diff --git a/pcsx2/Counters.cpp b/pcsx2/Counters.cpp
index 079cbdacc3..14b78c9196 100644
--- a/pcsx2/Counters.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/Counters.cpp
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ static __fi void VSyncStart(u32 sCycle)
 	GetCoreThread().VsyncInThread();
 	Cpu->CheckExecutionState();
 
-	EECNT_LOG( "/////////  EE COUNTER VSYNC START (frame: %6d)  \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ", g_FrameCount );
+	if(EmuConfig.Trace.Enabled && EmuConfig.Trace.EE.m_EnableAll)
+		SysTrace.EE.Counters.Write( "    ================  EE COUNTER VSYNC START (frame: %d)  ================", g_FrameCount );
 
 	// EE Profiling and Debug code.
 	// FIXME: should probably be moved to VsyncInThread, and handled
@@ -393,7 +394,8 @@ static __fi void VSyncStart(u32 sCycle)
 
 static __fi void VSyncEnd(u32 sCycle)
 {
-	EECNT_LOG( "/////////  EE COUNTER VSYNC END (frame: %d)  \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", g_FrameCount );
+	if(EmuConfig.Trace.Enabled && EmuConfig.Trace.EE.m_EnableAll)
+		SysTrace.EE.Counters.Write( "    ================  EE COUNTER VSYNC END (frame: %d)  ================", g_FrameCount );
 
 	g_FrameCount++;
 
diff --git a/pcsx2/DebugTools/Debug.h b/pcsx2/DebugTools/Debug.h
index 737fb62f3d..505b83320c 100644
--- a/pcsx2/DebugTools/Debug.h
+++ b/pcsx2/DebugTools/Debug.h
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ extern void __Log( const char* fmt, ... );
 #define GIF_LOG			macTrace(EE.GIF)
 #define EECNT_LOG		macTrace(EE.Counters)
 #define VifCodeLog		macTrace(EE.VIFcode)
+#define GifTagLog		macTrace(EE.GIFpath)
 
 
 #define PSXBIOS_LOG		macTrace(IOP.Bios)
diff --git a/pcsx2/Vif_Transfer.cpp b/pcsx2/Vif_Transfer.cpp
index 18a8428142..a4455dd3c8 100644
--- a/pcsx2/Vif_Transfer.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/Vif_Transfer.cpp
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ _vifT void vifTransferLoop(u32* &data) {
 			vifXRegs.code = data[0];
 			vifX.cmd	   = data[0] >> 24;
 			iBit		   = data[0] >> 31;
-			
-			vifCmdHandler[idx][vifX.cmd & 0x7f](0, data);
+
 			VIF_LOG("New VifCMD %x tagsize %x", vifX.cmd, vifX.tag.size);
+			vifCmdHandler[idx][vifX.cmd & 0x7f](0, data);
 			data++; pSize--;
 			if (analyzeIbit<idx>(data, iBit)) break;
 			continue;
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ _vifT void vifTransferLoop(u32* &data) {
 		pSize  -= ret;
 		if (analyzeIbit<idx>(data, iBit)) break;
 	}
-	
+
 	if (pSize)	  vifX.vifstalled	 = true;
 }
 
diff --git a/pcsx2/ps2/GIFpath.cpp b/pcsx2/ps2/GIFpath.cpp
index 028529166b..3e561dcf30 100644
--- a/pcsx2/ps2/GIFpath.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/ps2/GIFpath.cpp
@@ -74,8 +74,37 @@ struct GIFTAG
 	u32 REGS[2];
 
 	GIFTAG() {}
+
+	wxString DumpRegsToString() const;
 };
 
