Optimal graphic plugin configuration?
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Hi there. I am running FFX directly from my DVD drive for PCSX2. Seems to run fairly ok - I notice the framerate stay consistent for most of the time. However, once I encountered the first boss, who uses the spell demi (it has a fairly flashy animation), a major slowdown occurred. This progressively got worse, during a few animations after that and particular for the next event where Tidus is stuck in the ruins. I don't know if there are lots of things to produce on the screen or if it's generally a major strain on the system in that area. I configured the GS to DX10 (Hardware), but that was the only major change. I then applied a speedhack of level 1 for the EE and level 1 for the other speedhack, for a 33% increase to both. This did not seem to help. The framerate reduces to a point where it's not unplayable, but it'd still be unbearable for me to continue on with the game... Yet in other areas (and normal battles where no GPU-intensive animations play), the emulator performs just fine. I thought my system specs met the top-tier specifications in the configuration guide... Radeon HD 4250, AMD Phenom II, etc.

Here are my DXDIAG specs:
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System Information
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Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110408-1631)
System Manufacturer: Gateway
System Model: DX4350
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Phenom™ II X6 1065T Processor (6 CPUs), ~2.9GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 5888MB RAM
Page File: 1496MB used, 10275MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4250 Graphics
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x9715)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9715&SUBSYS_04441025&REV_00
Display Memory: 2940 MB
Dedicated Memory: 252 MB
Shared Memory: 2687 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)

I thought FFX would be among the easiest (and earliest of the tested) to emulate. Is there much lacking within my system? Would it perform much faster if I made an ISO of my copy of FFX and ran it directly from the hard drive? Thanks for the reply, I really appreciate it.
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#2
disable 8bit texture shader. your gpu is getting reamed by it and keep the internal resolution low, your gpu uses system ram.
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#3
Try reducing the internal resolution in GSdx or simply ticking the "Native" option.
Core i5 3570k -- Geforce GTX 670  --  Windows 7 x64
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