If OP got windows 10 with bootcamp, or used wine and chose directX it would be significantly faster than trying to play in Macos.
I have a mac and have had the exact same problem as OP, macos just does a terrible job supporting any of the graphics backends used by Dolphin. I checked passmark and it scores within 10% on single core performance of my even older MacBook's i5 which could run dolphin games at 60fps with bootcamp windows 10. On passmark (which I know isn't a particularly good benchmark) it's rated as about equivalent to a ten year old i5. I never claimed that it was, I just pointed out that OP's M5 performs about the same as my even older mobile i5 chip. This isn't a MacBook air, it's a MacBookTM with a core m processor, it's like a 5 watt chip, it's hot garbage. Graphics: Any reasonably modern graphics. Processor: Fast CPU with SSE2 supported (recommended at least 2Ghz). And dolphin itself has been around long before any of the core-I processesors even existed. Triforce that lets you run Wii/GCN/Tri games on your Windows/Linux/Mac PC system. It is by no means a super demanding program. It's rated as about equivalent to a ten year old i5.Īnd a 10 year old i5 will run dolphin just fine. Is Dolphin emulator hard to run Is downloading ps1 ROMs illegal Can Dolphin run Gamecube ROMs Why does my game keep freezing PS5 How do I speed up.
