How Play PS2 Games In 4K On PC - PCSX2 Set Up Guide
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- Have you ever wanted to play your favorite PS2 games in HD? How about 720p,1080P or even 4K?
Well in this video I show you how to set up the PCSX2 emulator so you can enjoy Play Station 2 Games in HD!
Keep in mind going all way to 4k with PS2 games does require a bit of a powerful PC but if your system can’t handle 4k try out 720p,1080p or 1440P
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This is how the games looked to me back when they came out
Lol right? or maybe it looked better on our box tv's?
@@SM-ft2jv CRT Monitor/TV makes big difference!
@@Datenschutz_Datenschutz Thought so, i remember playing gta sa being amazed lol
That’s because you were playing them on a crt which had matching resolution and colors. The new displays upscale everything that is not 1080 or 4k if you have a 4k tv
I remember my old Pixar Cars games looking so good, and few weeks ago I played them and they look so dogwater
I appreciate that you treat people as "students" and not as "you know everything so I speedun the whole procedure" dawg.
i wish my high school teachers talked to me like this man did
It's easier to learn when you're taught something you're INTERESTED IN xD
@Seth Wellington 😏
@@wallacesousuke1433 facts
True because we will learn so easily.
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I love you ETA. Thanks for sharing your knowledge man. You've done more for retro game preservation than most publishers.
You explain everything you do and it's no tedious at all. This is why they are great tutorials. :)
Yep, time to replay the front mission series in 4k during this long break. Thanks for the setup instructions.
You could have also shown the "Enable Widescreen Patches" From the System menu, which makes the games run in 16:9 without stretching them. Of course, some games may have small bugs but in most of them looks spot on.
Nice guide!
In most games those patches stretches de HUD and 2D objects, like backgrounds. Not worthy in my opinion.
@@ph584 you need to apply patch for that as well and the HUD will look just fine then.
There is a dedicated website for PS2 patches
Where do you get those patches from? Are they included with the emulator or smth?
@@ph584 incorrect
good games had an option to enable 16:9 display within the game itself
thats how you do it.
I Love your video's been a sub for a few years, you explain & review everything in such great detail. The way you speak tops it off! Wish you well my friend. -Calgary, Canada.
Thanks for this, have been using a soft modded PS2 on the HD component cables. Other resolutions can be reached but 1440x576i is a good balance and doesn't need setting up with GSM. Games ripped from their DVD's onto a HDD with the adapter, to reduce loading times. This tutorial popped up in the sidebar. I set this up this evening, and it's blown my gasket! The level of detail on some of these old 00's era titles is impressive. Thanks very much!
Prefect timing on this. I was searching your videos for this topic like two days ago. Thanks Prime. Love your content.
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ETA.... thank you so much for all your clear and simple instruction videos. I know this vid is quite old now but because of you I have a full Launchbox/Big Box setup on my 4K TV and the nostalgia is literally overflowing. Thank you again!!
For people who are new to this amazing emulator, use the Dev build like PRIME showed you and keep settings relatively stock. I figured out for most games this is most stable. I used a Ratchet & Clank 1 config from a video and the settings were a great baseline for other games. Also of course make small adjustments according to what spec your CPU and GPU are at.
Time to replay my childhood classic during this lockdown
I really do wish that all HOW TO videos are narrated this way. Great guide ang very informative. I really appreciate the extra work. Awesome dude!
The best PS2 video emulator ever! The simplest explanation makes anyone understand and play! Thank you!
Loving this series. My arcade needed some of these tweaks to really let these systems shine.
Thank you for making the up scale game series, it is really helpful.
The only thing I'd say is missing from this tutorial is the importance of the F9 key with PCSX2.
OpenGL can be an accurate renderer however you do get better performance using Dx11 (at least from my experience with a GTX 1080), and certain games react differently with render types. Dx11 gives the option for either software or hardware rendering, which reacts differently with each game. Certain games may have emulation glitches with hardware rendering and may require the game to be booted using software rendering first. The F9 key allows on-the-fly switching between hardware and software rendering without the need for restarting the game.
Example, Burnout Revenge has a black skybox if you boot into the game and progress into gameplay using the hardware renderer; the only way I have found to fix it is to boot the game using software mode and get into the vehicle select screen, then hit F9 and get into gameplay which fixes the issue until the game is shut down.
thank you so much, this fixed my issue while trying to play HP chamber of secrets i kept getting weird graphical issue, you solved it :)
You have my respect
Love the guides - I know most of it but great to see the other settings and just how good it can run with proper settings.
Quite incredible that quality of the upscaling. Great tut.