+wxString GIFTAG::DumpRegsToString() const
+{
+	static const char* PackedModeRegsLabel[] =
+	{
+		"PRIM",		"RGBA",		"STQ",		"UV",
+		"XYZF2",	"XYZ2",		"TEX0_1",	"TEX0_2",
+		"CLAMP_1",	"CLAMP_2",	"FOG",		"Unknown",
+		"XYZF3",	"XYZ3",		"A_D",		"NOP"
+	};
+
+	u32 tempreg		= REGS[0];
+	uint numregs	= ((NREG-1)&0xf) + 1;
+
+	FastFormatUnicode result;
+	result.Write("NREG=0x%02X (", NREG);
+
+	for (u32 i = 0; i < numregs; i++) {
+		if (i == 8) tempreg = REGS[1];
+		if (i > 0) result.Write(" ");
+		result.Write(PackedModeRegsLabel[tempreg & 0xf]);
+		tempreg >>= 4;
+	}
+
+	result.Write(")");
+	return result;
+}
+
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  GIFPath -- PS2 GIFtag info (one for each path).
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -655,7 +684,7 @@ __fi int GIFPath::CopyTag(const u128* pMem128, u32 size)
 	
 			switch(tag.FLG) {
 				case GIF_FLG_PACKED:
-					GIF_LOG("Packed Mode EOP %x", tag.EOP);
+					GIF_LOG("Packed Mode EOP %x : %ls", tag.EOP, tag.DumpRegsToString().c_str());
 					PrepPackedRegs();
 
 					if(DetectE > 0)
diff --git a/pcsx2/ps2/eeHwTraceLog.inl b/pcsx2/ps2/eeHwTraceLog.inl
index bfe8093677..b39e807c6e 100644
--- a/pcsx2/ps2/eeHwTraceLog.inl
+++ b/pcsx2/ps2/eeHwTraceLog.inl
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 static __ri bool _eelog_enabled( u32 addr )
 {
 	// Selective enable/disable ability for specific register maps
-	if (eeAddrInRange(RCNT0, addr)) return false;
+	if (eeAddrInRange(RCNT0, addr)) return true;
 	if (eeAddrInRange(RCNT1, addr)) return true;
 	if (eeAddrInRange(RCNT2, addr)) return true;
 	if (eeAddrInRange(RCNT3, addr)) return true;
 
-	if (eeAddrInRange(SBUS, addr)) return false;
+	if (eeAddrInRange(SBUS, addr)) return true;
 
 	// INTC!
 	if (addr == INTC_STAT || addr == INTC_MASK) return true;
diff --git a/pcsx2/windows/VCprojects/pcsx2_2008.vcproj b/pcsx2/windows/VCprojects/pcsx2_2008.vcproj
index 16ebf1cf41..470d58976c 100644
--- a/pcsx2/windows/VCprojects/pcsx2_2008.vcproj
+++ b/pcsx2/windows/VCprojects/pcsx2_2008.vcproj
@@ -2039,10 +2039,6 @@
 					RelativePath="..\..\gui\Dialogs\ConfirmationDialogs.cpp"
 					>
 				</File>
-				<File
-					RelativePath="..\..\gui\Dialogs\CreateMemoryCardDialog.cpp"
-					>
-				</File>
 				<File
 					RelativePath="..\..\gui\Dialogs\FirstTimeWizard.cpp"
 					>
@@ -2884,6 +2880,10 @@
 				<Filter
 					Name="gui"
 					>
+					<File
+						RelativePath="..\..\gui\Dialogs\CreateMemoryCardDialog.cpp"
+						>
+					</File>
 					<File
 						RelativePath="..\..\gui\Dialogs\McdConfigDialog.cpp"
 						>
diff --git a/pcsx2/x86/iR3000A.cpp b/pcsx2/x86/iR3000A.cpp
index 6fc18f0bbd..88dbcda10b 100644
--- a/pcsx2/x86/iR3000A.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/x86/iR3000A.cpp
@@ -879,6 +879,11 @@ static __noinline s32 recExecuteBlock( s32 eeCycles )
 	iopBreak = 0;
 	iopCycleEE = eeCycles;
 
+#ifdef PCSX2_DEVBUILD
+	if (SysTrace.SIF.IsActive())
+		SysTrace.IOP.R3000A.Write("Switching to IOP CPU for %d cycles", eeCycles);
+#endif
+
 	// [TODO] recExecuteBlock could be replaced by a direct call to the iopEnterRecompiledCode()
 	//   (by assigning its address to the psxRec structure).  But for that to happen, we need
 	//   to move iopBreak/iopCycleEE update code to emitted assembly code. >_<  --air