Thought i fixed an issue but just lessened it.

[doubtlessenahs]

so i posted earlier about frame rate drops happening. it happens in the standalone nightly and stable versions, but not in retroarch. i got it to change from every few seconds to every 10 or so minutes. but the game will drop frames from 60 to like 0 or so and be frozen for like 5 or 10 seconds. here is my emu log. i am new to this so still trying to figure it out

Loading plugins from C:\Program Files (x86)\PCSX2\plugins...
Bound  GS: GSdx32-AVX2.dll [GSdx 20200506140834 (MSVC 19.25 AVX2/AVX2) 1.2.0]
Bound  PAD: LilyPad.dll [LilyPad (20200506140834) 0.12.1]
Bound SPU2: Spu2-X.dll [SPU2-X 20200506140834 2.0.0]
Bound CDVD: cdvdGigaherz.dll [cdvdGigaherz 20200506140834 0.11.0]
Bound  USB: USBnull.dll [USBnull Driver 20200506140834 0.7.0]
Bound  FW: FWnull.dll [FWnull Driver 20200506140834 0.7.0]
Bound DEV9: DEV9null.dll [DEV9null Driver 20200506140834 0.5.0]
Plugins loaded successfully.

Initializing plugins...
Init GS
Init PAD
Init SPU2
Init CDVD
Init USB
Init FW
Init DEV9
Plugins initialized successfully.

Bios Found: Japan  v01.00(17/01/2000)  Console
Shutting down plugins...
PCSX2 1.6.0-20200506140834- compiled on May  6 2020
Savestate version: 0x9a0e0000

Host Machine Init:
Operating System =  Microsoft Windows 10 Home (build 22000), 64-bit
Physical RAM    =  16076 MB
CPU name        =  12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700H
Vendor/Model    =  GenuineIntel (stepping 03)
CPU speed        =  2.687 ghz (20 logical threads)
x86PType        =  Standard OEM
x86Flags        =  bfebfbff 7ffafbff
x86EFlags        =  2c100000

x86 Features Detected:
SSE2.. SSE3.. SSSE3.. SSE4.1.. SSE4.2.. AVX.. AVX2.. FMA

Plugins shutdown successfully.
Reserving memory for recompilers...

Loading plugins from C:\Program Files (x86)\PCSX2\plugins...
Bound  GS: GSdx32-AVX2.dll [GSdx 20200506140834 (MSVC 19.25 AVX2/AVX2) 1.2.0]
Bound  PAD: LilyPad.dll [LilyPad (20200506140834) 0.12.1]
Bound SPU2: Spu2-X.dll [SPU2-X 20200506140834 2.0.0]
Bound CDVD: cdvdGigaherz.dll [cdvdGigaherz 20200506140834 0.11.0]
(GameDB) 9858 games on record (loaded in 139ms)
Bound  USB: USBnull.dll [USBnull Driver 20200506140834 0.7.0]
Bound  FW: FWnull.dll [FWnull Driver 20200506140834 0.7.0]
Bound DEV9: DEV9null.dll [DEV9null Driver 20200506140834 0.5.0]
Plugins loaded successfully.

(Drag&Drop) Received filename: D:\Games\PS2\Tales of Destiny - Director's Cut (English v0.0.242).iso
HotSwapping to new ISO src image!
HLE Notice: ELF does not have a path.

Initializing plugins...
Init GS
Init PAD
Init SPU2
Init CDVD
Init USB
Init FW
Init DEV9
Plugins initialized successfully.

Patches: No CRC found, using 00000000 instead.
Opening plugins...
Opening GS
Opening PAD
Opening SPU2
Opening CDVD
isoFile open ok: D:\Games\PS2\Tales of Destiny - Director's Cut (English v0.0.242).iso
Image type  = DVD
isoFile: Invalid layer1 Primary Volume Descriptor
* CDVD Disk Open: DVD, Single layer or unknown:
* * Track 1: Data (Mode 1) (2187336 sectors)
Opening USB
Opening FW
Opening DEV9
3.x GL context successfully created
OpenGL information. GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2. Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation. Driver: NVIDIA 512.78
INFO: GL_ARB_sparse_texture is NOT SUPPORTED
INFO: GL_ARB_sparse_texture2 is available
INFO: GL_ARB_gpu_shader5 is available
INFO: GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store is available
INFO: GL_ARB_compute_shader is available
INFO: GL_ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object is available
INFO: GL_ARB_texture_view is available
INFO: GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_binding is available
INFO: GL_ARB_clear_texture is available
INFO: GL_ARB_multi_bind is available
INFO: GL_ARB_direct_state_access is available
INFO: GL_ARB_texture_barrier is available
INFO: GL_ARB_get_texture_sub_image is available

