Is it normal that my mac can't properly run gamecube games?

[swampert948]

Hi there,

I have been trying to play F-Zero on Dolphin but the game slows down all the time. I'm sure my mac has enough spec, but it is 8 years old. To me the PC does seem slower since the day I bought it, but do you think there could be anything else that might be the issue or is the age thing the smoking gun? Because I can't run F-Zero even with no other application open other than Dolphin and I seem to be using the most general and performance friendly settings on the emulator.

Any thoughts would be great. Cheers guys.

[Rosenivy]

Well, setting like internal resolution can increase the GPU load most other setting are better of at default with the exception of backend which is trail and error. I not use to mac but most of the should apply.

So I think you might want to try use the metal to vecuken wrapper to help with speed.