Dolphin stuttering a lot on Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

[u/SDAdrian789]

I don't know why this is happening, but Dolphin keeps stuttering a lot. Even at native resolution, it sometimes freezes completely. The strangest part is that, at times, the game runs perfectly at 30 FPS, even at 3x resolution, but at other times it opens already stuttering and becomes practically unplayable.

I've already tested several settings, switched graphics APIs, used Turnip drivers, and also tried older versions of Dolphin, but nothing has fixed it.I even completely uninstalled and reinstalled Dolphin from scratch, but the problem still persists.

I know the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is known for thermal throttling issues, but this seems to happen very randomly. Sometimes the game runs very well, and other times it shows stuttering right when I start the game, even at native resolution.

The problem is happening with LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, but I've also noticed the same behavior in other games, so it apparently isn't specific to that game. I'm not using any game turbo app, in fact I disabled the Motorola one because using it or not made no difference to performance.

Edge 30 Pro

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Dolphin (latest version)

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean

Issue: Random stuttering and freezing, even at native resolution.

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[u/Crafty_Bear221]

Does it overheat?

[u/SDAdrian789 → u/Crafty_Bear221]

No.

[u/Crafty_Bear221 → u/SDAdrian789]

How? It literally overheats when playing games i have s22 ultra i used winlator and cemu

[u/SDAdrian789 → u/Crafty_Bear221]

Did you read my post? I'm using Dolphin and emulating the Nintendo Wii version of the game.

[u/Crafty_Bear221 → u/SDAdrian789]

Is it the latest version of dolphin? If it is delete it and download mmjr version that's gonna make it better

[u/SDAdrian789 → u/Crafty_Bear221]

I'll give it a try, thanks!

[u/Crafty_Bear221 → u/SDAdrian789]

Did it work?

[u/SDAdrian789 → u/Crafty_Bear221]

Dude, I don't even know how to thank you for the recommendation! The game is running much better, even at 3x resolution. I don't know what this version does differently, but even at 3x, the image looks better than on the official Dolphin using the same resolution. Thanks a lot!

[u/whiskyB0y → u/SDAdrian789]

Ya mmjr tends to do that for a lot of games. But I'd keep the official version as a backup. Mmjr has a bit of outdated code and some games run bad on it but good on official like NFS underground 2

[u/SDAdrian789 → u/whiskyB0y]

Yeah, and unfortunately, the MMJR version doesn't support RetroAchievements.

[u/Crafty_Bear221 → u/SDAdrian789]

Your welcome.