Pcsx2 frame drops. Locked on 60FPS, no drops.
Pcsx2 frame drops Posts: 4 Threads: 1 Joined: May 2020 Reputation: 0 #1. 0 and I've been working around the settings, and ultimately I ended up with this: i'm using win7 x64 and aero turned off. In Tony Hawk Underground when large portions of the map are on screen, or 'in front of the player' there is a huge fps drop, to somewhere between 20-40fps from 60. (10-06-2020, 08:27 AM) SeyedAli Wrote: You can try opengl too but if didn't work, return to Direct 3D Hardware and try following settings: Interlacing: Automatic CRC hack level: Full Enable HW hacks, go to advanced settings and hacks, mark "disable depth emulation(may cause glitchs, if did, untick it), try skipdraw range. Powered By I have a gtx 1070, 8gb of ram and a Amd Ryzen 2600 and set the game to 3x but the game keeps on slowing down and dropping frames. bom. Every 30 seconds or so, when I play for example Gran Turismo 3, or Legaia 2: Duel Saga, the framerate drops to 20 - 30. i don't know exactly which version i used but i'm pretty sure it was the same but i will try other versions of pcsx2 and if that doesn't work, I will try to make a hotkey script that closes and reopens the gs window by pressing the PS button on my controller or something > Persona3 fes sudden frame drops after ssd upgrade. The only HW I have is skipdraw set to 8. I defragged my PCSX2 is 100% 60fps, Fraps 60fps but i can tell it drops below that facing one side of the room 60fps the other side feels like 30fps. Is this normal? Speed hacks disabled It occurs randomly after every 4 or 5 minutes. Posts: 3. - GS: all default (frame skipping glitched the game) - GS Window: widescreen, V-sync disabled - Speedhacks: default preset 3 (EE Cyclerate = -1 get me 100% speed, but lagged Dragon Quest VIII Frame-rate drops. 08-21-2014, 06:07 AM . Hello, I've been trying to play God Hand on the latest PCSX2 release (1. What PCSX2 version are you using though? -FPS drop randomly(in game and menu) from 50 to 20 for less than 1 second causing a small freeze (1 second freeze). Frame drop when I enter fullscreen. But it's been running like it's in slow motion and the speed drops in the opening sequences for mgs2 and 3. It happens pretty much periodically. I use QT if I need to use software and dx12 hardware. It's was smooth. Still getting some frame drops with the highest complexity views but actually playable. > PCSX2 Discussion and Support > General Discussion and Support (Windows) > Frame drops even at 100% speed with 300% EE overclock. 4137 Settings: BIOS: USA SCPH39001. Some PS2 games actually DO that ie drop framerate to archive full speed when hardware I am pretty new to the pcsx2 world. Also, if you aren't rendering at native resolution (PS2 Go to PCSX2 r/PCSX2. The emulation runs at 59-60 fps in "Normal" frame limit mode (50 fps in "Limit" mode), only short drops to 40-45 fps during a few aeon summons or overdrives (shiva e. Both games run at 60 fps full speed with no frame drops between but only during this problem the frame drops to 40 and then jumps back to 60. 60. g. And i am trying to play Dark Alliance but the fps drops at certain points, especially in the tavern (at the beginning). Frame buffer size set to 512x1280 (1024x2560) Suspending single plugin: GS Saving GS frame rate still drops Attached Files Thumbnail(s) Reply. 09-30-2020, 05:34 PM . Games run for the most part phenomenally at 2K rendered resolution under Direct3D 11 and 12. 13 ghz). So I've been playing around with the Video Plugin settings on PCSX2 1. My specs are: GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 CPU: Intel® Xeon® CPU E5430 RAM: 20 GB DDR2 Hello. Change the FPS value to 0. Anyone have any solutions? What is the PCSX2 Build You are runnin? RedTail. Blyss Sarania. Posts: 12 Threads: 2 Joined: Jul 2017 The file can be found in "My Documents\PCSX2\logs" for the installer version or in "PCSX2\logs" for the portable/binary version. Switched from Vulkan to DirectX 12, enabled anti-aliasing and sharpening and it looks much better and still solid 60 FPS. I've read a couple links and pages on Dragon Quest VIII and I haven't quite been able to find a balance between graphics and speed. But I can't seem to get all those beautiful graphics running smoothly. 6. Random frame drop problem. I know that there are a lot of posts about this topic, but haven't found an answer to why the game slows down in speed when the frame rate drops under 60fps. I've tried disabling the frame cap Pcsx2 beta 1190 EE/IOP recompiler; VU0rec; VU1rec; multi threaded GS mode; Frame Skip 65, 50, 3, 2 ZeroGS 0. I played Dawn of Mana, but most of the times my frame rate drop from 60 to 30 and the speed drop to 60%. This is just a quick tutorial for people who are having performance issues and can't seem to find a solution. frame rate drops randomly on stud of a pc. Instant fix. willkuer Posting Freak. 