Vannimon Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Okay, so GTA 3 in PCSX2 is lagging and I am, as usual, persistent. I think it's my graphics card because it isn't great at all. AMD Radeon HD 6310. Settings at the recommended, so IDK. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 ...why not just play the PC vcersion of the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vannimon Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 ...why not just play the PC vcersion of the game? IDK, I kinda miss the PS2 version, and mods don't cut it. I no longer have a PS2 so I can't play it on one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreaz1 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 (edited) That's not a real graphics card, it's just an integrated graphics circuit. It does support pixel shader 2 though which is all they state about it on the official site. PCSX2 is also very heavy on the CPU, what are the rest of your specs?[edit]: You can look here: http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Sticky-Will-PCSX2-run-fast-on-my-computer Graphics Cards:Won't work (or very unlikely to) - Maybe possible with GSDX Software Mode (V. Slow):Geforce 3 or belowGeforce 4 MX series - confirmed to be working but very slowlyATi Radeon 8xxx series and belowATi Radeon 9100Most onboard graphics cards (excluding the GeForce 61X0 series and 5200 Go) Edited September 8, 2013 by Andreaz1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vannimon Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 That's not a real graphics card, it's just an integrated graphics circuit. Bullcrap. It's discrete, not integrated. In some computers it may be integrated, but in mine it's discrete (which is strange because I have a laptop). I know it's discrete because it says on the box "discrete class graphics". rest of my specs: win8 64-bit (I actually do not find win8 that bad) 4 gb RAM AMD E-300 CPU Dual-Core clocked at 1.3 ghz DirectX Version: 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEALUX Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Isn't your CPU a bit weak for emulation? I would guess that is the problem. The Audiophile Thread XB271HU | TESORO Gram XS | Xtrfy MZ1 | Xbox Elite v2 | Hifiman Sundara | Fiio K9 Pro i7 4790K 4.4 GHz | GTX 1080 Ti | 32 GB Crucial DDR3 | ADATA 256GB | Samsung 860 PRO 2TB Xbox | Xbox 360 | Xbox Series X | PS2 | PS3 | Google Pixel 6 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vannimon Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 Isn't your CPU a bit weak for emulation? I would guess that is the problem. I have seen a youtube vid where a guy had almost the exact same specs as me and was playing GTA 3 in PCSX2. I'll try to find it again. (I'm browsing in private mode, so can't just do a history search)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreaz1 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 (edited) Isn't your CPU a bit weak for emulation? I would guess that is the problem. Yes it is. The recommended specs call for at least double that clock speed. I have a Phenom II X4 at 3.2GHz and I was also struggling to run it at times. Your graphics might be discrete as opposed to integrated, but it's still running at only 500MHz and with shared memory. Will work, but very slowly, possible problems: Intel Pentium III Intel Celeron (any P3 and above series) AMD Athlon XP AMD Sempron AMD Turion AMD APU C-**, E-***, Z-01, E2-3**, A4-3*** Laptop Processors: We do not recommend the use of any laptop machines on the emulator unless otherwise mentioned above, if it supports SSE2 then it may work. if it does not have SSE2 then it is likely it will be extremely slow and have emulator compatibility problems. To be honest, I was surprised you could run this at all. I suppose your hardware has the essentials needed to run the emulator, but if I were you I wouldn't expect much better performance than you are getting right now. This is from their FAQ and might explain what you saw on Youtube: I've seen my game running full speed on YouTube, why do i get low FPS? Videos which appear on YouTube are generally recorded with the GS plugin. What is actually recorded is each frame, which is then run at the full rate of the game, it is more than likely the person recording it had similar speeds to you, so don't take it too seriously. Edited September 8, 2013 by Andreaz1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vannimon Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 Isn't your CPU a bit weak for emulation? I would guess that is the problem. Yes it is. The recommended specs call for at least double that clock speed. I have a Phenom II X4 at 3.2GHz and I was also struggling to run it at times. Your graphics might be discrete as opposed to integrated, but it's still running at only 500MHz and with shared memory. Will work, but very slowly, possible problems: Intel Pentium III Intel Celeron (any P3 and above series) AMD Athlon XP AMD Sempron AMD Turion AMD APU C-**, E-***, Z-01, E2-3**, A4-3*** Laptop Processors: We do not recommend the use of any laptop machines on the emulator unless otherwise mentioned above, if it supports SSE2 then it may work. if it does not have SSE2 then it is likely it will be extremely slow and have emulator compatibility problems. To be honest, I was surprised you could run this at all. I suppose your hardware has the essentials needed to run the emulator, but if I were you I wouldn't expect much better performance than you are getting right now. This is from their FAQ and might explain what you saw on Youtube: I've seen my game running full speed on YouTube, why do i get low FPS? Videos which appear on YouTube are generally recorded with the GS plugin. What is actually recorded is each frame, which is then run at the full rate of the game, it is more than likely the person recording it had similar speeds to you, so don't take it too seriously. Nah nah, he was using FRAPS. Either way, I wasn't really expecting any better results but I did some tweaks and can get up to 25 FPS at the max. Hmm, I think that's all I'm getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.ClaudeFan Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 PCSX2 needs really freaking powerful hardware to run GTA3 smoothly. However, I suggest you change your video plugin to the Direct3D11 hardware, change interlacing to Weave bff (saw-tooth), enable texture filtering and 8-bit textures. USE THE ORIGINAL PS2 RESOLUTION. See if that helped any. Vannimon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vannimon Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 PCSX2 needs really freaking powerful hardware to run GTA3 smoothly. However, I suggest you change your video plugin to the Direct3D11 hardware, change interlacing to Weave bff (saw-tooth), enable texture filtering and 8-bit textures. USE THE ORIGINAL PS2 RESOLUTION. See if that helped any. those were (almost) the exact settings I had... It helped, but only a little bit. Not even enough to make a difference. I appreciate the effort of everyone who has tried to help, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backfire6 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I tried to play the ps2 one on the pcsx2 but for me it doesn't even load up at all. Most likely due to not having a gfx card. LOL Which is odd considering KH1FM and Kh2FM+ works flawlessly for the most part. So does FF X and X2. But for some reason all the GTAs don't seem to work. Besides I also prefer pc version, that works far better. Plus Mods for it=auto win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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