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Does the issue still exist or is it fine to install on it now 4 comments share save hide report 100 Upvoted Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up Sort by best level 1 Dolphin Forum Staff 1 point 4 months ago It currently works, but might stop working anytime soon when Apple starts to fully enforce their new notarization requirements introduced on Catalina.

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Dolphin Emulator Mac Using Boot

I recently caved and partitioned my Mac using Boot Camp to see if performance on the stable 5.0 build would increase, and it definitely did.

I also found an even greater performance boost using the latest Dolphin and Ishiiruka builds.

I tested this all out on Super Mario Sunshine using the Delfino Plaza (the large hub world) and the first level of Hotel Delfino (the boss on that level breaks numerous mini bosses, so its a good test on performance).

On MacOS (High Sierra), I always had stuttering sound no matter where I went, would experience occasional FPS dips from 30 to 25 in Delfino Plaza, and an atrocious dip to 20 FPS on level 1 Hotel Delfino when all the mini bosses were on screen, and even a dip to 27 FPS with just the big boss.

After partitioning using boot camp (Windows 8.1 Pro), I ran the stable build of Dolphin.

I saw an immediate improvement in sound with no stuttering in Delfino Plaza, and only a rare drop from 30 to 27 FPS.

Unfortunately, it still dropped to 20 FPS with all the mini bosses on screen in level 1 Hotel Delfino, but it certainly held out longer.

When I tried the latest build of Ishiiruka, man did it kick it up a notch.

No stuttering in sound, no drop in FPS in Delfino Plaza and a rock solid 30 FPS in level 1 Hotel Delfino.

I ended up testing the latest Dolphin build too and it performed almost performed as well as Ishiiruka, with a only a few minor FPS drops to 28-29.

This is certainly not extensive testing and likely not representative of how all games would perform, but some definitive evidence for using windows on your Mac (if you can) and even using the latest Dolphin or Ishiiruka build, I would argue.

Notes: Yes, I did try to optimize my settings by reading posts and such.

Yes, Ive heard that Dolphin 5.0 has circumvented the necessity of Ishiiruka because of ubershaders.

Ive read recently that Ishiiruka now has ubershaders as well, and well, it performed better for me.

My specs: mid-2015 15 in Macbook Pro, 16 gb Ram, 2.2 ghz (with turbo boost to 3.4 ghz) quad core intel I7, and Intel iris pro graphics card.

Edit: formatting.

Upvoted This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast Sort by best level 1 2 points 2 years ago Tips: Under Graphics on the General tab, change your Backend setting from OpenGL to Direct3D11 or Direct3D9.

Dolphin 5.0 does not include ubershaders.

They were introduced in 5.0-4869.

Original Poster 1 point 2 years ago Ahh, thanks for the clarification ubershaders.

And huh, okay, the Ishiiruka build Im using has Direct3D 9 as an option so I assumed the latest dolphin build had it as well.

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