07-03-2018, 09:38 PM . I'll be playing 60 fps smooth as silk then out I'm currently trying to get Time Crisis 2 to run smoothly in PCSX2 1. I am experiencing frame drops on GTA San Andreas on the latest nightly linux version of PCSX2. MGS2 is listed on official PCSX2 forum as being one of the most GPU and CPU intensive games to emulate. I use WX if I need to use the vulkan render. Posts: 4 Threads: 3 Joined: Nov 2014 Reputation: 0 #1 then i got king Arthur and it worked fine just little frame drop to 30-40 frames and some black huge thing popping up sometimes but i could live with it I've been using PCSX2 for a long time now, and I haven't really encountered any games where I have a low FPS count. I actually did try I'm new to using the emulator, and seem to experience somewhat constant framerate drops in key points of the games I'm playing (sly cooper 1 and Persona 4). I have been setting up each game to the best settings i can get it to, and i've been fairly successful except on this issue. 7 sometimes in small screen, i can get 60-70fps (i'm setting the fps to 70fps and base framerate to 120%) but if i maximize/full screen, it can drop to 30-40fps with lagging voice in game. Also i am running version 1. I've turned off frame limiting, individually changed video settings, renderers, resolutions, speed hacks, watched videos, read tutorials on forums, looked up specific settings for specific games. -Default settings on pcsx2. 718 Threads: 401 Joined: Sep 2013 Reputation: 476 Location: 私の夢の中 #21. In the beginning it runs fine around 59-60 fps, but then when you get to the outside sections, the FPS drops to around 39-40 FPS. Frame-time appears to be all over the place when the tunnel or the bright lights at the stretch of road (not the lamp posts the ones in the pit area) Also when cars are 5-10 meters ahead of you where you can visibly see their brake lights seems to drop each time they hit their brakes lol. I have a serious problem with a frame drops, falling to 40 fps even playing it in default settings. The current one doesn't take into account 30fps games or in-game frame drops not related to PC hardware. In the first town however it drops dramatically to 20/30, making it slow and unplayable. Posts: 4 Threads: 1 Joined: May 2023 Reputation: 0 #1. My specs: OBS 21. Reply. However, about a week after I started using pcsx2, the framerate mysteriously dropped to 60%, 64% max. The problem is definitely not related to the speed of your machine. I also set frame rate control to 99hz under advanced settings but I have not tested this extensively to confirm that this helped or not. 5. 10-24-2016, 11:54 PM. 0 CPU: i7 7700K GPU: MSI GTX 1080 MOBO: MSI z270 Gaming M3 I'm on PCSX2 1. 60 BIOS. Any reason why the frame drops wouldn't be registering in the status bar? Go to PCSX2 r/PCSX2. I thi PCSX2 Forums ::. 0, on Windows 10 Pro. I've been wanting to play some old games using PCSX2 (PS2 Emulator) but every time I load the games up, I get massive frame drops. I started Shadow Hearts with the default PCSX2 settings, with the exception of choosing D11 Hardware Is the frame drop happening at random in specific areas or in specific areas the fps always drops I think your laptop is good enough to play So I've been playing around with the Video Plugin settings on PCSX2 1. 0 and ntsc version of Gran Turismo 4 on my laptop. My computer surpasses the recommended specifications for this game (Ryzen 7 5800, GTX 1660 S, Does anyone know of optimized settings to reduce frame drops? Edit: changing renderer to automatic in graphics settings seems to improve the frame stuttering immensely. I read configuration info ect. 5536 and now, with the same Emulator and Graphics settings I can't reach 60fps anymore, before the update I was playing with upscaling 1080p, now even with native not upscaled graphic I've got lag and fps drops. I tested dolphin with qt6 and it didn't have any of the issues expect vulkan borderless working with gsync but opengl exclusive and borderless have perfect frame pacing and gsync compatibility. 6GHz with EVGA GeForce GTX 1050ti 4GB and 16GB ram x4 4GB 1333 MHz. ). One more thing, if i save using F1 the fps drop to 15 until i hit resume. -Pcsx2 version 1. The sound remains consistent, up until it randomly drops. Basically it measures how well your CPU handles single-threaded tasks. I don't mean the gamespeed dropping, the FPS counter in the emulator stays at 60 fps, but it's like the FPS of the actual PS2 console is being emulated. 10-04-2020, 12:08 PM (10-03-2020, 11:02 PM) jesalvein Wrote: do you own another PS2 console ? a console or emulator? i only have pcsx2 and no physical console Sponsored links. 05-04-2023, 03:52 AM . setting but none make any difference other than It took me a few days to research and understand the options of pcsx2 ect. Almost every 30 seconds it just slows to a crawl and I'm not too sure if I have the settings right to what my PC is using. Namely, Hot Shots Gold 3 & 4. 7. 1. My PC is the same: Processor AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Hello, I have been having this issue since I got pcsx2. Since PCSX2 only uses 2 cores, or 3 with MTVU, raw single threaded power helps more than cores. My question now: isn't it supposed to "render all frames as fast as possible", meaning it should sometimes run at even more than 60 fps? (03-26-2021, 02:15 AM) RedDevilus Wrote: Ratchet is one of the hardest emulate games, it drops frames even with good hardware. There is frame pacing issues with some frames not pacing properly at regular intervals, but that is about it (this is due to how the PS2 draws its frames AFAIK). but i couldn't fix it. But sometimes, for no reason Due to the way PS2 games are made, the frame-rate is tied to the emulator speed. refraction. The file can be found in "My Documents\PCSX2\logs" for the installer version or in "PCSX2 Lag - FPS Drops. Posts: 6 Threads: 1 Joined: Sep 2020 Reputation: 0 #11. 