01-10-2012, 07:18 PM
Hey all. I seem to be having an issue with music games (Guitar Hero 2, Guitar Hero 5, Rock Band). The emulator is reporting a rock solid 59-60 FPS, but the framerate at times looks more like 30-40. Nothing is even close to maxing out to cause performance issues- EE: 30-40%, GS: 15-20%, VU: 7-15%.. these values are rarely exceeded.
It plays smooth for like 5 seconds, then gets choppy for about 5, then smooth, choppy, smooth, choppy... with absolutely no change in framerate or system load.
I've tried everything I can think of. I dumped the discs to ISO and tried Linuz Plugin, skipdraw hacks in GS plugin, speedhacks, tons of different PCSX2 versions/revisions, D3D 9/11 Software/Hardware... But nothing seems to fix the issue. The game never drops a frame below 59, but it looks like 30 at times which makes it practically unplayable to my eyes.
Any idea what could be causing this issue? This doesn't seem to happen in most other games I play such as God of War, Castlevania:LoI, FFX etc... although it does seem to happen in Kingdom Hearts 2 sometimes. It reports 59-60 FPS but looks sorta laggy. I don't ever use the speed hacks, although I have tried them out but they really do nothing for me.
My PC is pretty beast, so I know there can't be a bottleneck, can there?
CPU: Intel 2500K @ 4.8Ghz
RAM: 8GB DDR3 @ 1600 Mhz
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti
It plays smooth for like 5 seconds, then gets choppy for about 5, then smooth, choppy, smooth, choppy... with absolutely no change in framerate or system load.
I've tried everything I can think of. I dumped the discs to ISO and tried Linuz Plugin, skipdraw hacks in GS plugin, speedhacks, tons of different PCSX2 versions/revisions, D3D 9/11 Software/Hardware... But nothing seems to fix the issue. The game never drops a frame below 59, but it looks like 30 at times which makes it practically unplayable to my eyes.
Any idea what could be causing this issue? This doesn't seem to happen in most other games I play such as God of War, Castlevania:LoI, FFX etc... although it does seem to happen in Kingdom Hearts 2 sometimes. It reports 59-60 FPS but looks sorta laggy. I don't ever use the speed hacks, although I have tried them out but they really do nothing for me.
My PC is pretty beast, so I know there can't be a bottleneck, can there?
CPU: Intel 2500K @ 4.8Ghz
RAM: 8GB DDR3 @ 1600 Mhz
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti