diff --git a/pcsx2/x86/iR3000A.cpp b/pcsx2/x86/iR3000A.cpp
index 0bc89cbadc..d96fea6494 100644
--- a/pcsx2/x86/iR3000A.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/x86/iR3000A.cpp
@@ -986,10 +986,18 @@ void psxSetBranchImm( u32 imm )
 // Important!  The following macro makes sure the rounding error of both the psxRegs.cycle
 // modifier and EEsCycle modifier are consistent (in case you wonder why it's got a u32 typecast)
 
+//fixme : this is all a huge hack, we base the counter advancements on the average an opcode should take (wtf?)
+//		  If that wasn't bad enough we have default values like 9/8 which will get cast to int later
+//		  (yeah, that means all sync code couldn't have worked to beginn with)
+//		  So for now these are new settings that work.
+//		  (rama)
+
 static u32 psxScaleBlockCycles()
 {
+	/*return s_psxBlockCycles * 
+		(CHECK_IOPSYNC_HACK ? (CHECK_EE_IOP_EXTRA ? 3.1875 : 2.125) : (17/16));*/
 	return s_psxBlockCycles * 
-		(CHECK_IOPSYNC_HACK ? (CHECK_EE_IOP_EXTRA ? 3.1875 : 2.125) : (17/16));
+		(CHECK_IOPSYNC_HACK ? (CHECK_EE_IOP_EXTRA ? 3 : 2) : 1 );
 }
 
 static void iPsxBranchTest(u32 newpc, u32 cpuBranch)
diff --git a/pcsx2/x86/ix86-32/iR5900-32.c b/pcsx2/x86/ix86-32/iR5900-32.c
index 5f87e5adc8..ebbb24a00c 100644
--- a/pcsx2/x86/ix86-32/iR5900-32.c
+++ b/pcsx2/x86/ix86-32/iR5900-32.c
@@ -2252,7 +2252,14 @@ void iFlushCall(int flushtype)
 //	assert( !g_globalXMMSaved );
 //}
 
-#define EECYCLE_MULT (CHECK_EESYNC_HACK ? (CHECK_EE_IOP_EXTRA ? 3.375 : 2.25) : (9/8))
+//fixme : this is all a huge hack, we base the counter advancements on the average an opcode should take (wtf?)
+//		  If that wasn't bad enough we have default values like 9/8 which will get cast to int later
+//		  (yeah, that means all sync code couldn't have worked to beginn with)
+//		  So for now these are new settings that work. I would've set 1 for default but that seemed too low
+//		  (rama)
+
+//#define EECYCLE_MULT (CHECK_EESYNC_HACK ? (CHECK_EE_IOP_EXTRA ? 3.375 : 2.25) : (9/8))
+#define EECYCLE_MULT (CHECK_EESYNC_HACK ? (CHECK_EE_IOP_EXTRA ? 3 : 2) : (1.2))
 
 static void iBranchTest(u32 newpc, u32 cpuBranch)
 {