16 [GSdx32-SSE4] as a GFX plugin, with USA v1. This PC should runs most games well, even Shadow of the Colossus or Grand Thief Auto. So I've been trying to get pcsx2 to play metal gear 2 and 3 and devil may cry 3 for the most part. 05-04-2020, 11:25 PM . 0 I play it through a Steam shortcut. Low frame rate on PCSX2 what are the optimal settings please? Help Been playing around with this Mac I just got, the PCSX2 settings aren’t something I’m used to since it’s my first time using it, so I was wondering if you lovely people PCSX2: Nightly - v1. I have modified the settings slightly while trying to resolve this myself. Same results. What boxes do I tick? For It's just irritating losing frames so constantly and consistently, This person seemed to fix it by disbaling Nvidia's vsync settings and enabling vsync in PCSX2 itself instead. The "Limiter" section of the window frame will tell you what mode you are in. The SSSE3 and SSE4. 0-dev-2421), under Config --> Video (GS) --> Plugin settings, on the hardware settings, there should be a mipmapping I have EmuDeck installed and working but I am experiencing frame rate issues with some PS2 games. 0-20200506140834- compiled on May 6 2020 Savestate version: 0x9a0e0000 Host Machine Init: Speed drops to 50%. Problems? Try out the latest nightly build to stay on PCSX2 Frame rate drops [Probably my bad] LucisFerreX Newbie. I've researched and tested a few things but nothing has worked so far. You might have a FPS limit set in there. I love PCSX2 thanks for such amazing piece of software. not real fps. PCSX2 version: v1. In GT3 they all stay below 70% most of the time as far as I . 9. This makes the music slow down and lag and its annoying and difficult to race when the fps isn't stable. This seems like some sorta Go to PCSX2 r/PCSX2. Posts: 2 Threads: 1 Joined: Jan 2013 Reputation: 0 #1. Mine would stutter/freeze frame drop to 47fps then return. I went to YouTube and looked for ways to Your cpu is actually far faster for pcsx2 due to the much higher single threaded performance. bin (the ISO is PAL, but I'm selecting NTSC mode at the start menu) But as soon as an arena or a new complex area loads the frame rate drops (but then goes up again). I have had no problem with Armored Core 2 and Armored Core 2: Another Age; getting 60 fps for both. If your CPU is under powered you can try enabled MTVU (or just select preset 3) and or setting the EE cycle rate to -1. And PCSX2 can be adjusted in desktop mode as well by opening the program and going to graphics options. It My PCSX2 freezes/frame drops whenever I play . after 30 seconds it drops down to 5-6 fps, and after 30 seconds it returns to run normally. I usually run most games on Full HD with texture filtering and without speedhacks. If you are playing from a disc make an iso from it. 07-23-2016, 05:53 AM (07-23-2016, 05:36 AM) DarknessBlu Wrote: What is the PCSX2 Build You are runnin? 1. PCSX2 Forums ::. (10-20-2009, 04:28 AM) boogerthe2nd Wrote: Check Config > CPU, under Frame limiting whether it's limiting it down to a certain low FPS or not. I've been battling with PCSX2 on and off for two years trying to get the best settings possible to have a consistent 100% speed, yet I just can't seem to figure it out. (I have the speed displayed. Zahroxx Newbie. I've noticed this same problem GT3 A-Spec: latest would randomly drop frames while 1. Liberty City Stories seems to be a variable frame rate game on PS2, but the console absolutely and certainly won't be able to maintain full speed in anywhere else but cutscenes in interiors. You may have to change the NTSC frame cap, check this video out and make sure you read the comments for more info. But according to here , your STR seems to be more than enough. (07-24-2014, 06:27 PM) HammerHand Wrote: but my frames quickly drop to 10fps after taking a few steps in the tavern of DA1. I know at one point the pcsx2 devs recommended using the “fast texture invalidation” hack specifically for Proper triple buffering better handles frame rate drops below the monitors refresh rate, but at the cost of increased input latency since there are more frames in the rendering queue so it takes longer for it to get to the frame showing your button input. › PCSX2 Discussion and Support › General and drops to 50 during more intense levels Tekken 5: constant 45-50 FPS during gameplay, 60 FPS during menus. I’m trying to play dirge of Cerberus on the steam deck and I get massive frame rate drops. 