Having fps slowdown in god of war when alot going on screen

[CaoticKnuckles]

My specs
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 3101 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
Ram 6gb
NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

Would my video card need an upgrade? Im looking into getting a nvidia card just not sure which one yet.

[metalmallow]

Yeah, you could use an upgrade. Which one to get depends on your budget, really. If I were to get an upgrade now I'd look into the GTX 760, but it's ~$250.

[DaTankAC]

What is the EE and GS% during the slowdowns, while in native resolution? Also, what are your GSdx plugin settings?

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Yeah, you could use an upgrade. Which one to get depends on your budget, really. If I were to get an upgrade now I'd look into the GTX 760, but it's ~$250.

While this system is not superior, it's still decent, roughly at the same bench (FFX-2 PCSX2 bench) as my FX4300 at my current clockspeed. Perhaps there is something we can do for the OP while breaking the bank...yet

[CaoticKnuckles]

Good to know all i really need is a video card . Im thinking a budget of 100-150 maybe but if i really need something more it it going to wait till christmas lol. Out of frustration i deleted the emulator. Though i am going to give it another try later tonight my ee was 90 to 100 while the gs was low . All the setting were at default and i was going from gsdx 9 to 10 and yes native rez.

[DaTankAC]

Then your cpu was the problem then. It really wasn't necessary to delete the emulator. Your video card was fine. Not great, but ok for the job. If/when you do try pcsx2 again, try the mtvu hack, make sure you are in hardware mode, and experiment with EE timing and VU cycle stealing hack.

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Also a good reason why the k version of Intel cpu's are the only ones worth buying. Intel policies of locking all their cpu's except the most expensive one is garbage.

[CaoticKnuckles]

Thanks for the info i just hit the mtvu button and my ee went from 95-100 to 50-70. I also have the vu stealing to 2 and and ee cyclerate to 3 and now my fps is a constant 50-60 frames.