DeSmuME (DS emu) performance on iPad 3 (or other devices)

Hi guys. The main 3 cores that I usually use on my iPad 3 are PSX ReARMed, A GBA emu, & DeSmuME. Of course the GBA emulators work flawlessy, and every game I’ve thrown on the PSX emulator has worked 100%…here I am wishing I could say the same for the DS emulator.

Going with the obvious, I’m thinking the answer is because the DS architecture is a lot more complicated to run therefore my iPad 3 is having issues. As I’m sure this is most likely the case, I want to ask here and verify if it’s maybe some setting configuration that I’m not changing to cause the slowdowns. I’m getting FPS between 20-25 (definitely unplayable)…sometimes up to 30 FPS on menus…and thats on New Super Mario Bros.

In a nutshell, is there anything I can do to improve DeSmuME performance on my iPad 3?

and while we’re at it…how the DeSmuMe performance on your devices? (interested in iPhone 4s & 5, iPads 4, Mini, & Air)

My app can’t even successfully unzip a .zip file for DS ROMs! (I’m on an iPad Mini)

IPad 3 is way too slow for Desmume. Try an iPad Air or any A7-based device.