Sudden Drastic Change in Average FPS
#1
So I used this emulator just the other day and it seemed to be working perfectly fine, but starting yesterday and continuing on to today, I have had drastically lower fps, about half of what I'm used to.

I have installed some new programs, but my RAM and CPU speed haven't changed noticeably, I'm running a i5 Windows 8 computer with just under 4GB RAM and I haven't noticed this slowdown in any other program or application except for PCSX2. I'm using mostly default settings except for a some enabled speedhacks.

Does any of this sound familiar? How would I go about fixing it?
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#2
more precisions would be better.
which new programs ?
which kind of I5 ?
which games under pcsx2 ?

all of this is much too vague...
CPU : AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Mobo : Asus PRIME B450-PLUS
GPU : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
RAM : 16 Go
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#3
Ahh damn, my bad, I'll be more specific next time!
Okay as for new programs, I installed Photohop CS6 and that came with a small family of related programs, overall takes up about 1.67GB.
The processor is third gen i5 dual core (1.7 GHz)
And as for games, I tried this with two games that used to run at nearly perfect speeds (Grandia III and Kingdom Hearts II), I used to get a 60+ Fps on the opening cutscene of both of them, and now I'm down to about 30-35.
Also I'm running version PCSX2 1.0.0 (r5350), if that matters!
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#4
such a Weak I5 must be a mobile one.
is your laptop overheating ?
did you set your power plan to high performance ?
CPU : AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Mobo : Asus PRIME B450-PLUS
GPU : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
RAM : 16 Go
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#5
WOW! That was so stupid of me! I had it on Power Saver and I totally forgot that affects this kind of performance! I put it back on Balanced and now it's working perfectly! Sorry for the trouble, I didn't even realize!
Thanks a lot!
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#6
High performance will get you further, but watch out for heat.
OS: Linux Mint 17.2 64 bit (occasional Antergos/Arch user)
(I am no longer a Windows user)
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258
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#7
Yeah, make sure you keep the heat down on it, and be plugged in when using that thing. Your battery would get drained very quickly otherwise.
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#8
Yeah I usually do! My laptop does get hot from time to time when using the emulator, so if it does, I give it a break and do other things and all. But so far so good!
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