0 to the most recent nightly build (v1. I use speed hacks, no difference in the framerate. I had bad stutter and near total frame rate loss on Grand Prix challenge during races, so I went into PCSX2 settings and changed the rendering from 2x native 720 , to just native PS2. I've tried a couple games and it seems the problem is either with my system or pcsx2. My specs: Intel® Core™ i7-7700 CPU @ 3. I'll be playing 60 fps smooth as silk then out PCSX2 Forums ::. ) and I've gotten everything up and running fine, but I'm getting fps drops to about 30-40 fps (usually 60). i5 3570K @ 3. The FPS drops because when it's frozen it misses those 15 frames. If you wouldn't mind, -Changing VU back to 2 drops to 40 FPS, turning MTVU on and off makes no difference -Yep, 30 FPS across Frame Drops during Gameplay. MarcusTheMadness Newbie. However, with your settings the game seems to Well your video shows me that it's actually not a frame drop - the emulation is completely stopping for about . Pasted emulog goes here [ /code] [/quote] [code] PCSX2 1. COMPUTER CONFIG. Greetings, I'm encountering frame rate issues in GTA San Andreas while using the most recent nightly build of PCSX2 on Linux. Some people are reporting the game is very PCSX2 1. Pcsx2 sh3 60 fps patch has slowdown/frame drops but only when running towards camera? Discussion Trying to play sh3 at 60 fps on pcsx2 on my steam deck (emudeck/emulationstation) and it works flawlessly until i start running at and i see in Xenosaga episode 1 massive FPS drops At the first save point on the ship EE load goes to 100% and FPS drops from 60 to 50 FPS With 1. In most cases, the only way to change the games frame-rate is to go from 30 to 60 via 60 FPS patches you can find here. 0 [GSdx32-SSE4]. I have speed hacks on and my computer can run up to ssse4. I have aero enabled which gives me vsync all the time, also in pcsx2, I get no screen tearing without enabling vsync opton in emu settings which is nice boost to speed BUT now for the problem. Specs: i3 3120m (2/4) gt635m 2gb 6gb ddr3 ram win7 OpenGL rendering. Cutito Newbie. ADMIN MOD Help - FPS Drops (Testing using Dirge of Cerberus) I'm having FPS drops down to about 50fps (only tested this game so far) - particularly when a lot is going on on screen. Not a single hiccup or frame drop. Posts: 1 Threads: 1 Joined: Jul 2018 Reputation: 0 #1. Based on what I've read so far, I think it's most likely due to the VU cycle stealing speed hack, but this is just a guess, based on different threads I've come across. sheggulai Newbie. This engine can't be rendered PCSX2 1. The frame rate drops are very common in graphic intensive scenes like wideshots or when there are a lot of enemies on screen. FFX, FFX-2 and Kingdom Hearts are examples. PCSX2 Massive Frame Drops . 0. Setting EE to 2 will lock How to fix frame drops and slow downs . Basically: I played the game with Process Monitor in the background and stopped playing when the frame rate drops started to hit; recorded the time the drops started. vsub However, I have the same issues with particular cutscenes as I did with my previous, much inferior laptop (intel HD, 4gb ram, 2. Disable shader pre-compilation: This can improve performance in some games, but it may cause stuttering when the game first launches. It's already at 0, the thing is i haven't changed the configuration one bit, one day it when i open pcsx2 the frame rate starts at 50 and with in 3 seconds dropps to 1-2? iv ticked the "Native" button an that seem to give me 60fps right upto the game play in MGS2 then it drops to 8-10 fps at this point the EE is around 25% an the GS is around 88-95% the UI is 0-1% an state is 0 Reply. Need help Im having a drop down of fps an all my game in vista but does not happen in xp all my games run full 60 on windowed mode DX10 but when I use alt enter to go to full screen it drops to 40ish fps and stays there what am I doing wrong its the same settings that I use in xp but this is the results plz all my games are doing this {ex: rouge galaxy,full metal I'm using version 1. For some weird reason the frame rate while playing games runs alright for a bit then drops really low and everything is just running in slow motion before picking back up again. Posts: 1 Threads: 1 Joined: Jun 2019 Reputation: 0 #1. Any thoughts or ideas? Battle transitions suffer the same random drop in frames as well. 01-06-2017, 05:18 PM . I hear an i5 2500k OC to 4. if you want no fps limits then, check disable frame limiting in Emulation settings I ran the game at 60fps with some drops to 40-45fps but it's as if the game runs on 15-30 fps like on an original PS2. Battles seem fine (will probably lag at the ones that lag on the PS2, but that's reasonable) mroussev. Put my isos on secondary drive Right after getting into a battle (most of the time), the frame rates dip to like 55-58, huge stutter occurs, and then they rebound back up to 64-68, even though I got the default frame limiter set (not using turbo). This is my PC config and my PCSX2 settings , hope you guys can give me a hand . matter what settings i use i get this constant frame drop during game play were its 60 fps most the time and then suddenly drops to 40 fps 'along with a pause in emulation' before going back to 60 again. 