Runs slow even with High-end hardware (specs inside)

[HikariNiwa]

i know, i havent OC'd or really modded anything on it because i dont have the money to replace anything. the brute power is really enough to run anything. Crysis works on max settings running full speed. so thats good enough for me

back to the issue. even the ISO isnt running full speed.

Running Crysis at max settings is different from using pcsx2.

[Saiki]

you're far enough the initial bugs wouldn't hit you.. if you scale it back to native and untick the limiter how much do you get?

[midlothian]

i know, i havent OC'd or really modded anything on it because i dont have the money to replace anything. the brute power is really enough to run anything. Crysis works on max settings running full speed. so thats good enough for me

back to the issue. even the ISO isnt running full speed.

The point is that it doesn't matter if u can run crysis or not. It's about what is good for pcsx2 not u. Pcsx2 uses only 2 cores of ur cpu. In ur case it's only 2 cores on 2.66GHz and 2 more makes it work even slower than i3 2.66GHz (if there is such). And geforce 260 isn't performance deamon neither. That's why ur hardware is qualified as mid-range. As I've said before don't expect miracles with something like that.

[Saiki]

reguardless, 2.66 is MORE than enough for FFX

[Isidore]

@midlothian
if you have nothing valuable to contribute just keep it to yourself, you're just making the thread messy.
(and no, posting your pathetic little PC's specs or discussing what you regard as 'high-end' is not appreciated by anyone.)

@GuyFawkesV
have you tried going into nVidia control panel and reverting Global settings to their defaults?
Also if you haven't already, try starting a new game instead of loading the savefile.

Why did you bother with copy and pasting plugins? Just download the latest beta (0.9.7) and
the latest plugin packs and try running it on stock settings.

[Saiki]

if you don't get 60fps with this, nothing will and there's an issue with your GPU:

these go into you inis folder (it is not the folder and do make backups of your settings)

(and here's the PCSX2.ini file, stripped of user settings, and only has the core tweaks and such listed. removing my personal settings)

Code:

