@ki_charger yeah, pretty nice game + some history to it directly related to PC UT99 (Xan Mark II and Warboss originated from the PS2 port and are one of if not the only characters that use skeletal animations in the PC version)
Thank you for this guide. I appreciate how you go a little bit deepere technically to explain and make things a lot more understandable! And I love pcsx2, this emulator has allowed to experience some serious gems of games.
12th gen i3 and GTX 1650? 😂 PCSX2 will run great on an i5 3570 with a GTX 1050ti at 1080p. This is the spec i have in my dedicated emulation set up, and thats using the nightly build. The whole set up cost me less than £100.
i've built a ryzen 5 5600 with a Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Challenger. I'm hoping to play GT 4 Spec II at least. Notei o português brasileiro ali mr john! Booooora jogar GT4! Muita prosperidade e que seu canal cresça bastante 2025! Me inscrevi :D
Good video. Although PCSX2 is the best way to play PS2 games if you're making TH-cam Videos, it isn't the best way to play PS2 games overall. A scan converter is the best way to play PS2 games now as not only do they convert the SCART and component signals to HDMI, you also get the option to upscale to 1080p and even 4k if you're stupid enough to pay £700 for a Retrotink 4k. You would need to have a spare power outlet for them and another remote, but trade off of having not having emulation glitches is worth it. You also have the added benefit of it working on most consoles, not just the PS2. Just like as you stated near the end of your video old consoles will break, but the PS2 is reliable, and easily fixable if it does break. You can even remove the disc drive and install an SD card slot. This reduces the amount of movable parts, making it even more reliable.
Good point but there is one huge drawback if you're playing on real PS2- many games are not hitting their target framerates. For example GTA games are running at 26 FPS average, which looks very choppy and feels horrible. Emulation lets you play at rock solid framerates. As for glitches, PCSX2 constantly improving. I have played many games without any problems. I myself love PS2 to death, but emulation is really the best way to play PS2 games right now
I'm running a simple setup with native hardware and a hdtv. An hd converter connected to a small Vizio with 1080i and 1080p, I got progressive scan and 1080i on games that support it, and 16:9 wide screen in settings. The TV and hd converter is still outputting 480 but on a clean HDMI signal. The games look crisp and vivid after playing around with the TV display settings. It's not stretched out and super blurry like bare bones composite, it looks even better than component. The only thing I don't like about it is the black borders, but I got used to it. Games like Soul Calibur 2 and 3 look beautiful on it I have a powerful gaming PC that can do it all better with my 4k monitor, but I love the classic experience. To answer your question, I think emulators sometimes provide a superior experience over native hardware, but they're never 100% perfect in regards to performance or other graphical issues, so I guess it comes down to what you value more in the core gameplay experience unless you got a lot of expendable income to buy a beast gaming PC. Even then, some challenges in regards to emulation for specific games cannot be solved by just throwing more money at a custom PC build.
I have a pentium core 2 quad q9550 and gt 1030, Plays gt4 well sometimes lags in some circuits and when there is too much cars in front of you, But overall playable.
CPUs from 2012 or earlier, even with those improvements that pcsx2 and ps2 emulation went through is still good enough, especially i5 and i7s, dont know about amds from back then. But i guess similar results apply. Otherwise i like the video. Not too much except from this to point out or criticize i think.
Well, as the emulator gets more accurate, it will be more demanding for that i7 CPU from 2012, the reason it ran smoothly was because back then, the emulator was fast but not that accurate compared to today.
@@MGViolent What? You can easily prove this using Core i7 3770K vs i7 4790K where 4790K has AVX2 but 3770K don't. You will stutter with 3770K but not with 4790K
@@niezzayt3809 ...I was referring to you, man. As in agreeing with you, not the other way around. Although I should’ve replied the other person instead, so forgive for the confusion.
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wouldn't you just play the pc version?
@ki_charger yeah, but I liked the PS2 version, it was surprisingly good
@@Quiver333_real reckon it's worth adding to my ps2 collection? it would be nice to play it on my crt tv
@@Quiver333_real is it worth picking up for my ps2 collection?
@ki_charger yeah, pretty nice game + some history to it directly related to PC UT99 (Xan Mark II and Warboss originated from the PS2 port and are one of if not the only characters that use skeletal animations in the PC version)
Thank you for this guide. I appreciate how you go a little bit deepere technically to explain and make things a lot more understandable! And I love pcsx2, this emulator has allowed to experience some serious gems of games.
