Zone of the Enders 2nd Runner - again, sorry

[PMussulo]

Then no worries.
Managed to get it up to 40FPS with a bit of tweaking and overclocking. Playable enough. Thanks for your help everyone.

[PMussulo]

Sorry for the bump but I feel so close to playing this at full speed since in the beginning the battles were at ~18FPS (before adjusting stuff) that I feel that I've got to keep trying. After reading the topic about the kingdom hearts 2 configuration i tried setting the affinity of pcsx2 to cores 0,1,2,3 and the game keeps flutuating between 37FPS and 50FPS -major improvement. Is there a way to keep it a bit more stable (preferably towards 50FPS) since the speed variations is kind of frustrating?

Pics of the plugin config and speedhacks:

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/2995/zoe2plug.png
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9374/zoe2g.png
(allowing 8bit textures makes the game slower)
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6633/zoe2s.png

Thanks for any help

[trishen]

You could try enabling "allow 8-bit textures" in GSdx graphic plugin and maybe use frameskip (shift+f4 while playing) and it could help a bit for speed.

3.2Ghz+ is recommended for most games but for this game you might want higher than 3.5Ghz.

I don't know about you but the freaking 8 bit makes me play at FULL SPEED. NO LAG AT ALL! Thanks man. What it does anyway?

[Squall Leonhart]

it uses the gpu's shaders to convert 8bit textures to 8bit. by default they are rendered at 32bit causing them to balloon in size and consume the entire frame buffer.

[tuanming]

@PMussulo

Overclock to 4GHz and use one of the latest pcsx2 revision and that should do the trick. If it's not enough, then turn on the hacks. I don't even use hacks to enjoy 60 + fps. Anubis fights are a different story though Oh by the way, this game will give you better fps if you have a Nvidia GPU.

@trishen

You get full speed on the first Anubis boss fight too?

[trishen]

@PMussulo

Overclock to 4GHz and use one of the latest pcsx2 revision and that should do the trick. If it's not enough, then turn on the hacks. I don't even use hacks to enjoy 60 + fps. Anubis fights are a different story though Oh by the way, this game will give you better fps if you have a Nvidia GPU.

@trishen

You get full speed on the first Anubis boss fight too?

I get it for Everything. No lags.... It maybe because of my brother's computer too. Has 8gb rams and good graphic cards.

[hellbringer616]

get the latest SVN an enable MTVU (could break the game, if it doesn't, expect big gains)

[tuanming]

I get it for Everything. No lags.... It maybe because of my brother's computer too. Has 8gb rams and good graphic cards.

When I ticked the 8-bit option in GSDX option I don't get lag, but I lost some speed in certain scenarios. By the way, what's your brother pc specs and did you guys used speedhacks?

[trishen]

When I ticked the 8-bit option in GSDX option I don't get lag, but I lost some speed in certain scenarios. By the way, what's your brother pc specs and did you guys used speedhacks?

Speed hack is all on, and not sure whatever it is save for me to post my specs but:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/11/2011, 21:04:38
Machine name: VISHULSU-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: P55-US3L
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8188MB RAM
Page File: 1900MB used, 14472MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTS 250
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0615&SUBSYS_34E71458&REV_A2
Display Memory: 4069 MB
Dedicated Memory: 997 MB
Shared Memory: 3071 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: SyncMaster 226BW(Analog)
Monitor Model: SyncMaster
Monitor Id: SAM027E
Native Mode: 1680 x 1050(p) (59.883Hz)
Output Type: HD15
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.17.0012.7533 (English)
Driver Version: 8.17.12.7533
DDI Version: 10
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/21/2011 06:01:00, 15223912 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4555-11CF-856A-EB141CC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0615
SubSys ID: 0x34E71458
Revision ID: 0x00A2