SysSettingsTabName=Game Database
McdSettingsTabName=Slots 1/2
AppSettingsTabName=Plugins
LanguageId=0
RecentIsoCount=12
DeskTheme=default
Listbook_ImageSize=32
Toolbar_ImageSize=24
Toolbar_ShowLabels=enabled
EnableSpeedHacks=enabled
EnableGameFixes=enabled
McdCompressNTFS=enabled
CdvdSource=Plugin
GameDatabaseTabName=none
[MemoryCards]
Slot1_Enable=enabled
Slot1_Filename=Mcd001.ps2
Slot2_Enable=enabled
Slot2_Filename=Mcd002.ps2
Multitap1_Slot2_Enable=disabled
Multitap1_Slot2_Filename=Mcd-Multitap1-Slot02.ps2
Multitap1_Slot3_Enable=disabled
Multitap1_Slot3_Filename=Mcd-Multitap1-Slot03.ps2
Multitap1_Slot4_Enable=disabled
Multitap1_Slot4_Filename=Mcd-Multitap1-Slot04.ps2
Multitap2_Slot2_Enable=disabled
Multitap2_Slot2_Filename=Mcd-Multitap2-Slot02.ps2
Multitap2_Slot3_Enable=disabled
Multitap2_Slot3_Filename=Mcd-Multitap2-Slot03.ps2
Multitap2_Slot4_Enable=disabled
Multitap2_Slot4_Filename=Mcd-Multitap2-Slot04.ps2
[ProgramLog]
Visible=enabled
AutoDock=disabled
FontSize=7
[Folders]
UseDefaultPlugins=enabled
UseDefaultSettings=enabled
UseDefaultBios=enabled
UseDefaultSnapshots=enabled
UseDefaultSavestates=enabled
UseDefaultMemoryCards=disabled
UseDefaultLogs=enabled
[Filenames]
[GSWindow]
CloseOnEsc=enabled
DefaultToFullscreen=disabled
AlwaysHideMouse=disabled
DisableResizeBorders=disabled
DisableScreenSaver=enabled
IsMaximized=disabled
IsFullscreen=disabled
[Framerate]
NominalScalar=1.0
TurboScalar=2.0
SlomoScalar=0.50
SkipOnLimit=disabled
SkipOnTurbo=disabled
[EmuCore]
CdvdVerboseReads=disabled
CdvdDumpBlocks=disabled
EnablePatches=disabled
EnableCheats=enabled
ConsoleToStdio=disabled
HostFs=disabled
McdEnableEjection=disabled
MultitapPort0_Enabled=disabled
MultitapPort1_Enabled=disabled
[EmuCore/Speedhacks]
EECycleRate=1
VUCycleSteal=0
IopCycleRate_X2=enabled
IntcStat=enabled
WaitLoop=enabled
vuFlagHack=enabled
vuMinMax=disabled
vuBlockHack=disabled
[EmuCore/CPU]
FPU.DenormalsAreZero=enabled
FPU.FlushToZero=enabled
FPU.Roundmode=3
VU.DenormalsAreZero=enabled
VU.FlushToZero=enabled
VU.Roundmode=3
[EmuCore/CPU/Recompiler]
EnableEE=enabled
EnableIOP=enabled
EnableVU0=enabled
EnableVU1=enabled
UseMicroVU0=enabled
UseMicroVU1=enabled
vuOverflow=enabled
vuExtraOverflow=disabled
vuSignOverflow=disabled
vuUnderflow=disabled
fpuOverflow=enabled
fpuExtraOverflow=disabled
fpuFullMode=disabled
StackFrameChecks=disabled
[EmuCore/GS]
SynchronousMTGS=disabled
DisableOutput=disabled
FrameLimitEnable=enabled
FrameSkipEnable=disabled
VsyncEnable=disabled
LimitScalar=1.0
FramerateNTSC=59.94
FrameratePAL=50.0
DefaultRegionMode=ntsc
FramesToDraw=2
FramesToSkip=2
[EmuCore/Gamefixes]
VuAddSubHack=enabled
VuClipFlagHack=disabled
FpuCompareHack=disabled
FpuMulHack=disabled
FpuNegDivHack=disabled
XgKickHack=disabled
IPUWaitHack=disabled
EETimingHack=disabled
SkipMPEGHack=disabled
[EmuCore/Profiler]
Enabled=disabled
RecBlocks_EE=enabled
RecBlocks_IOP=enabled
RecBlocks_VU0=enabled
RecBlocks_VU1=enabled
[EmuCore/TraceLog]
Enabled=disabled
SIF=disabled
EE.bitset=0
IOP.bitset=0
[EmuCore/ConsoleLog]
ELF=disabled
StdoutEE=enabled
StdoutIOP=enabled
Deci2=enabled
[DialogPositions]
[RecentIso]

[GuyFawkesV]

I used to get 60 fps, and now its just awful when i loaded it again. meh. new game yes? and ill use native

[Saiki]

perhaps that would be best, and just note that if demi slows you down don't worry about it too much, it's the only spell that slows mine down.

another thing you can try is to set affinity for PCSX2 to cores 2 and 3 (which would be the last 2 cores of a quad) which are rarely used by windows itself

[midlothian]

@midlothian
if you have nothing valuable to contribute just keep it to yourself, you're just making the thread messy.
(and no, posting your pathetic little PC's specs or discussing what you regard as 'high-end' is not appreciated by anyone.)

Oh, so much flame )), I suppose u do have 2.66GHz also and u've tried let's say God of War 2 or Gran Turismo 4 on it )). Almost every new version of pcsx2 have higher hardware requirements than it was before and sometimes games that worked fullspeed on 2GHz needs 3 now.

@GuyFawkesV - just find older version of beta 0.9.7 let's say something like rev 2xxx and try it, maybe it will be faster, if not try 0.9.6.

[iakoboss7]

you are totally wrong there. new versions run faster than old ones and for sure they dont need better hardware... if you compaire the speeds of 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 you will see 0.9.7 is veeeeery faster.