Discovered this a while back, it's witchcraft =) As I had (and still have) an Original Xbox I've always been a bit snobby about PS2 graphics, so this has opened up the PS2 library for me. Some random tips from many hours of tinkering...
- You can play original PS2 discs if you still have a DVD drive in your PC, but don't as you'll get a lot of gameplay stuttering, and you'll have to listen to your DVD drive going crazy.
- Use the PCSX2 wiki to check game compatibility and what settings to use (massive time saver), also take note of different regions, sometimes NTSC or PAL versions run better or don't have glitches depending on the game, for example the PAL versions of The Getaway games are glitchy when the NTSC aren't, conversely the PAL version of Pro Evo 4 seems to run smoother than the NTSC variants (this is with 1.4).
- I actually found Direct3D 11 hardware mode to offer the best performance on my system (6700k/GTX1070/16GB), I can run PS2 games with settings maxed out, I only switch to OpenGL if there's a show stopping bug but you get a performance hit and have to turn settings down.
- alt+enter to switch between full screen/windowed mode, also set your desktop resolution in config > video > window settings > 'custom window size' to run in full screen windowed mode with a frame rate counter (handy when trying out different settings).
Hey ETA, quick correction.
AVX2 is the newer instruction set. There's no real difference between AVX2 and SSE 4.1 in hardware mode but AVX2 is faster in software mode. The dropdown justs sort alphabetically so that's why AVX2 is listed first.
Easy and straightforward, worked like a charm within 30 mins
Thank you so much, it feels so good to run Suikoden V on 4K !! Really thumbs up you deserve the best
Just want to add for people that has lines over the screen when you load a ps2 iso. go to config -> Video(gs) -> plugin settings -> advance settings and hacks.Upscale hack put a mark in align Sprite and round sprite set it to half.
Can't wait to play Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Zero in HD.
Best racing games wish they would make another one
@Broke As FK
SSX 3 and RE4 play fantastic still, hold up well.
This video is so well done, exactly what I was looking for thank you
The best tutorial I've ever seen about this emulator. Amazing. Thanks a lot! Greetings from Germany!! 🍺😎🥨👌🏻
Sweet! Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition in 4K...best PS2 street racing game!
I run dub edition remix on my laptops external 1660ti and it runs like a charm at 4k! For the headlight bug, you put the Half-screen Fix to Force-Enabled. You find that in Advanced Settings & Hacks.
NFSU2 is the pinnacle of all racing games
Cyberman It depends heavily on how well your CPUs STP performs, but maybe its been updated since you tried it but it works well for me. I dont have crazy specs so it should work for you.
Cyberman Use the Dev build and follow a 1080p Ratchet and Clank 1 guide by Jobens for settings. Then all you should have to adjust may be the internal resolution. It should run just fine.
Do you need a ps2 to run the games? I’m new to the pc world.
You could talk about the wide-screen hacks too. They are easy to apply, even if maybe not for everyone.
And you should definitely make a video about compressing ROMs. For PCSX2 it has to be gzip unfortunately. But many other emulators support CHD! Dreamcast, PC Engine, PlayStation, Sega CD. For Dolphin they use something different.
Awesome emulation content ETA Prime. Loving this stuff man. Appreciate it so much.
didnt search for this video or any where near but im glad i found it, complete guide , good explanation and straight to the point Thanks man !
Wow, that's impressive. I need to try this with Xenosaga.
Having set this up, this runs wonderfully using my flattened DVD9 image of Xenosaga Episode 1 Undub. Of course, there's not much you can do about the prerendered video, but the in game rendering is beautiful. I do have one small issue where there seems to be a slight pause when the game needs to load a new texture for something, but I can deal with that.
Try this with the GSdx plugin and the GSdx FX shader suite for various effects like various color gradings, HDR grading, some stylistic filters, FXAA, Lotte's CRT shader if you run between native and 3x and a couple other stuff. You can also set the resolution to twice your native resolution (unless you have a 4K display) for some nice SSAA
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Console: yes
PC: LOOK AT ME!
Console: stfu!
PC: I'm the console now.
Nah, consoles have always been closed off PCs.
Always a good day when I'm looking for help with my new PC to play emulators and ETA Prime got me covered! You the man!
Great guide. I've been running the lowest setting like a dumbass while playing the games and I just changed everything to 1440p following your settings. It looks amazing now.
I literally struggled with ratchet and clank graphics last night on my ryzen 5+ rx580 system on pcsx2 last night. Thank you for the set up walk through! I'll probably uninstall and get the dev version as suggested
As a Radeon GPU user myself, pretty sure the OpenGL (Hardware) mode is too laggy to be used. Wish there's Vulkan (Hardware) mode GSdx.