6GHz sudden FPS drop in pcsx2. ) When I enable frame-limiting, it slows down a lot. r/PCSX2 This isn't like how frames drop in games, at least in my personal experience with frame drops / low framerates, no, the audio AND the movement are all in slow motion. To achieve the same performance, I had to drop the Check the GPU properties in nvidia settings. PCSX2 1. I recently downloaded PCSX2 to play Shadow of the Colossus. 0-dev-3015-g936f66d70 Plugins used: OpenGL Hardware Description of the issue: Issue happens in the lobby of Crash Tag Team Racing you get short freezes after every minute, game is playable but after some time fps drop I am encountering frame drops in GTA San Andreas while using the latest nightly version of PCSX2 on Linux. 0) and the graphical plugin I've set is GSdx 20200506140834 (MSVC 19. Just tried it again with tonight's nightly and it's *perfect*. Any advice is appreciated, thank you Specs: CPU: Amd Ryzen 5 3600 Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 DS3H GPU: Radeon RX 580 Ram: 16gigs PCSX2 1. (although for some reason the no interlacing codes and no widescreen cockpit codes had the same file name Hello, i am not sure why but when I hit alt+enter the frame rate drop significantly, I have no problems running it when windowed but it only drops when full screen. and my pcsx2 version is 1. › PCSX2 Discussion and Support › General Discussion and Support (Windows) 7 Next » Threaded Mode. 3 seconds. I am experiencing this problem - the game runs fine at 60fps at 720p, but after Frame rate also drops to around 40 in the main menu when selecting the save file but that's no big deal. -EE/GS/VU never go past about 40-50% usage. In other word CUDA has no impact on PCSX2 performance. 5 radeon 4850 windows 7 The game works fine on the latest beta at 3x scaling on 6700HQ and GTX1060 There was some fix done to the beta that made the game running much faster than before(I was not able to get constant full speed on a 2200stp cpu Hello guys,i'm with a problem: the GT4 work at 50 frames,when i'm in the car selection or in race the frames drop to 40 or less. For NFS it could probably be the same, racing games tend to be pretty intensive to run as well. Use a different renderer: The default renderer in PCSX2 is OpenGL. > PCSX2 Discussion and Support > General Discussion and Support (Windows) > Time Crisis 2 frame rate drops. Blyss Sarania Imaginary Goddess. I am encountering frame drops in GTA San Andreas while using the latest nightly version of PCSX2 on Linux. KamatsuKyoto Newbie. PCSX2 Discord server IGN:smartstrike PCSX2 version uses:Custom compiled build 1. actual machines can't render those series properly. 10. I also get fps drops when enabling thermal goggles. Where do you find that? the 3900x is an insane cpu, it has higher Single Thread Performance than the i9-9900k. 2335, aside from a drop at the begin, would be locked at max fps while playing. 1 and above are faster. What happens when i'm in those situations is that the frame rate drops down do 58-40 fps and that cause not even a huge slow down of the game , but the sound also becomes metallic . My computer has a Ryzen 7 5800 processor, GTX 1660 S graphics card, and 16 GB RAM, which should be able to run the game smoothly. 1 (for GSdx only software mode runs the game) LilyPad svn (r1034) 0. Id rather play with occasional frame drops than occasional slowdowns. PCSX2 does not use it doesn't means it causes slowdown. Sponsored links. yep. Check out the PCSX2 wiki. Members Online • and I notice that there are frame drops, such as when there are smoke effects, or just generally a lot going on in screen. jesalvein Registered IT crowd. 0-20190117095859 - compiled on Jan 17 2019 Savestate version: 0x9a0d0000 Host Machine Init: The cutscene framerate is good but drops when you control Kratos. I've been trying to get a solid frame rate out of PCSX2 for a while now and haven't been able to during gameplay. The games I'm testing are Area 51 and Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty. PCSX2 Random Frame Drops. I would say my PC is powerful I can run certain games at 4K or even 8K (6x - 8x internal scaling) with no apparent performance drops using D3D + mostly default PCSX2 settings (SSX 3, Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes), while some other games exhibit marked slowdowns or gameplay-affecting frame rate drops at 4K or even 1440p with GPU usage reaching 100% (God of War 2, Outrun 2006 Okay so, recently I wanted to play Yakuza on my PCSX2 but it was lagging a lot when free roam starts (drop from the usual 60fps to 30fps, sound went crappy etc). 2755) - Moving PCSX2 to my SSD instead of playing from my HDD It occurs in EVERY game. I'm playing Burnout 3, on PCSX2 1. Powered By I've downloaded PCSX2 pretty recently, wanting to experience some of my old favorites again (Ratchet and Clank, Jack and Daxter, Crash Bandicoot, etc. I'm trying to emulate Ace Combat 4, after following the guide. 0, though I've tried playing in 1. However I have the occasional stuttering frame rate drop from 60fps to 30fps for roughly a second. > PCSX2 Discussion and Support > General Discussion and Support (Windows) So I've been trying to emulate Ratchet and Clank for the PS2 and I have these really annoying frame drops and slowdowns whenever I point my camera towards an area with a lot of enemies or a lot of vehicles moving, etc. Windows was beating up my hardrive for whatever reason. Support - Performance whenever I run my game, the game occasionally dips down from 100% to about 50% for about less than a second and I find that frustrating and distracting. 