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TKHellz
June 4th, 2013, 20:02
Ok so i've had the emulator for a while now and have played many old games that i've loved since i was a kid e.x. kingdom hearts 1 & 2, war of the monsters, dragon ballz buddakhai and so on, Never had any problems till now. I got a iso for Ratchet and clank up your arsenal, My number one favorite ps2 game ever, And i try to play and everything is in slow motion when i look towards enemies and bigger areas, Seems like the fps drops hard, I dont really understand why because my computer is real top notch, other than my processor which isnt the most superb but its good too, Ill link info under:
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 960T Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16382MB RAM
Graphics card: AMD HD Graphics 6900 Aprox Total memory:1769 mb

Ok so if my comp suffices i should be able to play this game just like all the others i've played, Note that i played most of the others with over 60 fps at all times. So...is it just the iso? Or what? Help please.

Mupen64 Man
June 4th, 2013, 20:10
Thats quite the powerhouse computer you have man, I have almost no experience with ps2 emulation, so I wouldn't really know whats slowing you down. tbh, the emulator might be the problem. I would imagine that the emulator doesn't have full support for that game yet, hence the speed drop. Im assuming that the speed drop goes away when you play a different one like Kingdom of Hearts, right? I think the best you could do is try to fiddle around with emulator settings, or maybe trying a previous version of the emulator you use. Im pretty sure there is someone else on here who can help you too.

TKHellz
June 4th, 2013, 20:16
Hey man thanks for anything haha. Just looking for any type of help :P Thanks ill try.

ulaoulao
June 4th, 2013, 20:25
AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 960T Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz <-- your problem.

If you want 60 fps you need to match the dev bench system. Ps2 is developed on intel hardware not Amd . Amd has its advantages but emulation is never really one of them. Anything over 2 cores is a waste as the emulator does not use them. 3.0 is slow, get that up to 4 or 5 with OC.

Sandy Bridge will clock to 5.0 under air nicely.

TKHellz
June 4th, 2013, 20:28
How exactly would i go about OC'ing my Processor? Without it going unstable that is. Thats why i've never done it, Rather be stable than not.

ulaoulao
June 4th, 2013, 22:37
You read up and learn. Though this is not the place to ask. I'd get over to forums.extremeoverclocking.com, that is were I get my info. Search for your chip on there. AMD's dont OC as well as a sandy chip will. My chip is a 3570k 3.4 running at 4.7 playing dolphin and sp2 at full speeds. I also have the OC's choice motherboard. If you are going to try OC'ing what you have the gain wont get you the results you want. Sell your rig and get a sandy or ivy bridge.