So I'm not dreaming when I remembered that PCSX2 needs to be installed, right?
I like my emulators to not require installation.
A CPU with high single thread performance is definitely a must here! As well as a relatively beefy GPU. Great video as always!
Yeah 1660ti isnt good enough for say Ratchet and clank and barely enough in Jak 2 (Jak1 is fine though). Then 2700x doesnt put in nearly juice necessary via single thread. (Parts that i uee)
Degeneracy It actually is for me running at 1080p. I get a steady 60fps on my i5 laptop with my external 1660ti.
@@carsandzombies7606 Huh seems your right. I forgot to check R&C when I got new build. (was excited about Jak games having proper graphics)
@@Ay-xq7mj A gtx 1660ti is a mid range gpu almost like a rtx 2060 but alittle slower i can easily run that game and dbz tenkaichi 3 at 60fps without a sweat. Next you gonna say a i7-950H isn't powerful enough too.
@@HCIbn Dude a few updates back when I posted Ratchet and clasnk 1-3 would drop to like 15 fps regularly and enter slow mo at any resolution. Even now Jak and ratchet and clank games are tough on my system. Not all games emulate alike. I could run Kingdom Hearts 2 in 4k 60 fps on a amd 6300 and gtx 960.
I was just thinking today that I hope you would put one of these videos out for PCSX2!! Kudos man love the videos!!
Why have I never known this? I mean, sure, it hasn't been around forever, but I have only known about this for maybe two years, and only two weeks ago did I research it a bit and found it was simply this easy! I have always thought it to be loads of work to get it to show properly, but seriously - your fantastic video shows that its just a few clicks here and there basically, and you're up and running! I did watch a video said two weeks ago, but this explains it much better. Thank you so much, I will definitely try this out in the coming days.
Hey ETA, what mini PC would you be able to recommend for emulating PS2, PSP, GameCube, original Xbox, and Dreamcast games well?
The Warriors come out in 4kayyyy
these 4k videos you've done lately are great !
This is amazing! Thanks prime!! Your a king amongst men! This surprising fixed a bunch of rendering glitches I was having
First, buy a higher spec PC
Second, Follow ETA instructions
Truuue !
Of course high end pc first
why it need high end spec when these games are not even match on 2012 games likes GTA V...
You dont need an high end pc to play these games.. I hv an i3 8th gen with 1050ti and 8 gb ram.... It works on 1080p on my setup
Shuaib khan how about 4K?
Ur pc doesn’t run ps3 games... also Xbox 360
So yes you need high end pc for this
PCSX2,my best friend in these days of social isolation.
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Thanks for this. Clear, concise and to the point.
ETA PRIME thanks for showing a easy step by step setup 👌
2:49
It scares me to think that the strongest Chromebook has the exact recommend specs for the PS2 emulator.
Chromebooks are tablets with undetacheable keyboards
@@SwoopScoopie I know.
I've been wondering, why anisotropic filtering at 4x? 16x is superior, and the performance cost is minimal.
Yep, strange choices. I wandered that too, also on his GameCube video. 16x Anisotropic.
Also, OpenGL isn’t a good choice these days, especially on AMD video cards
gran turismo can chugg past 4x theres a known memory leak with that game
i'm guessing he wants the game to be enhanced, but not too filtered because it's not true to the original graphics?
@@modestyblaise4167 OpenGL is the most accurate renderer for PCSX2, so that's why he selected it. It's heavier than Direct3D because it emulates effects and post-processing better.
Thank you ETA, i am glad to see this video
Thank you for making this video. It helped me with making pcsx2 run better on my acer laptop.
you need a high end PC for this. No joke. Gran Turismo 4 run at 2-3x tops in a average one.
Also best bios is USA 2.0, compatibility wise.
Performance is really game to game. Kingdom Hearts 2 runs like Left4dead2 or something. (As in insanely good performance even on gtx 960 + amd 6300 downscaled from 2k or 3k to 1080p)
it depends on the game, actually granturismo 3-4 has issues with the emulator. i found toning down the internal resolution makes it work, i dont know how people get it to run at 4k but ive had success leaving it no higher than 3x resolution.
@@Ionic0 ¨i dont know how people get it to run at 4k¨
Maybe because they have a decent PC?
@@michellefernandez3155 didn't you read what else i said, theres a known memory leak past 4x internal resolution, a more powerful rig can't brute force their way past that. forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Need-help-with-Gran-turismo-4-crashing
You can switch up between native and 4k with "F9" and pressing it again, brings back to native, and u can that way gain a grasp how the game looks and if u have every effect available.
