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Making ps2 faster

 
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JoeSwindell
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Joined: 12 Sep 2005
Posts: 1612
Location: Roanoke, Virginia

PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:10 pm    Post subject: Making ps2 faster

So I've been mad at ps2 for a while because it just doesn't run well. It's my AMD CPU, it hates it. So I'm going to make this game work damnit!

Here is my journey of improvement!

Step 1: Unparked 3 cores of my 8 core processor.

Result: 18% increase on PCmark7 !!
http://www.coderbag.com/Programming-C/Disable-CPU-Core-Parking-Utility

Totals so far: 18% increase CPU side.

PS2 result: with previous ps2 settings, this actually FLIPPED by cap.

I am now bound by GPU! This is great news!
DogShxtTaco
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Joined: 19 Apr 2004
Posts: 8201
Location: Cary, NC

PostPosted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 2:46 pm    Post subject:

It seems like PS2 renders shadows that special way where they destroy your framerate. Turning off shadows might be another way to speed things up, but it's a noticeable difference to the environment.
JoeSwindell
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Joined: 12 Sep 2005
Posts: 1612
Location: Roanoke, Virginia

PostPosted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:22 pm    Post subject:

Yeah shadows should always be off in any CPU intensive game.