PS2 PCSX Painfully slow on i7-3770s 16gb DDR3 1050GTX (from Archive Forum)

benjibarnicals

benjibarnicals
11-30-2019, 09:25 PM

Hey all, just for people to use as a reference, and to give you an update, i'll post my original thread that was on the previous forum (now the archive)....

Original Post: https://archive.batocera.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=82

Hey all,

I mentioned this on the old forum a few months ago when I was running Batocera 5.22.

I've got an HP Elite SFF PC, running a i7-3770S 3rd gen CPU @3.10ghz, 16gb of DDR3 ram, nVidia MSI 1050GTX 2gb graphics card. I pretty powerful machine for emulation.

All systems (PSP, DC, n64, Wii, GameCube rub flawlessly, and in fact with the PSP, for example, I can run all games at least 4x native res, for example, Gods of War - Chains of Olympus at 4x res runs all day at 60fps, however, running PS2 games, not all, but a few that are quite graphical (for example Need for Speed Underground 2 or Shadow of the Colossus are unplayable, as soon as something graphic comes in, for example in NFS when a race starts, or when a 3d model car is shown, fps drop from 60fps, down to 15fps, etc, music slows, etc. And this is running PCSX2 at native res (480p).

It was mentioned that PCSX just isn't very well optimized, but I thought to upgrade to the latest Batocera 5.24 might of improved things, it hasn't, its still as bad as before.

So where I am now, is, scrap Batocera and run BigBox or other, via Windows? Or are there any new tips for Batocera 5.24 that might be worth trying (ie. PCSX settings).

Or is PS2 just not very good to emulate on my system?

Thanks,

Ben

SmallBlue
#212-01-2019, 03:44 PM

Could you check settings system information if your ogl backend says mesa or nvidia?

Figures you first need to enable the driver over commandline. Couldn't find it documented in the wiki.

Press F1 to get to files
Applications
Start xterm
mount -o remount ,rw /boot
nano /boot/recalbox-boot.conf
Remove the # before nvidia-driver=true
Exit with left control + x
Press y to save changes

Reboot the box. See if that makes a diffrence

benjibarnicals
#312-02-2019, 09:50 AM

Hi SmallBlue,

Thanks for getting back, nVidia drivers are already enabled as I had to do this to use PSP, get sound out over HDMI etc. It's running OpenGL 4.6.0, nVidia Drivers 435.21.

Many thanks,

Ben

joinski
#412-02-2019, 10:14 AM

Could you test those PS2 games you have issues with on PCSX2 on your machine under Windows?
I'm just curious if PCSX2 under Windows performs better than under (batocera) linux.

guyomemalik
#512-02-2019, 10:25 AM

I have a i5-6500T CPU @2.50ghz, 8gb of ram and have the same issue, i think Shadow of the Colossus is the worst, unplayable very slowly and hearing like an echo in the sound
I guess it is not the release version of Batocera that can change something about it .. it's a core issue .. Confused

benjibarnicals
#612-02-2019, 01:17 PM

Let me see what I can do, at the moment only have one SSD in my emulation computer that stores both the OS and Roms, I'll see if I have another old hard drive laying around I could installed Windows 10 on and test.

benjibarnicals
12-02-2019, 04:13 PM

Just to check, downloading it from
[To see links please register here]

? As looking on here, it hasn't been updated (for Windows, or Linux) since 2016! Eek, or is there a newer port of it elsewhere.

benjibarnicals

Well, just to reply to this, I rebuilt the whole system using Windows 10, up-to-date nVidia drivers etc. And tested PCSX2 and, it's equally as slow, same issues as I was getting with Batocera. Tried PCSX2 using DirectX 9, DirectX 11, OpenGL and Software rendering. NFS Underground 2 (and other games) slow down at exactly the same places as it did with Batocera.

So, I tried monitoring the CPU, GPU, Ram while doing this (using Windows Task Manager Performance tab) and, during the times these slowdowns occur, the GPU is maxed out, in memory and GPU utilization, the CPU, however, is nowhere near being utilized, which would make me think with PCSX2 is primarily using the GPU for its processing, and unless you have a powerful card with a lot of memory, it's going to have issues emulating PS2, or certainly PS2 games that have heavy 3D use.

My GPU is a 1050 GTX with 2Gb of DDR4 memory, and it would seem this is NOT enough memory. Perhaps a card with more memory would be better.

So, I'm scrapping the system again and re-installing Batocera (as its a whole lot easier to use than LaunchBox!), and hope either PCSX2 is updated and better improved (the version being used is from 2016!!) or I get a more powerful GPU.

I hope this helps others who may have the same issues.

gcraig22

benjibarnicals Glad you posted this. I have an Optiplex 3010 SFF i5 @ 3.2 gHz, 8 GB RAM, and a GTX 1050 TI 2GB DDR5 and PS2 has minimal improvements from from my AMD HD 5750 1GB I had in it previously.

Atari

Maybe try with an game like Burnout 3, I’m able to run that no problems on my 750ti, intel dual core i3.