Half-Speed problems right out of the gate

[ilovejedd]

i dont think theres anything strange going on, i have extremely similar pc stats, i have 6gb DDR3 1600 OCZ ram like he does, i have hd5770 dual but pcsx2 only uses single gpu anyway so our gpus are very close when it comes to performance, the only difference is hd5770 supports dx11 and gtx 260 has physx, and i have evga x58 sli, he has evga x58 sli le (budget version), perforance features are the same, i just have more ports and stuff like that, and i got i7 920 which was running @2.66 like his, and i had to overclock to 3.2 ghz to get perfect speeds on pcsx2, and to 3.5 ghz to get perfect speeds on dolphin to play wii games. so he just needs to overclock to at least 3.0 ghz, i just beat FFX Pal @3.5 ghz, with perfect speed.

I don't know if there's a big difference between the PAL and NTSC versions but my i7-860 2.8 GHz has no problems running Final Fantasy X NTSC at stock with Turbo Boost disabled. Even goes up to 100+ FPS. Yes, there are some games that require an overclock or some speedhacks but from my experience, FFX doesn't seem to be one of them. Try playing FFX on stock speed. I'm pretty sure even your i7-920 at 2.66 GHz is plenty.

[vdgamer]

Well maybe youre right, ive never tested how fast FFX runs on my pc at 2.66 ghz (stock for 920), but i did test FF12 at 2.66 ghz and it didnt run full speed, those two are pretty close when it comes to cpu demand, FF12 is more gpu demanding, but i dont think that its much more cpu demanding. And no there is no difference between NTSC and PAL when it comes to emulation speed.

[ilovejedd]

Just tried Final Fantasy XII (NTSC) on my PC and I'm getting greater than 60 FPS at stock speed of 2.80 GHz (scene after the opening FMV). No speedhacks. That's just 133 MHz higher than your i7-920 so unless there's a huge disparity between the PAL and NTSC versions, I have no idea why you guys aren't getting full speed.

[vdgamer]

133 mhz doesnt seem like much but could make a little difference but ff12 after opening FMV is not very demanding part of the game, it was full speed at 2.66 for me as well, its later on the way to raithwalls tomb when crossing the dessert when fighting i was getting like 50-60 flps @2.66 it was totally playable but not perfect, now all games i beat i newer get below 60 flps, except for those problematic spots that exist for some games no matter how fast your cpu is.(like at the end of boshes strongest quikening flps go down to like 20 maybe even lower, and its the same on any pc i tested it)

[GuyFawkesV]

well im still getting ~25fps, which isnt even near 50-60, i honestly dont get it. it's like this with every iso i've tried

[Shadow Lady]

PCSX2 settings? Plugin settings? what do the EE/GS% number say when you get slowdowns?

[GuyFawkesV]

i posted those in screenshots previously.

[Shadow Lady]

That covers the plugins question. You didn't post your the other PCSX2 settings.

[ilovejedd]

EE: 39% and GS: 16% at native resolution. The CPU shouldn't be a bottleneck for that scene.

@GuyFawkesV
Post screenshots of EE/IOP, VUs and Speedhacks page. Also, post a screenshot of TMonitor while playing.

[vdgamer]

well im still getting ~25fps, which isnt even near 50-60, i honestly dont get it. it's like this with every iso i've tried

Here is my pcsx2 folder, use your own bios (put them in bios folder) and create new mem cards i didnt give you mine, everything else should be configured, try it out and tell us the results.
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