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 ==GS==
-GS stands for Graphics Synthesizer Playstation 2 co-processor responsible for rendering the graphics (but is also used by some games for additional calculations and other things). The PCSX2 emulator will work in conjunction with GS plugin (like for ex. [[#GSdx|GSDX]] plugin) to emulate PS2 graphical co-processor and convert its output into input understood by the PC video cards.
+GS stands for ''Graphics Synthesizer'' Playstation 2 co-processor responsible for rendering the graphics (but is also used by some games for additional calculations and other things). The PCSX2 core will work in conjunction with GS plugin (like for ex. [[#GSdx|GSDX]] plugin) to emulate PS2 graphical co-processor and convert its output into input understood by the PC video cards.
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 *''Framelimiter'': The options in this group can be used to control the frame rate of your games in various ways.
-#''Disable Framelimiting'': By checking this your games will run as fast as your PC can make them to, ignoring all below settings and limits. Toggle it ingame by pressing ''F4''.
+#''Disable Framelimiting'': With this option enabled the frame rate will only be limited by the power of your PC. It will '''not''' however increase the game performance in case the game runs slow. This option may be useful when you want to skip some repetitious sections of the game. You can toggle it while playing by pressing ''F4''.
-#''Base Framerate Adjust'': Here you can control the base framerate for your games in a percentage. If you leave the base '''NTSC''' and '''PAL''' frame rates intact (60 and 50 fps respectively), 100% here would mean 60FPS for NTSC and 50 FPS for PAL, 110% would be 66 FPS and 55 FPS respectively etc. The frame limiter will limit the FPS of your game to these values. Setting this to higher than 100% is '''NOT''' a speed up in any form, recommended to keep it at the default value of 100%.
+#''Base Framerate Adjust'': This option will allow you to adjust the base framerate for your games by a percentage. The emulator will limit the game frame rate by the base NTSC (59.94 FPS) or PAL (50 FPS) frame rate increased or decreased according to this value. Again, this option will not speed up the slow game it may only limit the frame rate of a game performing faster than needed on your PC.
-#''Slow Motion Adjust'': Here you can control in a percentage the speed your game will be limited at when you activate slow motion. The percentages are referring to the above Base Framerate, so 50% means half of the Base Framerate speed, which you can see above how it is calculated in FPS. Toggle it ingame by pressing ''Shift'' and ''Tab''.
+#''Slow Motion Adjust'' and ''Turbo Adjust'': PCSX2 has two additional frame rate modes that you can freely switch to while playing a game. ''Slow Motion'' mode can be switched (on and off) by using ''Shift-Tab'' and ''Turbo'' mode be switched by just using ''Tab'' key.
-#''Turbo Adjust'': Identical to Slow Motion adjust but is activated when you enable turbo mode. Toggle it ingame by pressing Tab.
+{{Tip|Pressing '''Tab''' while playing a game will increase a frame rate to a certain point (if your PC allows it) when '''F4''' will disable frame limiter completely. You can also use '''Shift-Tab''' to slow game game down. Pressing the key combination the second time will restore the original frame rate}}
-#''NTSC Framerate'': Sets the speed NTSC games will run at. Default (and normal) speed for these games is 59.94 FPS, but you can set this lower or higher to combine it with the above options. Hint: Setting this to lower values than normal can speed up a few games but doing so can break some games. Can only be changed via editing the ''pcsx2_vm.ini'' and changing the value after ''FramerateNTSC=''.
+#''NTSC Framerate'' and ''PAL Framerate'': These boxes indicate the base frame rate to limit the speed of NTSC or PAL games. The default values are 59.94 FPS and 50 FPS respectively. These values can be changed only by editing the ''pcsx2_vm.ini'' (in ''inis'' folder of PCSX2, see ''FramerateNTSC'' and ''FrameratePAL'' variables in the mentioned file). It is not recommended to change them because it will break a number of games (but still note that decreasing the values can speed up a few games).
-#''PAL Framerate'': Sets the speed PAL games will run at. Default (and normal) speed for these games is 50 FPS, but you can set this lower or higher to combine it with the above options. Hint: Setting this to lower values than normal can speed up a few games but doing so can break some games. Can only be changed via editing the ''pcsx2_vm.ini'' and changing the value after ''FrameratePAL=''.
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 *''Frame Skipping'': The options in this group can be used to control how frame skipping works, a technique which skips drawing some frames of a game to make it feel like it's running smoother when full speed cannot be achieved. As noted in the GUI, this feature can and will cause stuttering, flashing or other abnormal behavior depending on the game. Toggle it ingame by pressing ''Shift + F4''.
 #''Disabled'': When selected disables Frame Skipping, recommended if you are getting adequate speed.