/active stage, like Temple or SMB.

I haven't tried raising AA during play, but I think I had a ~10 frame increase after turning it off in SA2:B or some other game.

 

[p_025]

In my experience, increasing antialiasing is an excellent way to lower a framerate, almost better than raising the screen resolution. Speaking of which, you might try playing dolphin with its window maximized as well.

 

[EmuFan]

Having this sort of conversation makes me so happy, thinking off how slow it was before.

 

[Sephariel]

Yes, I tried playing in 1280x1024 with 4x AA (it crashes at 6x on SSBM). But it doesn't change much in term of speed. It's still too fast !

It's playable... to an extend.. Either I get to play really slow at 4 fps, or run at an extreme speed and run into the pits unwillingly all the time.

I'll wait for a fps limiter.

 

[EmuFan]

Haha, this is fantastic! Heh, anyway, try slow-mo melee or something.

 

[Falcon4ever]

I found the problem...

Silly me.

I didn't activate the Dual Core support and eum... dynarec ? -_-


Well, now it's going fine... TOO FINE.

I'm running at 90 FPS, and the game goes too damn fast ! Can I slow it down ?

<joke>

try running it together with PCSX2

</joke>

 

[bgn]

Ive Had the Same problem. I was getting 100+FPS. DOwnload Beat 2 x64, and rin "Single Core" with the dyanarec on. You get more reaslsitic speeds.

 

[Hezkore]

May i ask why a Frame Limiter hasn't been written... or am i going to get flamed to death?
I mean, that can't be very hard, now can it?
At least add a VSync option.

 

[Agozer]

Just wait, and eventually you'll see it there.

 

[P4T0U]

Anybody knows about D3D Overrider in the Rivatuner application? You can enable VSync and/or Triple Buffering with it. Someone wants to give it a try? http://guru3d.com/rivatuner/

 

[Hezkore]

I have an ATi card and I know there's a VSync override option in the Catalyst Control Center, but I'm too lazy to install a 64bit OS atm. >_>, but it would be interesting to know if it works with Dolphin.