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Start by trying the latest beta if you're not doing it already, then show us your settings so we can help better.
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07-31-2010, 08:47 AM
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If I recall correctly this game accepts EE one step and vu one or two steps (with some lag in the last one, but still worth a try).
you have a good video card, but still should try the native resolution while toying with the speed hacks, once you get the best from it you'll want to return and enhance the visual quality without losing much of the obtained performance. The reason to this recommendation being in emulation the CPU gets a bit more overhead from graphics enhancements it would in native games.
The above is conservative, it may be need a bit more aggressiveness since the CPU is the main bottleneck. Although some method in applying speed hacks is good, there is no best universal settings for some game, what exist is the best one for certain game under certain rig. That that seems the better for you is the better for you.
For the OP: both CPU and GPU are a bit weak for the emulator though, what complicate things. The above still applies, less the the part of trying more than 2x scale and this may be preferable than 1x depending on the values in the box. Native probably is what the VC can do without getting 98%+ most time in the GS and the consequences of it.
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08-01-2010, 12:52 AM
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Sorry? for native do you mean software mode? if so it's not that, it's a little box and fixates the resolution like the same originally used in the game.
The video card should be enough for any PS2 game without overclock, but if it's stable it does not hurts (beware only the temps).
The CPU is the major bottleneck there (the architecture is old, what negates the clock # When compared with newer ones), but should work in that game with VU cycle stealing in the second step, EE cyclerate in the first and the recommended hacks on, still some lag is to be expected although not in all parts.
Just do not go deep on the internal resolution, the video card is good but graphics on emulation puts a heavier toll on the CPU than native games. Try lower resolutions first and increase it until the best balance for you.
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Hi. Sorry for the necropost but i figured something out for people like me who found their in game fps dropping to between 7 and 12 frames per second on the new beta. After playing with the new beta and finding no solvent for my extreme problem, I decided to see what i could do on my legacy version of pcsx2. After turning on the fix my game immediately ran smoothly without any speed hacks or the like. Although i may just be extremely lucky this may work for others who need to solve this problem.
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