Lag with The Sims 2/Midnight Club 3

[vintheword]

Hey guys, i'm new to the emulation world.

I'm trying to emulate both games.

specs :

i7 3610QM (4 cores running 2,3 - 3.1 ghz hyperthreaded)
GT 630m
8GB DDR3 RAM
15' 1366x768 (not even full HD)
DX9

These games lags like hell ! Even in on Full Performance...

Am I missing any configuration ? Maybe using an old PCSX2 build ? outdated plugins ?

I do play at 60 FPS and then suddently goes straight to 5 ~ 15 fps.

[Scootaloo]

Make sure you are using either the latest stable build or if you already are then try the SVN build.

Once you've done that:

-Make sure that nothing is overheating, and do all the basic stuff (check for driver updates, and etc.)
-Try experimenting with speedhacks (more info. here)

[Rassane]

As far as I can see, that's a laptop, so make sure to check your power options and put it in high-performance mode. Other than that, check drivers and background programs/processes which could be using your GPU and CPU

[Yash the gamer]

Messup with ee and vu sliders for example ee to 2 and vu to 2 ...and somegames run good in swmode ratherthan hwmode while in game press f9 for swmode and see its work or nt ....and use native resolution...

[refraction]

Messup with ee and vu sliders for example ee to 2 and vu to 2 ...and somegames run good in swmode ratherthan hwmode while in game press f9 for swmode and see its work or nt ....and use native resolution...

He said his speed suddenly drops, he doesn't need speedhacks, it sounds more like overheating/power plan problems.

[Yash the gamer]

Ohh then use coretemp to see ur tempreture ....and make sure ur pc run in performance mode.(thanks refraction sir to correct me):-P

[vintheword]

I've done some benchmarking. Got some interesting results.

PCSX2 1.0.0 stable version :
GS : GSdx 5334 (MSVC 16.00, AVX) 0.1.16[gsdx32-avx-r5350]
http://i.imgur.com/yz539EV.jpg
It's not dropping anymore from 60 to 5 ~ 15.
Using hardware mode : 36 FPS
Software mode : 40

PCSX2 1.1.0 06/29 build
GS : the same
same configs
Hardware mode : the same
Software mode : 46 FPS

Maybe it's a matter of configuration ? Speed hacks ?
http://imgur.com/a/YEPcM#0

Yes, all drivers are updated.

I forgot, the max temperature CPU reaches is 63 degrees.

[The Old Refuge]

well in PCSX2 that may be a bit higher just use Coretemp while running the game in PCSX2

and post a pic

[vintheword]

http://i.imgur.com/Dn59QdP.jpg

played arround 10 minutes

[The Old Refuge]

got it GPU bottlneck make sure you are using 630M instead of Intel HD

if you are try to use native res