@@MagnoDragon8 thanks
Just go with component or HDMI. You won't be dissapointed I swear. This console has the best library ever to exist and it's never going to be beaten.
Cool guide.
12th gen i3 and GTX 1650? 😂
PCSX2 will run great on an i5 3570 with a GTX 1050ti at 1080p. This is the spec i have in my dedicated emulation set up, and thats using the nightly build. The whole set up cost me less than £100.
i've built a ryzen 5 5600 with a Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Challenger. I'm hoping to play GT 4 Spec II at least. Notei o português brasileiro ali mr john! Booooora jogar GT4! Muita prosperidade e que seu canal cresça bastante 2025! Me inscrevi :D
Actually I'm Portuguese Portugal but thanks man
@@MrJohnReviews oh, ok! Me inscrevi no teu canal fixe. No aguardo por mais conteúdo e que tenhas um excelente 2025!
Good video. Although PCSX2 is the best way to play PS2 games if you're making TH-cam Videos, it isn't the best way to play PS2 games overall. A scan converter is the best way to play PS2 games now as not only do they convert the SCART and component signals to HDMI, you also get the option to upscale to 1080p and even 4k if you're stupid enough to pay £700 for a Retrotink 4k. You would need to have a spare power outlet for them and another remote, but trade off of having not having emulation glitches is worth it. You also have the added benefit of it working on most consoles, not just the PS2. Just like as you stated near the end of your video old consoles will break, but the PS2 is reliable, and easily fixable if it does break. You can even remove the disc drive and install an SD card slot. This reduces the amount of movable parts, making it even more reliable.
Good point but there is one huge drawback if you're playing on real PS2- many games are not hitting their target framerates. For example GTA games are running at 26 FPS average, which looks very choppy and feels horrible. Emulation lets you play at rock solid framerates. As for glitches, PCSX2 constantly improving. I have played many games without any problems. I myself love PS2 to death, but emulation is really the best way to play PS2 games right now
I'm running a simple setup with native hardware and a hdtv. An hd converter connected to a small Vizio with 1080i and 1080p, I got progressive scan and 1080i on games that support it, and 16:9 wide screen in settings. The TV and hd converter is still outputting 480 but on a clean HDMI signal. The games look crisp and vivid after playing around with the TV display settings. It's not stretched out and super blurry like bare bones composite, it looks even better than component. The only thing I don't like about it is the black borders, but I got used to it. Games like Soul Calibur 2 and 3 look beautiful on it
I have a powerful gaming PC that can do it all better with my 4k monitor, but I love the classic experience.
To answer your question, I think emulators sometimes provide a superior experience over native hardware, but they're never 100% perfect in regards to performance or other graphical issues, so I guess it comes down to what you value more in the core gameplay experience unless you got a lot of expendable income to buy a beast gaming PC. Even then, some challenges in regards to emulation for specific games cannot be solved by just throwing more money at a custom PC build.
nahh just get a i5 3570 with a r7 240 cuts almost every game
I have a pentium core 2 quad q9550 and gt 1030, Plays gt4 well sometimes lags in some circuits and when there is too much cars in front of you, But overall playable.
CPUs from 2012 or earlier, even with those improvements that pcsx2 and ps2 emulation went through is still good enough, especially i5 and i7s, dont know about amds from back then. But i guess similar results apply. Otherwise i like the video. Not too much except from this to point out or criticize i think.
Meanwhile I'm running on ryzen 5 5600 and gtx 1080ti
An i7 from 2012 is more than enough for pcsx2.
I used to run that smoothely on core 2 duos
Well, as the emulator gets more accurate, it will be more demanding for that i7 CPU from 2012, the reason it ran smoothly was because back then, the emulator was fast but not that accurate compared to today.
this emulator has noticeable input lag and the games still look cooler on a CRT so i prefer og hardware
No.
Unless your CPU is really really Old.
Any CPU with AVX2 can run this emulator even at 4K without any input Lag.
AVX2 is a must.
@@niezzayt3809 This dude knows his sh*t.
@@MGViolent What? You can easily prove this using Core i7 3770K vs i7 4790K where 4790K has AVX2 but 3770K don't.
You will stutter with 3770K but not with 4790K
@@niezzayt3809 ...I was referring to you, man. As in agreeing with you, not the other way around. Although I should’ve replied the other person instead, so forgive for the confusion.
Noticeable input lag is a myth unless you're using a potato pc.
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