[Regression] Performance Regressions in Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds (#11904, #12523)

[jeremybris]

Quick summary

Hot Shots Golf 3 performance regressions from:

30 F.P.S. ---> 20 F.P.S. ---> (up to ~25 F.P.S.) ---> 17 F.P.S. ---> 10 F.P.S.

Details

RPCS3 Version	RPCS3 Commit	RPCS3 Log	Screenshot
Before v0.0.22-13536	-------------	30 FPS.log	~30 F.P.S.
After v0.0.22-13536	PR #11904	20 FPS.log	(~30 F.P.S. --->) ~20 F.P.S. (Regression)
After v0.0.23-14079	PR #12523	17 FPS.log	(~25 F.P.S. --->) ~16 F.P.S. (Regression)
After v0.0.24-14191	PR #12516	10 FPS.log	(~17 F.P.S. --->) ~10 F.P.S. (Regression)

System configuration

Settings:

• Default settings of the emulator, with "Vulkan".

Specs:

• CPU - AMD 7900 (non-x)
• GPU - AMD 6900x
• Motherboard - Asus 670 Wifi

Other details

The other Hot Shots game, Hot Shots: World Invitational, seems uneffected.

The game got a performance boost with PR #11940 , on v0.0.22-13561, 25 FPS.log . It went from 20 F.P.S. --> 25 F.P.S. (before eventually going to 17 F.P.S)

[elad335]

#12516 is not the right pr, it needs more testing.

[jeremybris]

I need someone else to test the third regression, because I consistently get the regression on #12516, build 0.0.24-14191... Maybe user error.