PCSX2 runs slow on my high-end computer

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Hi! :) So I've downloaded PCSX2 both version 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 and tried every single configuration I could find on YouTube and Google, but I just cant get it to run on 60FPS on my PC :/ I tried both Sly 2 and 3, and I even found a video on YouTube where he showed his configuration and then running Sly 2 on 60FPS and I think his specs were worse than mine :S

My specs are:
Intel i7 2.8GHz
ATi Radeon HD 6850
4GB DDR3 RAM (1333MHz I think :unsure: )
1 TB HDD with 5400RPM

Shouldn't this be enough to run PCSX2? :unsure:
 

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Yeah Deffo give your CPU an overclock if you can. Everything else in your system is fine. If you can bump up to 3.4 or 3.5 etc, it will make a fair bit of difference.
 

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Have you tried playing with different rendering plug-ins, and at different resolutions--both display and internal? Antialiasing?

Have you tried other games?
 

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I just downloaded CoreTemp and found out my CPU Temps were from 90-99C on all the four cores :O I don't know what average CPU temps should be, but isn't this extremely high? :unsure:
 

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my i7 does 3.5GHz 8 cores and 8GB of ram and 550Ti
runs emulators fine

maybe you haven't enabled Visualization on your Mobo or something as your spec is enough

I just downloaded CoreTemp and found out my CPU Temps were from 90-99C on all the four cores :O I don't know what average CPU temps should be, but isn't this extremely high? :unsure:


DANG thats reallly bad
i7 should be 78C Max or your gonna have a bad time

mine are all running at 32C or lower
maybe you need to sort out your fan speed or something
 

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Your CPU doesn't need any OC - it's a freaking i7.

If anything, the emulator itself needs some tweaks in the settings and you could switch your card to "Performance over Quality" in Catalyst. That, and check if you're not running a Power Saving or Balanced plan in Windows, just to be sure.
 

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I just downloaded CoreTemp and found out my CPU Temps were from 90-99C on all the four cores :O I don't know what average CPU temps should be, but isn't this extremely high? :unsure:
I assume you're on a laptop--if so, perhaps it isn't an unexpected high. High, yes; but you're on a laptop and should expect such high temps if you push your system.

That is a big thing to consider, however: if you're hitting high temps without overclocking, and still getting some slow performance, you may not want to overclock and risk heating the system further.

When it hit the high temps, what's your CPU performance read? Is the emulator using close to 100% on each core?

You may also want to research if a certain plugin has better performance with ATI cards over nVidia ones. In my experience, Intel and nVidia seemed to run better on PCSX2 than their competitors.
 

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Wow! Thanks for all the quick replies :D Really appreciated ^^

Here's a pic trying to show some of the info you guys are looking for ;)

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Note: I have a feeling theres alot of dust in my computer since its been awhile since I last cleaned it, so maybe thats the problem? :unsure:

I assume you're on a laptop--if so, perhaps it isn't an unexpected high. High, yes; but you're on a laptop and should expect such high temps if you push your system.

That's the problem...Im on a desktop :/

Did you enable the multi-core hack?
If you mean the MTVU option in Speed-Hacks, then yes ;)

Your CPU doesn't need any OC - it's a freaking i7.

If anything, the emulator itself needs some tweaks in the settings and you could switch your card to "Performance over Quality" in Catalyst. That, and check if you're not running a Power Saving or Balanced plan in Windows, just to be sure.
I know it's on High Performance on the Windows options, but I haven't checked Catalyst yet :) Will do now ;)
 

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gotta love them cores
Yeah, I understand what are you trying to say, but it shows 8 (4 physical cores and each core has 2 threads) because of Hyper Threading!
It shows the same in Task Manager too!
If your CPU had 8 physical cores with HT, then instead of 8 cores it would show 16! ;)
I know, because I work as a PC technician, but if you don't believe me, then check this out! :D
 

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