Heya!
I'm having quite the annoying problem. Downloaded pcsx2 about a week ago and yesterday I started playing through FFX, very awesome game but that's not my point.
Arrived to the Highroad some time last night and BAM!, my fps dropped from a steady 60 to about 25. When I use Fire the same thing happens but not as severe, it just drops to about 45 fps and when I use Ifrit's Overdrive (Hellfire), it drops down to about 10-15 fps.
I know it's something with the emulator working too hard but I can't figure it out myself.
Haven't tried any other games yet, fyi.
Specs: AMD Phenom II X3 (Black edition, if it matters), 3 cores at a steady 2,8 ghz
4 GB DDR3 RAM
GeForce 9400 GT 1GB
Windows XP 32-bit (Gonna upgrade soon anyway if it's the problem)
Direct X 9.0c