10-02-2013, 05:56 PM
Hi i'm new to pcsx2 scene so sorry if this has been said already.
I own a ps2 and i wanted to test some games on the emulator in order to see if i will be able to play them at better resolution than the original console.
Unfortunately this is not the case of both gow and gow2, you all know, the green screen, so it must be run in software mode, so no better resolution.
by the way i've noticed very poor performances, i got 24 fps with the hacks (gow 2 inital screen).
but i've noticed also that my 4.2ghz overclocked xeon cpu was doing almost nothing, 4 core + 4 hyper thread at 20% load, something was wrong...
i've changed the value inside the file GSdx.ini in my inis folder.
i found that values between 10 and 12 gives the best performances for me, i've gone from 24 to 80 fps!! now the game is smooth 100% everywhere (well i've played only the first 10 minutes of both gow and gow2).
reading on various threads they say to put a value lower than you max cores, that was not true for me, performance increases up to 12, then it start decreasing.
the start screen of gow2 is heavier than in game, at least at the beginning i get up to 90 fps during the initial fight.
i'm using the latest 5731 build, GSdx5727 sse4.1 directx11 software mode.
speedhacks as on the screen below, if you have a good pc you may even try to disable them completely or lower the 2 sliders to minimum (as default)
all the rest is "default"
so basically have a look on your task manager when you run games in software mode, you mast have at least 65/70% load on all cores, else you have to increase that value from the ini until you find the magic one. the start screen on gow2 is a nice benchmark cause is static.
best
I own a ps2 and i wanted to test some games on the emulator in order to see if i will be able to play them at better resolution than the original console.
Unfortunately this is not the case of both gow and gow2, you all know, the green screen, so it must be run in software mode, so no better resolution.
by the way i've noticed very poor performances, i got 24 fps with the hacks (gow 2 inital screen).
but i've noticed also that my 4.2ghz overclocked xeon cpu was doing almost nothing, 4 core + 4 hyper thread at 20% load, something was wrong...
i've changed the value inside the file GSdx.ini in my inis folder.
Code:
extrathreads=10
i found that values between 10 and 12 gives the best performances for me, i've gone from 24 to 80 fps!! now the game is smooth 100% everywhere (well i've played only the first 10 minutes of both gow and gow2).
reading on various threads they say to put a value lower than you max cores, that was not true for me, performance increases up to 12, then it start decreasing.
the start screen of gow2 is heavier than in game, at least at the beginning i get up to 90 fps during the initial fight.
i'm using the latest 5731 build, GSdx5727 sse4.1 directx11 software mode.
speedhacks as on the screen below, if you have a good pc you may even try to disable them completely or lower the 2 sliders to minimum (as default)
all the rest is "default"
so basically have a look on your task manager when you run games in software mode, you mast have at least 65/70% load on all cores, else you have to increase that value from the ini until you find the magic one. the start screen on gow2 is a nice benchmark cause is static.
best