What to change for Rock Band 3 under the CPU tab in RPCS3's Custom Configuration.

A screenshot of Rock Band 3's Advanced custom settings, highlighting Driver Wake-Up Delay (1µ) in green with a dashed outline, "Exclusive Fullscreen Mode, VBlank Frequency, and Maximum Number of SPURS Threads highlighted in blue with a dotted outline, and Debug Console Mode highlighted in tan with a solid outline.

  • A green square with a dashed outline. REQUIRED:
    • Change “Driver Wake-up Delay” to “20µ” to avoid crashing after a few songs. Increase it to “40µ” if the issue persists. If it keeps happening, keep increasing it by increments of 20.
  • A blue square with a dotted outline. Depending on your computer:
    • Adjust VBlank Frequency if you want a higher internal framerate. This can make it easier to hit notes but may cause graphical instability and connection issues while online. It’s best left alone and not recommended to go above 75 Hz if adjusting it for online play. Increasing it exponentially uses more CPU and GPU.
      • Once again, having a higher VBlank can cause issues with vocal detection.
    • Change “Maximum Number of SPURS Threads” - May improve performance on older systems with less cores and threads [like 4th gen Intel i5 CPUs with 4 cores and 4 threads].
  • A tan square with a solid outline. Strongly Suggested:
    • Enable “Debug Console Mode” - Enabling this and “Large Heap” in Rock Band 3 Deluxe will allow Rock Band 3 to have more memory. This means more songs (up to 16000) and increased stability. Everyone should enable this! [Click here for more information.]
    • Change “Exclusive Fullscreen Mode” to “Prefer borderless fullscreen” to prevent potential crashes and audio desync when changing from Rock Band 3 to another program while in fullscreen.