0-20210312155843 - compiled on Mar 12 2021 Savestate version: 0x9a1d0000 Host Machine Init: So I have recently started using PCSX2 to replay the Armored Core series. Configuration of my machine: GeFroce 820m on board. Wan199 Newbie. The game has a pretty bad framerate, like around 15 FPS. I use a DVD My specs are GTX1060 and i5-6600k, 8 gb ram, win10 When playing the fps is mostly at 60 but sometimes it drops to 40-50 for a short moment. piou Newbie. -PC spec: i5 2500k@default, 8gb ram, gtx 460, mobo asus p67 pro. I'll be playing 60 fps smooth as silk then out Having frame rate drops is normal in all 3D games, especially since the SSE2 is like one of the most basic sets for the gsdx plugin. It happens especially on dirt, in busy races (lots of cars) and - worst - on the pace car laps. PCSX2 specs: Above minimum specs, but still under the recommended specs for PCSX2. At random times during ALL games, there will be a drop in fps with an audio lag, then 1-2 seconds later the game is back to running perfect. 076 Threads: 18 Joined: Oct 2010 My question is, how can I configure PCSX2 to sacrifice some other game aspect (graphics quality, frame rate drops) to avoid speed drops? I'm using the latest stable version of PCSX2 (1. I am using pcsx2 1. Also I know that Shift + F4 turns on frame skipping, but I don't totally understand the settings for it and what frames to draw/frames to skip means, any explanations that could help me would be appreciated, even if my issues with the Sly games can't be fixed. 1 Help me Someone-anybody, you're my only hope. 60GHz (8 CPUs), ~3. The emulator and Fraps indicate that it is running between 55 and 60 FPS at all times, but the constant input lag and stuttering say otherwise. Software emulation is the only thing that produces a playable result for me, hardware gives random frame drops when panning the camera varying from ‘unplayable’ to ‘irritating’. Previously i finished god of war in 4k without any problem except for a minor texture issues, so I don't think it's because of my hardware. 1 64bit PCSX2 1. and while i think it may be just In PCSX2 case, your CPU must have STR of 1600 for minimum, but recommended score is 2000 and up. The problem I'm having, is it the framerate drops to <30 fps on the main menu, but runs a 60-65 fps for the starting cinema (before the main PCSX2 Forums ::. I haven't upscaled a thing, and am playing on default settings. Choosing a new adapter sort of helped, the game doesn't lag when music plays and the framerate is a bit more consistent With frame-limiting disabled, it goes above 200% speed and never drops to or below 100% speed. Also found that this helped with OBS and record PCSX2 Massive Frame Drops . I got it to run and for the most part it runs fine. Members Online • theonematt91. 06-15-2019, 06:49 AM . Core I5 2. 20GHz 8 GB RAM Windows 8. One of my favorite games. I'm using the nightly build. I have a PC more than capable of running this ( Ryzen 7 5800, GTX 1660 S, 16 GB ram ) and I am running Ubuntu 20. Here's my specs just for that part Intel quad core 2. Posts: 5. I am using PCSX2 1. pnach into the cheats folder. Not severe, the window tells me its only a 2fps drop even though the game looks like it's dropped from 50fps to 25 (maybe it's just very noticeable when it goes from 50 to 48?) Yes! Finally! The game is just about 100% smooth. › PCSX2 Discussion and Support › General Discussion and Support (Windows) Random frame drop problem. I love Shadow of the Colossus. - When I turn off speedhacks : FPS drops a little bit down, EE is between 80-90% but GS is still the same (65%) - When I use superVU instead of microVU (speedhacks enabled) : It's a little bit faster (+4 FPS) but still, it does PCSX2 Random Frame Drops. Technical Support Hi! I recently installed Retroarch's PCSX2 core, along with setting it up. I don't get any major drops in performance with R & C with an i5-10600K and a GTX 1050 Ti. (11-29-2020, 10:52 AM) BloodRaynare Wrote: STR = Single Thread Rating. If I’m *windowed full-screen on your pcsx2 also displays window bar along w/ it's emulation stats e. I’ve only tried playing SMT Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2 so far but the frame rate is awful in towns and bigger spaces. thx for the reply. kingbeast123 Newbie. I think I did that for Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. pcsx2 0. The file can be found in "My Documents\PCSX2\logs" for the installer version or in "PCSX2\logs" for the portable/binary version. My speed is like 50-60% in cinematics so it's really bad to record it. My question is there any fix for this already? I have been looking at youtube videos, forums etc. From the looks of your log, it seems you downloaded your version of PCSX2 from some pirate site. 97. 