Some newbie questions

[paranj]

Ok some noobie questions and certain things I wanted to be clarified.

1) I have the latest PCSX2 version and have configured it and I also have the required BIOS. I got it to work just now and have just tried a single game and that is Resident Evil 4. I have an E4500 2.2 GHz C2D, 2GB RAM and 512MB GDDR3 8800GT and still the game lags... and it lags like hell! I tried turning down the resolution to 1024x768 (my native is 1440x900) and still it lags. My FPS is not capped and still the game lags. The sound is also stuttering and it's not synced at all properly even though I have configured the sound plugin well. Any help to stop the game lagging will be appreciated. I also tried enabling the speed hacks.

2) How to exit PCSX2 ? lol i know this is a stupid question but still... I enabled the misc. hack to exit PCSX2 by pressing the ESC key but it dosent work and I have to restart my PC to exit it

[jesalvein]

Plugins settings ?


Moreover, your CPU's quite weak. Try to enable speedhacks, use native res in gsdx config

[paranj]

Well, here they are :-

Graphics -- GSdx 890 (MSVC 15.00, SSSE3) 0.1.14:-
Resolution - 1024x768 60Hz
Renderer - Direct3D9 (Hardware)
Shader - Pixel Shader 2.0
Interlacing - None
Aspect Ratio - 16:9
D3D Internal Ratio - Native
SW rend. threads - 1
NLOOP Hack - enabled
Texture Filtering - enabled
Enable tv-out - disabled
Wait vsync - disabled
Logarithmic Z - disabled
Alpha Correction (FBA) - enabled


Sound :- SPU2-X 1.1.0--
Interpolation - 1 - Linear (recommended)
Disable Effects Processing - disabled
Enable Debug Options - enabled
Module - 2-DirectSound (nice)
Latency - 107 ms (avg)
Disable Time Stretching - disabled
Disable Audio Expansion - disabled
Use a WinAmp DSP plugin - disabled

First/Second Controller :- LilyPad 0.9.9

Cdvdrom :- Gigaherz's CDVD Plugin 0.7.0

Dev9 :- DEV9null Driver 0.3.0

USB :- USBnull Driver 0.5.0

Firewire :- FWnull Driver 0.4.0

Cpu :- EERec - EE/IOP recompiler - enabled
everything under VU recompilers is enabled
Multi threaded GS mode - enabled
Frame Limiter - normal (all frames are rendered as fast as possible

Speed Hacks :- the ones which are enabled right now are :-
Use x2 Cycle Rate (Under EmotionEngine Sync Hacks)
INTC Sync Hack
Enable IOP x2 Cycle Rate
WaitCycles Sync Hack
(I only have the default speed hacks... i havent downloaded new ones)

Misc. :- Escape Hack (enabled but dosent work)


So what are your suggestions for a speed up and how the heck do I exit PCSX2 ?

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Hey BTW, I have a 2.2Ghz C2D whereas the PS2 uses a single core CPU and I have 2GB RAM plus an 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 GPU... both which are much powerful than the PS2's components then why does the games still lag ?

[LuisR14]

how the heck do I exit PCSX2 ?

disable the escape hack, enable "Misc->Close GS Window on Esc" and in Lilypad (if you're using it) disable the "Hide on fullscreen escape"

Hey BTW, I have a 2.2Ghz C2D whereas the PS2 uses a single core CPU and I have 2GB RAM plus an 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 GPU... both which are much powerful than the PS2's components then why does the games still lag ?

because emulation takes more power than the device being emulated (like around 8 or so times)

[paranj]

^Oh... thanks a lot... any more settings tips to increase speed ? Dont mind decreasing the quality.

[dark king]

i think only change your cpu or overclock it because you use all speed hack