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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Now Runs at 60 FPS on PC Emulators Lichii and Eglantine, a Day After Booting at 20-30 FPS
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Key Points:
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake on PC initially ran at 15-30 FPS with heavy visual glitches, but recent updates have improved performance to a stable 4K 60 FPS with clearer visuals and minimal stutters.
- The Lichii emulator, a fork of Eglantine, fixed most visual issues within a day, including resolving white flashes, black scenes on AMD hardware, and vegetation rendering problems.
- Performance optimizations were introduced in a recent update, such as pipeline caching, background thread processing, and improved draw call handling, boosting overall game stability.
- Despite improvements, some users still report texture flickering, lighting faults, desynced audio, and occasional slowdowns, which are expected given the early stage of compatibility efforts.
- YouTuber ElAnalistaDeBits demonstrated that injecting NVIDIA DLSS via HDMI significantly enhances image quality compared to Nintendo’s use of AMD FSR 1.0 on the Switch 2, highlighting Nintendo’s unusual choice to avoid DLSS despite hardware support.