04. To avoid the half screen bug i am running it in software mode. Go to PCSX2 r/PCSX2. Posts: 32 Threads: 12 Joined: Jul 2018 PCSX2 1. Powered By Trying to run Ace Combat 4 on PCSX2, getting frame drops . Of course you can consider it a hardware issue if you want. ) and I've gotten everyt Crash Bandicoot, etc. Just sometimes, it tanks the frame rate to 40ies or 30ies and slows the game down accordingly. - Disabling vsync and triple threading in Nvidia control panel for PCSX2 - Using all the vsync options in PCSX2 (off, adaptive, standard) - Trying hardware/software mode and different renderers - Changing from PCSX2 1. 0 64-bit (to be update regularly) smartstk's YouTube Channel. The whisper mode setting on my laptop got me, and I have to add all new progs that utilize GPU to a whitelist to put FPS cap at 120. 08-21-2014, 11:26 PM ^ Yeah, what he said. Posts: 4 Threads: 3 Joined: Nov 2014 Reputation: 0 #1 then i got king Arthur and it worked fine just little frame drop to 30-40 frames and some black huge thing popping up sometimes but i could live with it With speedhacks, I reached a steady 59-60 fps frame rate, but my GS and EE percentages would drop to 0% every half a minute to a minute or so. It took me a few days to research and understand the options of pcsx2 ect. it seems no. If you're getting frame dips go down the list of speedhack combos in this order: SOTC is a curious game it wants to run at 60fps on pcsx2 even though it was 30fps on ps2. I’d already mapped a hot key to access the PCSX2 menu in-game, but you can go into the emulator itself and tweak settings for individual games now too. I get large fps drops in metal gear solid 2 during the cutscenes and it causes some buzzing sound which is annoying and also the game slows down. 08-29-2022, 04:28 PM. Enable dynamic resolution scaling: This will automatically adjust the resolution of the game to maintain a consistent frame rate. PCSX2 reports 100% speed at all times, and the EE, VU and GS thing in the title bar all report numbers below 40% in Legaia 2. 5 Ghz is able to runs GoW2 without slowdown and speedhacks. Pc specs: Intel®Core i5-7300Hq 2. Hi, I have the laptop HP Spectre x360 and when i play smackdown vs raw 2008, I get 50-53 fps which is good. In PCSX2 case, your CPU must have STR of 1600 for minimum, but recommended score is 2000 and up. I was playing some metal gear solid 2 sons of liberty and everything was working just fine until today I opened the game and encountered a cutscene and suddenly all the frames dropped down from 60 to 10 or PCSX2 Forums ::. The game worked perfectly. already did the above, still no improvement, after 5 minutes EE max out and fps drop to 30. I am I've been wanting to play some old games using PCSX2 (PS2 Emulator) but every time I load the games up, I get massive frame drops. However, when I play Armored Core 3 I experience a huge drop in fps when ingame and specifically when there are multiple enemies/characters involved. 5GhZ - ASUS GTX 760 2GB DR5 OC - 8GB RAM - The first intro scenes run perfectly, the fps keeps around 50/60. PS3, x360 and PS2 are different consoles, with different architectures, handled by different emulatore I'm running bully fine at 60 fps in the most of time, but i was playing the mission "Carnival Date" and noticed frame drops when walking by the carnival, fps starting dropping from 60 to 54~ 56. 1. I booted up a game, and it runs completely fine, until it gets to the gameplay. Single Thread I think after giving those settings a try, and messing around with EE Cyclerate more, that my drop in "actual" frames is a direct result of having my EE cyclerate be something other than 0 On your texture issue, in my PCSX2 (v1. 0-20190306181126 - compiled on Mar 6 2019 Savestate version: 0x9a0d0000 Host Machine Init: Operating System = Microsoft Windows 10 Home (build 17134), 64-bit I isolated the issue by capturing every tick of PCSX2's program operation with Process Monitor from Windows Sysinternals. 0-20200506140834- compiled on May 6 2020 Savestate version: 0x9a0e0000 Host Machine Init: Operating System = Microsoft Windows 10 Home (build 18363), 64-bit Hello. I have tried multiple things, messing with speedhacks, the DSdx settings (Such as changing it to OpenGL), and nothing so far has worked. 2. Any suggestions? i'd like to record a game to upload it. Something is causing one of the PCSX2 threads to stall. It's most likely a hardware problem, my CPU is pretty old at this point. Koji Pleasantly unhelpful. Hello. 00, SSE41) 0. I tried looking at old posts and tried stuff like changing CRC to automatic and manual hacks but this actually made it slightly worse, not better. Try the latest Whenever you're reporting a perfomance issues, please post a screenshot of the performance counters in the PCSX2 On Screen Display (OSD). legendkiller236 Junior Member. Reply reply Top 4% Rank by size . I would think because it's able to consistently play over 200% it shouldn't slow down at all. Posts: 21. 