Current Renderer: OpenGL (Hardware renderer)
Available VRAM/RAM:3McdSlot 0 [File]: C:\Users\chimp\OneDrive\Documents\PCSX2\memcards\Mcd001.ps2
840MB for textures
GSdx Lookup CRC:0
GSdx Lookup CRC:0
(FileMcd) Creating new 8MB memory card: C:\Users\chimp\OneDrive\Documents\PCSX2\memcards\Mcd001.ps2
McdSlot 1 [File]: C:\Users\chimp\OneDrive\Documents\PCSX2\memcards\Mcd002.ps2
(FileMcd) Creating new 8MB memory card: C:\Users\chimp\OneDrive\Documents\PCSX2\memcards\Mcd002.ps2
Plugins opened successfully.
EE/iR5900-32 Recompiler Reset
Bios Found: Japan  v01.00(17/01/2000)  Console
BIOS rom1 module not found, skipping...
BIOS rom2 module not found, skipping...
BIOS erom module not found, skipping...
# Initialize memory (rev:3.17, ctm:393Mhz, cpuclk:295Mhz )

PlayStation 2 ======== Hard reset boot
ROMGEN=2000-0117, IOP info (CPUID=1f, CACH_CONFIG=ffffffff, 2MB, IOP mode)
<20000117-050310,ROMconf,:11232>
# Total accessable memory size: 32 MB (B:2:8:0)
# TLB spad=0 kernel=1:12 default=13:30 extended=31:38
# Initialize Start.
# Initialize GS ...
# Initialize INTC ...
# Initialize TIMER ...
# Initialize DMAC ...
# Initialize VU1 ...
# Initialize VIF1 ...
# Initialize GIF ...
# Initialize VU0 ...
# Initialize VIF0 ...
# Initialize IPU ...
# Initialize FPU ...
# Initialize User Memory ...
# Initialize Scratch Pad ...
# Initialize Done.

EE DECI2 Manager version 0.06 Dec 10 1999 17:48:37
  CPUID=2e20, BoardID=0, ROMGEN=2000-0117, 32M

Patches: No CRC found, using 00000000 instead.
(SYSTEM.CNF) Detected PS2 Disc = cdrom0:\SLPS_258.42;1
(SYSTEM.CNF) Software version = 1.00
(SYSTEM.CNF) Disc region type = NTSC
ELF (cdrom0:\SLPS_258.42;1) Game CRC = 0x70319E64, EntryPoint = 0x00100008
(SYSTEM.CNF) Detected PS2 Disc = cdrom0:\SLPS_258.42;1
(SYSTEM.CNF) Software version = 1.00
(SYSTEM.CNF) Disc region type = NTSC

IOP Realtime Kernel Ver.0.9.1
    Copyright 1999 © Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Reboot service module.(99/11/10)
cdvd driver module version 0.1.1 ©SCEI
Load File service.(99/11/05)
Multi Threaded Fileio module.(99/11/15)
iop heap service (99/11/03)
loadelf: fname rom0SDSYS secname all
loadelf version 3.30
Input ELF format filename = rom0SDSYS
0 00200000 0008d1ec .........
Loaded, rom0SDSYS
start address 0x200008
gp address 00000000
# Loader 'rom0SDSYS'c=00200008
loadmodule: fname rom0:CLEARSPU args 0 arg
clearspu: completed
loadmodule: id 25, ret 1
loadmodule: fname rom0IO2MAN args 0 arg
loadmodule: id 26, ret 0
loadmodule: fname rom0:MCMAN args 0 arg
loadmodule: id 27, ret 0
loadmodule: fname rom0:MCSERV args 0 arg
loadmodule: id 28, ret 0
loadmodule: fname rom0ADMAN args 0 arg
Pad driver. (99/11/22)
loadmodule: id 29, ret 0
loadmodule: fname rom0SDSND args 0 arg
loadmodule: id 30, ret 0
_spu_rev_offsetaddr 1f9021
### addr = 1034255  size = 28640
_spu_rev_offsetaddr 1d9021
### addr = 968719  size = 28640
read/write allocate memory 4000
open name rom0SOPEN flag 1 data 41278
open fd = 2
open name rom0SCLOCK flag 1 data 41278
open fd = 2
open name rom0SBROWS flag 1 data 41278
open fd = 2
open name mc1:/BIEXEC-SYSTEM/OSBROWS flag 1 data 41278
open fd = -2
open name mc0:/BIEXEC-SYSTEM/OSBROWS flag 1 data 41278
open fd = -2
open name rom0SFONTM flag 1 data 41278
open fd = 2
open name rom0SFONTS flag 1 data 41278
open fd = 2
open name rom0:MOPEN flag 1 data 41278
open fd = 2
open name rom0:MCLOCK flag 1 data 41278
open fd = 2
open name rom0:MBROWS flag 1 data 41278
open fd = 2
open name rom0:FONTM flag 1 data 41278
open fd = 2
open name rom0:FONTS flag 1 data 41278
open fd = 2
(UpdateVSyncRate) Mode Changed to DVD NTSC.
(UpdateVSyncRate) FPS Limit Changed : 59.93 fps
ExecutePs2GameDisk
(SYSTEM.CNF) Detected PS2 Disc = cdrom0:\SLPS_258.42;1
(SYSTEM.CNF) Software version = 1.00
(SYSTEM.CNF) Disc region type = NTSC
open name cdrom0:¥SYSTEM.CNF;1 flag 1 data 41278
open fd = 2
Program name = cdrom0:¥SLPS_258.42;1
# Restart.
# Initialize GS ...
# Initialize INTC ...
# Initialize TIMER ...
# Initialize DMAC ...
# Initialize VU1 ...
# Initialize VIF1 ...
# Initialize GIF ...
# Initialize VU0 ...
# Initialize VIF0 ...
# Initialize IPU ...
# Initialize FPU ...
# Initialize User Memory ...
# Initialize Scratch Pad ...
# Restart Done.
(SYSTEM.CNF) Detected PS2 Disc = cdrom0:\SLPS_258.42;1
(SYSTEM.CNF) Software version = 1.00
(SYSTEM.CNF) Disc region type = NTSC
(SYSTEM.CNF) Detected PS2 Disc = cdrom0:\SLPS_258.42;1
(SYSTEM.CNF) Software version = 1.00
(SYSTEM.CNF) Disc region type = NTSC
Get Reboot Request From EE