Some games wont play ball and ull need to change, things more then this tutorial. It is really only the BASIC of it all. But many games will require more from u then what u saw here.
Video (GS)/Plugin settigns/
Texture filtering:
Billinear (FORCED), go with this option, it smooths out the edges of letters and numbers in text that u have in game and wont affect gaming. If it does, u can change that. There might be a game that is not good with forced bilinear filtering, thats just how it is. There will be games that u wont have any diff. whatsoever, i encountered only a very few o those i have didnt benefit, example Bloodrayne 2, no effect, only if u switch it to nearest, itll get pixelated.
resolution i have usualy 4k
Anisotropic 16x
others recommend/fast
Blending medium as well, if u got perf. issues, try basic (which is recommended, but u can read about that hovering ur cursor over the options)
In Emulation settings, if u have problems u might want to check speedhacks, but some games might look that they are fluent yet they in reallity will be sluggish,
recommend checking the options in the lower part of the window, directly under the sliders, check out every except cdvd (u dont need that)
u probly good to go
Further help with settings of a specific game, u can go here wiki.pcsx2.net/Main_Page - search for the game, click it, and u can get a glimpse what did ppl use, what setups, and what settings in pcsx2
so that they game run good. Also if there is a fix for a game that needs it, meaning setting up soemthign advanced in pcsx2 ull have it here also, with description what u have to do in order to avoid some errors bugs, glitches i dont know. Its there. Recommend it.
I doubt ull get lost on that site, is really great.
In conclusion, most of the games will run straight as they are, no need to change a thing, only the native resolution.
But there are also some games that need attention so theyll work great.
Sometimes ull lose an effect or two, so the game will play as intented, but its a small sacrifice in my opinion for the game look good and run even better.
And the last category is th ereally screwed games, here u can get games that will tank ur system, that will freeze either in specific places, or at random (didnt encounter lots of those, thank god)
And then there are those that wont run at all. Also not a big number.
All u need to do if u are a beginner, is experiment a bit with agame, or on a specific game, learn whats for what, what it does etc.
Ull get the hang of it in no time. Should have made one video myself, but i think ETA does the basic stuff great and makes for u the game run so all u have to do is follow his instruction.
Later u mihgt check here. Try change it up.
Im nothing profesional, but i tried settings a lots of them out on games and how they looks, some might work out of the box so to say, some need a little love, but essentially, something over 95% of the entirely gaming library for ps2 works, so u will hardly find any more popular title that struggles with pcsx2. Good gaming
Just a note f9 runs it native, but on cpu for those who may have a slower cpu.
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I ]really like ETA Prime's no nonsense straight to the point approach.
Your video was really helpful and step by step setup instructions are nice, thanks dude
This is a positive comment for the algorythm
20 dislikes from people who just spend hours figuring this out themselves, then you show up with this tutorial.
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Another great vid fella!! I really enjoy your videos my friend! 👍☺🙏
Omg it was about 2 years ago when I wanted to play urbz sims in the city, but couldn't find anything on it, how did I not come across this video, I wouldn't of have to wait so long to scratch the itch thank you 😀 😊
The best way to play Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition Remix
Are U asking a question? cause i really like an answer to that
Kabeer Sheikh no it was a statement
Why didn't you mention that there are patches that can make a lot of games run in widescreen mode?
Doing same step in the guide. Amazing!!! As usual thanks for sharing. I'll try the same setting on wrc 4 hope it work.
Thanks man found a way to play my backed up games. So much easier then going through all those adapters.
Pretty nice vid Prime, I was making one for my audience in Spanish yet yours seems a lot easier though, now I feel like I was copying you lol
My FX 6300 cried so hard with this emulator I ended buying a ps2 slim with OPL and CRT sony Wega TV lol
Hunk Survivor lmao
its time to upgrade son
Now my nostalgic moment is back! Thank you sir...
Awesome info man. Loving playing GT4 again. Thanks.
5:22 Why not stick with AVX2? That should be the fastest option, whilst SSE4 is ancient by comparison.
(It's not even the newest one, they are the same version number, so the difference is in instruction set, which it picks automatically bc it detects support. You chose the semi-ancient version)
yeah... i dont undertand too
here is the info from pcsx2 wiki page
SSE2 is Intel 2001 and SSE4 is Intel 2006
AVX2 is Intel Haswell series CPUs and newer, and AMD Excavator and Zen (Ryzen)
but it also says ( The AVX versions only provide speed ups for the software renderer of GSdx)
No need for HD remasters anymore, assuming your PC is an absolute powerhouse
@Kwizera Moses Unfortunately no, I have an actual PS2 so I don't need this sort of stuff. Check out PCSX2 forums, maybe they can help.
