11-16-2009, 05:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-16-2009, 05:38 PM by bkwegoharder.)
So I was testing things out and playing around in Grand Theft Auto Vice city Stories. I have an i7 so software rendering is viable for me on my system.
This is my whole system.
Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.8GHz
4GB DDR3
ATi Radeon HD 4850
I'm using PCSX2 revising r1888. It's the latest official beta using the old gui. I have gsdx version 1650.
So at first I was playing with gsdx set to software, with it rendering on six threads. I decided to switch over to hardware. As soon as I swicthed over to hardware I immediately noticed that my frame rate dropped by like 20fps. This was with gsdx set to native so it was rendering everything that software mode had to render. I swicthed back to software to double check and yes I was getting lower framerates at the specific area I was in. In other areas the frame rate would sky rocket though, like in stores and other places, but I was surprised that there are actually situations where software beats hardware.
Can anyone explain why this might happen?
Here are some screenshots as proof
Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories Software Rendering
Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories Hardware Rendering
This is my whole system.
Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.8GHz
4GB DDR3
ATi Radeon HD 4850
I'm using PCSX2 revising r1888. It's the latest official beta using the old gui. I have gsdx version 1650.
So at first I was playing with gsdx set to software, with it rendering on six threads. I decided to switch over to hardware. As soon as I swicthed over to hardware I immediately noticed that my frame rate dropped by like 20fps. This was with gsdx set to native so it was rendering everything that software mode had to render. I swicthed back to software to double check and yes I was getting lower framerates at the specific area I was in. In other areas the frame rate would sky rocket though, like in stores and other places, but I was surprised that there are actually situations where software beats hardware.
Can anyone explain why this might happen?
Here are some screenshots as proof
Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories Software Rendering
Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories Hardware Rendering