PlayStation 2 ======== Soft reboot

IOP Realtime Kernel Ver.0.9.1
    Copyright 1999 © Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Reboot service module.(99/11/10)
cdvd driver module version 0.1.1 ©SCEI
Load File service.(99/11/05)
Multi Threaded Fileio module.(99/11/15)
iop heap service (99/11/03)
loadelf: fname rom0S2LOGO secname all
loadelf version 3.30
Input ELF format filename = rom0S2LOGO
0 00200000 0001afe4 ..
1 0021b000 0000f068 ..
Loaded, rom0S2LOGO
start address 0x200008
gp address 00000000
# LoadExec 'rom0S2LOGO'c=00200008
init rpc
OSDSND
loadmodule: fname rom0SDSND args 0 arg
loadmodule: id 25, ret 0
_spu_rev_offsetaddr 1dfff1
### addr = 2097120  size = 32
_spu_rev_offsetaddr 1f9021
### addr = 1034255  size = 28640
(UpdateVSyncRate) Mode Changed to NTSC.
CD Init
CD Disk Ready
# Restart.
# Initialize GS ...
# Initialize INTC ...
# Initialize TIMER ...
# Initialize DMAC ...
# Initialize VU1 ...
# Initialize VIF1 ...
# Initialize GIF ...
# Initialize VU0 ...
# Initialize VIF0 ...
# Initialize IPU ...
# Initialize FPU ...
# Initialize User Memory ...
# Initialize Scratch Pad ...
# Restart Done.
(SYSTEM.CNF) Detected PS2 Disc = cdrom0:\SLPS_258.42;1
(SYSTEM.CNF) Software version = 1.00
(SYSTEM.CNF) Disc region type = NTSC
(SYSTEM.CNF) Detected PS2 Disc = cdrom0:\SLPS_258.42;1
(SYSTEM.CNF) Software version = 1.00
(SYSTEM.CNF) Disc region type = NTSC
Get Reboot Request From EE

PlayStation 2 ======== Soft reboot

IOP Realtime Kernel Ver.0.9.1
    Copyright 1999 © Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Reboot service module.(99/11/10)
cdvd driver module version 0.1.1 ©SCEI
Load File service.(99/11/05)
Multi Threaded Fileio module.(99/11/15)
iop heap service (99/11/03)
loadelf: fname cdrom0:¥SLPS_258.42;1 secname all
loadelf version 3.30
Input ELF format filename = cdrom0:¥SLPS_258.42;1
0 00100000 001c1800 .............................
Loaded, cdrom0:¥SLPS_258.42;1
start address 0x100008
gp address 00000000
# LoadExec 'cdrom0:¥SLPS_258.42;1'c=00100008
Elf entry point @ 0x00100008 about to get recompiled. Load patches first.
(GameDB) Enabled Gamefix: FpuMulHack
EE/iR5900-32 Recompiler Reset
GSdx Lookup CRC:70319E64
GSdx Lookup CRC:70319E64
Get Reboot Request From EE

PlayStation 2 ======== Update rebooting..

PlayStation 2 ======== Update reboot complete
cdvdman Init

IOP Realtime Kernel Ver. 2.2
    Copyright 1999-2002 © Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Reboot service module.(99/11/10)
cdvd driver module version 0.1.1 ©SCEI
Load File service.(99/11/05)
Multi Threaded Fileio module.(99/11/15)
iop heap service (99/11/03)
loadmodule: fname cdrom0:¥BOOT.IRX;1 args 0 arg
loadmodule: id 25, ret 0
SDR driver version 4.0.1 © SCEI
Exit rsd_main
Suspending single plugin: PAD
Saving PAD
Closing PAD
Recovering single plugin: PAD
Loading PAD
Opening plugins...
Opening PAD
Plugins opened successfully.
Closing plugins...
Closing DEV9
Closing FW
Closing USB
Closing CDVD
Closing SPU2
Closing PAD
Closing GS
Delete 0 Shaders, 74 Programs, 28 Pipelines
Plugins closed successfully.
Shutting down plugins...
Plugins shutdown successfully.
(GameDB) Unloading...

[jesalvein]

1- did you try without applying the English patch ?
2 - do you own another PS2 console ?