alternative mutex impl on windows works but i really can't tell if it helps much. use larger size in deferred_command_list to cut down on resizes in big scenes on m:dur

src/xenia/gpu/command_processor.cc

@@ -493,13 +493,18 @@ void CommandProcessor::WriteRegister(uint32_t index, uint32_t value) {
   // very unlikely. these ORS here are meant to be bitwise ors, so that we do
   // not do branching evaluation of the conditions (we will almost always take
   // all of the branches)
-  if (XE_UNLIKELY(
-          (index - XE_GPU_REG_SCRATCH_REG0 < 8) |
-          (index == XE_GPU_REG_COHER_STATUS_HOST) |
-          ((index - XE_GPU_REG_DC_LUT_RW_INDEX) <=
-           (XE_GPU_REG_DC_LUT_30_COLOR - XE_GPU_REG_DC_LUT_RW_INDEX)))) {
+
+  unsigned expr = (index - XE_GPU_REG_SCRATCH_REG0 < 8) |
+                  (index == XE_GPU_REG_COHER_STATUS_HOST) |
+                  ((index - XE_GPU_REG_DC_LUT_RW_INDEX) <=
+                   (XE_GPU_REG_DC_LUT_30_COLOR - XE_GPU_REG_DC_LUT_RW_INDEX));
+  //chrispy: reordered for msvc branch probability (assumes if is taken and else is not)
+  if (XE_LIKELY(expr == 0)) {
+  
+  } else {
     HandleSpecialRegisterWrite(index, value);
   }
+
 }
 
 void CommandProcessor::MakeCoherent() {

src/xenia/gpu/command_processor.h

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ class CommandProcessor {
   // rarely needed, most register writes have no special logic here
   XE_NOINLINE
   void HandleSpecialRegisterWrite(uint32_t index, uint32_t value);
+  XE_FORCEINLINE
   virtual void WriteRegister(uint32_t index, uint32_t value);
 
   const reg::DC_LUT_30_COLOR* gamma_ramp_256_entry_table() const {

src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/deferred_command_list.h

@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ class D3D12CommandProcessor;
 
 class DeferredCommandList {
  public:
+  /*
+	chrispy: upped from 1_MiB to 4_MiB, m:durandal hits frequent resizes in large open maps
+  */
   DeferredCommandList(const D3D12CommandProcessor& command_processor,
-                      size_t initial_size_bytes = 1_MiB);
+                      size_t initial_size_bytes = 4_MiB);
 
   void Reset();
   void Execute(ID3D12GraphicsCommandList* command_list,