Any luck with Snowblind games?

[Blyss Sarania]

Yeah, the price/performance really is insane.

Alright, gained about 15fps by clicking on random stuff, applying, and watching my fps.

VU0: superVU Recompiler
Round Mode: Negative
VSync: Off (raised fps...hmm)
EE Cyclerate: 3
VU Cycle Stealing: Max
MTVU: Off, actually gives like 10 extra fps

Sitting between 58-65fps now, but the game still feels like it's slow?

VU cycle stealing at max is giving you false fps.

I don't usually recommend VU cycle stealing for that reason.

SuperVU might be faster, I dunno.

I'd test to see if the round mode set to negative really makes it faster, because that could cause a lot of problems.

Vsync will limit your fps to a multiple of a factor of 60 - 5,10,15,20,30,45,60 etc. So if you were getting say 54 fps before, vsync will drop that to 45.

[Zephos]

Ohh the false fps must be it, because now I'm in a cave, and although it says lower fps, it feels smother. Good, because that makes ground textures black XD

The negative didn't seem to do more than one or two fps.

[Blyss Sarania]

VU cycle stealing is useful in a few specific cases(Shadow of the Colossus won't run 100% on any machine without it because of the way it was coded).

My advice is don't EVER push it all the way to max. 1 usually doesn't cause errors but may or may not help. 2 helps usually but may cause errors. 3 causes errors in every game I've tested it in except SoTC

[Zephos]

Okay, after a bit more testing, I've found that VU Cycle stealing is in fact necessary, only max does anything, and it's a lot. Worth the graphics glitch.

I've noticed that the more entities on screen, the better the game does. When I'm in a big combat situation, I hit the limit without a problem. Once they're gone, it drops right back. I'd think this would be counter-intuitive, but apparently not.

The screen is still bouncing, but that's only really noticable on the pause menu.

[GeoMan]

For the screen shaking try different deinterlace modes (F5)

I've noticed that the more entities on screen, the better the game does.

Did you check your CPU speed with a program like CPU-Z while playing in a window? Maybe your CPU reverts to a lower speed at some points in the game.