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Hi all,

I'm experiencing not critical, but pretty unpleasant FPS drops while playing SMT Persona 4. I've searched a lot through these forums but never found a universal solution and ideal configs for the game.

Here are my PC specs:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X-2 555 3.2 Ghz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD5770 1024MB
RAM: 4GB
OS: Windows 8.1
PCSX2 1.3.0 - 20140724182200 (git), NTSC-J
Dualshock 4 (if it matters)

I think it's more than enough to run Persona 4 on stable 60FPS with 1680x1050 resolution. However, fps drops here and there during dialogues, running and fog. Sometimes even in cutscenes.

Here are the PCSX2 settings. I've tried A LOT of different settings and speedhacks configuration, and most optimal is the one on the images.

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Changing from MicroVU to SuperVU doesn't seem to make any difference. However I haven't tried superVU while running on Direct3D9 (hardware), which is giving better performance than Direct3D11.

I even tried to switch to native PS2 resolution, but fps drops are still there, so it's probably not a weak PC issue.

Any ideas what may be causing the problem?

what do the ee% & gs% say when getting slowdowns ?
when exactly do you have this issue ? Is that when a specific ennemy appears ?

(02-14-2015, 10:10 AM)jesalvein Wrote: [ -> ]what do the ee% & gs% say when getting slowdowns ?
when exactly do you have this issue ? Is that when a specific ennemy appears ?

EE is ranging from 35-50%. GS high is 25%, during slowdowns it drops to 1-5%.

I'm having this issue even while walking at home, in bedroom.

tried disabling amd cool n' quiet ?

I didn't, but I've just disabled it and... Persona 4 became smoothest ever game running on my PC!
Hopefully, it will stay at immutable 60FPS in the battles as well.

Thank you VERY much! It was non-obvious but extremely helpful suggestion.

Also, use dx11 over dx9 to get a little performance boost.

(02-14-2015, 11:53 AM)ssakash Wrote: [ -> ]Also, use dx11 over dx9 to get a little performance boost.

Yes, before disabling Cool'n'Quiet it was running slightly better with DX9, but now I switched back to DX11. Even graphical boosts like FXAA and Anisotropic Filtering don't seem to affect performance. Thanks.