0 and I've been working around the settings, and ultimately I ended up with this: > Dragon Quest VIII Frame-rate drops. I have recently downloaded pcsx2 to play games that was not available at my region. . Thank you I isolated the issue by capturing every tick of PCSX2's program operation with Process Monitor from Windows Sysinternals. Okay so, recently I wanted to play Yakuza on my PCSX2 but it was lagging a lot when free roam starts (drop from the usual 60fps to 30fps, sound went crappy etc). The game was playing perfectly in 60 frames per second the entire time till I reached that point in game. thanks I've been trying to run Persona 3 FES (On PCSX2 0. I get around 13 frames in game, but cut scenes I get full When I run call of duty 3, the cutscene runs fine but as soon as the game comes the frame drops to about 30 suddenly. Relevant Computer Specs It is really weird that the topic creator got frame drop with his high end PC. 25 SSE4. Quote:Also is there any word on a hardware fix since whoever it is found out why we only get half a screen in hardware mode? 2 words : snowblind engine. 4. If you wouldn't mind, -Changing VU back to 2 drops to 40 FPS, turning MTVU on and off makes no difference -Yep, 30 FPS across softwares and 50 FPS across hardwares. 1/AVX) 1. 1 as well. Ultimately I'm looking to have a smooth running game with little to no frame rate drop but at the same time have it look good while playing. I've noticed this same problem in other games as well where they run stable with no lag. I've tried various methods , including methods that have seen here in the forum,but none works It took me a few days to research and understand the options of pcsx2 ect. 2 but even with that I can only manage up to about 29 FPS during gameplay. 0 Gigaherz's CDVD. Most of the time I play well, but there are certain textures or effects that while they re active make my pc go slow. More posts you may like Related PCSX Free PCSX2 Massive Frame Drops (10-22-2013, 07:51 AM) miseru99 Wrote: I would change the above from "PS2" to "PS2 games" since it's not really a platform choice;p, it's in game engine. My PC runs all the PS2 games i tried just fine. 8), and while it generally runs fine, it randomly drops down to about 40 FPS occasionally. r/PCSX2 Gran Tourismo 4. Hello everyone, i was trying to record some gameplay with OBS but PCSX2 drops to low fps. Where do I enable the counters? Settings > Graphics > OSD. 50 Ghz 24 ram Nvidia gtx 1050Ti I’m just looking for some help with the settings for PCSX2 on Steam Deck. However, as far as I know my PC should be able to handle this and my settings look to be fine as far PCSX2 Forums ::. Threaded Mode. 028 (09-22-2011, 02:37 PM) Shadow Lady Wrote: Try setting your Pewer Profile in Window's Control Panel to "High Performance" and disabling any kind of power saving features. FPS,EE,GS readings Wrote: In window mode i have no problems playing the game, but when i go over to fullscreen (alt+enter), it starts to drop frames after a while. I could understand frame drops if I had cores maxed out and my gpu was thermal throttling and Well your video shows me that it's actually not a frame drop - the emulation is completely stopping for about . I have a gaming laptop with i7-8650U, and discrete GTX 1060. 0 EE goes to max 60% and there is no frame drops I use no hacks on boths , 2k resolution and OpenGL PCSX2 1. Interestingly, there are also significant frame rate drops after the original screen when you start the emulator (when it says Playstation 2 in white writing). Locked on 60FPS, no drops. 6 as of writing this) and I've been experiencing [b]frame drops [/b] a lot. thank you. 0 but can't seem to keep the FPS solid. I'm running an i7-4790 3. I made the settings identical to the guide video, put 39B574F0, 65729657 and A32F7CD0. Yes I still have frame pacing issues with PCSX2 QT. I played it years back before nightly was released and never had these issues. You can choose the renderer from the drop-down list. 01-01-2013, 02:21 PM . 0 of PCSX2, using GSDX 5346 (MSVC 16. Hi guys, this is my first post here. I personally have had some success They report the PCSX2 version they used and usually also report the settings they used when playing and list any bugs/problems they experienced. Hello there, i've update my PCSX2 to v. Is my PC to weak or is this game really hard to run. I get around 13 frames in game, but cut scenes I get full frames (30-60). r/PCSX2. Does anyone know of optimized settings to reduce frame drops? Is it possible that it’s an issue with pcsx2? jesalvein. Hi! I recently have been playing NFS Underground 2 on the Nightly build and have been experiencing frame drops, especially in the main menu and certain areas of the map. surely be fps drops on demanding scenes if, your CPU can't handle it. Posts: 2 Threads: 1 Joined: Jan 2017 Reputation: 0 #1. Frame drops on Silent Hill 2 via emudeck Support (Resolved) EDIT: fixed it with the following settings: In Emulation, turn on "Scale To Host Refresh Rate" In Graphics, turn on Vsync Game now runs stably at 60FPS Ah, another thing. I have checked other posts on this matter, but I can not seem to work out a good configuration and am beginning to suspect that maybe my system just doesn't cut it. Posts: 6 Threads: 1 Joined: Sep 2020 Reputation: 0 #1. 1 heavy frame rate drops with several games. Hell I could run these games in stereoscopic 3D if the PS2 permitted that. fsu lva iolr awibs gxw algw lbiqglkn vlumbj narch scsv