@Kill 09 Most likely, yes. Don't take my word for it though, I don't know much about pcsx2 since I play my ps2 games on an actual ps2, so I'm just guessing. I suggest you ask around on pcsx2 forums for more reliable information.
Thank you so much, this video helped me so much!!
Thx a lot bro, now it's very smooth to play.
4:21 I didn't know you can do that TIL
Damn son you should watch some vids on windows shortcuts - it will blow your minr
I'm still confused on how to get bios or how to use them.
Just search on google ps2 bios
@@Rt_domingo never can find any though
@@AliHussain-me6dw You can download them from Cool Roms
just type in ps2 bios Cool Roms, and it should pop up
@@AliHussain-me6dw found 1 in literally 2 seconds
Always bringing great content! Love it!
Thanks alot, been having problems with Retroarch playing my ps2 games. Can't wait to install!
Anybody else hate how UA-cam moved the comments on the mobile version?
Nope, you alone brah
I Don't like it either
11:07 you use no blending accuracy when earlier in the video you claim to run it on Medium for all games. Having too much blending accuracy causes memory leaks but you fail to mention that fact.
Finally The Best PCSX2 guide Video
Very good guide !!!
Worked for me perfectly.
Thanks alot :)
pls help. where do i download the games? anyone who can send me a link to Star Wars Revenge Of The Sith (game) or Lord of the rings return of the king (game)?
CDRomance
4:22 "bios"
7:00 "emulation settings"
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So easy to understand. Thank you sir
So funny to watch this. I remember about two years ago downloading the ps2 emulator and happily getting ready to have a HD nostalgia trip. I started by downloading Devil May Cry 3, one of the games that at the time I couldn't play better on PC. I played at full HD and thought it still looked bad, so I gave up and decided to let those games live on in my memories. Now I look at that Ratchet and Clank and it is amazing. What a bad choice I picked to start emulating lol
ETA PRIME: How to play PC 2 games at 4k
ps5 and xbox are doomed
What controller is compatible with pcsx2 amd medgui emulators yall any help appreciated
@@legalizeit1983 any xinput controller tbh, I use a ps3 controller and that works aswell
Not true.The emulator doesn't work by default settings which means on every single game you have to spend 1 hour for finding the best settings.Second thing a lot of games have lag and glitches or are not working at all.
@@DarkoPsyUnique It depends strongly on the specs... In my case most of the games (In terms of speed and overall working from start to finish) They worked almost perfectly, then i wanted to mess around with the settings xd
2:39 Xbox One controller for PS games?!?!? BLASPHEMY ! 😂
Fanboy will be pleased to know you location 🤣
I'm using xbox360 controller for Playstation 1 gameslol
@@higgs135 HERETIC ! ! ! Lol
lol and then i use a switch pro controller
Meamwhile me
Playing pc games with ps2 controller
😂
Great timing. I have been wanting to play Gran Turismo in HD. Now I don't have an excuse.
This was very helpful, thank you
“...4K, as you can see right here”
Video’s max resolution is 1080p 60FPS...
It doesn't need to be in 4k for a tutorial.
Eric Glueckert Not my point; he should’ve ACTUALLY made the video’s Max resolution 4K and not 1080p, as he claims it is...
Good point, but it kinda shows how good it looks, even if just in 1080p
I have become a resolution snob since I got my first pc, everything has to be at least 1440p if not 4k
3440x1440 ultrawide.
Liked, commented, and subscribed because of this video, love it man great job
DUDE I FIXED IT.
If you go to your settings, go down to Blending Accuracy and hit None (Fastest). THat'll stop the lag from happening.
I tried what you did but i revert them to the top option and did that for Blending Accuracy and MY GOD THE GAME IS SO MUCH MORE SMOOTH!
Thanks for this dude.
11:48 this is cool. I intend to wait until a future generation android box can run this stuff without stuttering but it's neat to see the tech in action.
this helped me out so much. your videos are amazing bro. keep up the good work.
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thanks bro finally it worked by your way
Thank you man new subscriber when i was trying to play god of war do with my powerful pc n sonic mega collection plus it works so thank you man
This is awesome info, thank you!
I was about to buy a ps2 but saw some videos and thought hmm maybe I wanna play in 4k… then I found your video 🤩 thanks buddy ❤
Great stuff, I setup this ages ago and couldn't get it to look right so I left it as it is. After watching this, uninstalled the stable build and got the dev version and setup as per this video. Damn, ps2 games never looked so good! And my PC seems to have enough grunt for constant 60fps for USA and 50fps for PAL games.
plus you can record games and post them online..
What a great guide. Thanks a lot!