How do i decrease EE load?

[DanielTheGamer]

I am trying to play Ratchet and Clank, it works alright for the most part but i get speed drops sometimes. My EE sits around 90%-100%, GS 20%-50%, VU 10%-35%.
obviously the emotion engine isn't able to keep up with the game, is there any way to increase my speed?                         



Specs:
i5-3470
GTX 1050ti
DDR3 1600MHz 16GB RAM

[jesalvein]

you can increase speedhacks a bit . but your cpu is clearly suffering

[DanielTheGamer]

you can increase speedhacks a bit . but your cpu is clearly suffering

which speedhacks exactly?

[jesalvein]

which speedhacks exactly?

maybe ee cycle rate...
Keep in mind it's highly possible your cpu isn't up to the par for a game like R & C

[DanielTheGamer]

maybe ee cycle rate...
Keep in mind it's highly possible your cpu isn't up to the par for a game like R & C

I've already tried EE cycle, it either makes the performance worse or freezes PCSX2 entirely. What about other settings like graphic settings?

[jesalvein]

you can keep native res, but it won't change your problem
THink about setting your windows power plan to high performance too

[DanielTheGamer]

you can keep native res, but it won't change your problem
THink about setting your windows power plan to high performance too

What exactly does it change to set the power plan to high performance? I'll change it though, is a restart required?

[jesalvein]

What exactly does it change to set the power plan to high performance? I'll change it though, is a restart required?

just to prevent your cpu to throttle down when under high load.

I don't think you need to restart, but that may be a good idea

[DanielTheGamer]

just to prevent your cpu to throttle down when under high load.

I don't think you need to restart, but that may be a good idea

Alrighty, thanks. I just did that. I found out that closing programs that run in the background made it way more stable even though those programs barely got over 3% cpu usage.

[RedDevilus]

With 4 cores, windows gets pretty conservative to not let background programs die and let them work well. Hence why going to 6 cores or more is pretty interesting to get.