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Donkey Kong Country Returns - Extreme Lag!

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by Fuszion, Sep 2, 2014.

  1. Fuszion

    Fuszion Active Member

    I looked and didn't find this game and problem on the forum.

    PC Specs.
    AMD FX 8120 3.2 8 core.
    Nvidia GeForce 580 1.5gb Galaxy Edition
    8gb DDR3 ram
    Win 8.1

    I have seen videos of this game working great on Dolphin, so I know its possible.
    I get 50 to 60 FPS, and that's good. But the game itself is slow. probably about 40% slower than normal. The sound and music is about that slow as well. I've seen a lot of posts about this on other sites, but none of the advice was any good or just didn't apply to the most current version of Dolphin.

    Any advice on how to speed up the game?
     
  2. Blazemax

    Blazemax Well-Known Member

    this might help you.

    https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/faq/

    after you read thru that, always remember that emulators are less than perfect so expect alot complications with everything.
     
  3. Fuszion

    Fuszion Active Member

    Thank you! I now have a much better understanding of emulation! I will try to work with this new knowledge!
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    Could some one explain to me why when I overclock my processor, the game runs worse?
     
  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    because the processor throttles back to protect itself from damage most likely. overclocking isn't the answer here, you need to play with the settings to find the optimum compromise between accuracy and speed. it ran fine when I tried it some time ago.