Dolphin vs pcsx2 I was a friend of a Ps2 developer and i was having the Sony Ps2 SDK and it came with an emulator made by Sony but it was faster than Pcsx2 but unfortunate i returned the SDK the requirements for that emulator was the following EDIT: Just tested both of them again. Dolphin's latest builds seems to have some regression with shadows being glitched in day whenever you jump. Jogos analisados:00:00 - Introdução01:22 - PS2 hardware is a mess: thus much more PC intensive than GC emulation Lots of undocumented stuff in PS2 (Core (EE), Sound (XA)) compared to GC (Audio (DSP)), meaning code has lots of wild guesses and is a mess needing serious clean-up: this was only recently been achieved for Dolphin's DSP component (but lots of things are still a mess in it) and it's an ongoing effort for PCSX2. pS2 argument. It's possible than Dolphin can't run well a multiplatform game that works flawless in PCSX2. If you're unsure, you can usually track down reviews of the games (that era's reviews are mostly still available online), they'll usually mention any differences between ports. In this video I tried to emulate every version of Silent Hill Shattered Memories on my pc, including the PSP, PS2 and Nintendo Wii versions. For Genesis Plus GX (arguably the best Genesis emulator on the planet) the stand-alone version has been abandoned and not updated in years, but the libretro core has. Jun 18, 2024 路 Based on the information above, Dolphin is generally considered more stable than PCSX2 due to its accuracy in emulating GameCube and Wii games and its strong community support. Dec 20, 2012 路 The emulation process in PCSX2 is based ¡n raw CPU power nothing else. This is a side by side comparison of Auto Modellista for Dolphin emulator, PCSX2 and Xemu. Dolphin is on a whole different level than PCSX2. As I understand, Wii games are generally more complex (graphically etc. (08-04-2010, 09:25 AM) leet Wrote: (08-04-2010, 07:13 AM) Hero Wrote: dolphin uses more cpu and pcsx2 uses more gfx. Dolphin should work better than PCSX2, with fewer bugs (but sometimes can be slower too). I would imagine dolphin was harder to make, simply by sheer volume of development time compared to pcsx2, which is a much less active project than dolphin. While PCSX2 has come a long way, Dolphin is just generally more broadly compatible with more games. Dolphin requires very little changes in the default settings compared to pcsx2. The Dolphin team has a workflow that looks more like a professional outfit than an amateur emulator project. In addition, GC games can run at 480p whilst 98% of PS2 game run at 480i and de-interlacing makes for a blurry mess. AnyOldName3 First Random post over 9000. Gamecube/Dolphin is a bit sharper but both look very similar. . Ps2 is the more complex, harder to emulate system, but i'm not sure which emulator is more complex, because i'm not really familiar with pcsx2. However, both emulators have their strengths and weaknesses, so personal preference and specific game compatibility should also be considered when choosing an emulator. Lots of games have small glitches, almost every time a game need some tampering with speedhacks/gsdx settings. PCSX2 is the most not-user friendly emulator. That being said if you've got a strong enough CPU, just emulate the PS2 version. e. I've been thinking for quite a while now, why Dolphin (Gamecube/Wii emulator) progresses so fast comparing to PCSX2. and PCSX2 supports almost all PS2 games with better res and graphics, screen enhancements and other useful stuff you can experiment with. A lot of stuff was a little janky getting it to work. On the plus side, the slowdown seems to have been reduced from 70% to 90%. Posts: 347 Threads: 37 From my experience, PCSX2 is incompatible with everything. Dolphin vs pcsx2. Anyway, if you f Dolphin-MMJR - Dolphin |MMJR| is a Gamecube/Wii Emulator for Android devices; based on Dolphin MMJ source code which is aimed at pure performance. Dolphin is not better than PCSX2 but PCSX2 keeps improving while Dolphin just changes for better or for worse no one knows some games work full speed in old revs. Posts: 3,580 Threads: 2 Joined: Feb 2012 To clarify, speed in PCSX2 wasn't an Nov 17, 2011 路 Wii - other than strange controls - even on pad it have completely different mapping and less keys/different combinations + it does include soo called "nunchaku" controls, but never saw anyone playing with it, it has also online multiplayer mode, the thing is, most people say it's uber laggy and dunno how easy/hard is to find out somebody for it. Compare dolphin vs pcsx2 and see what are their differences. I think your best bet to run both is to get my CPU (in sig) and overclock. PCSX2 is still borked in hardware mode so no high res rendering if you use that. Jun 20, 2024 路 PCSX2 vs Dolphin - Qual é o melhor emulador? 馃敟Confira minha análise comparativa nos emuladores de PS2 e Game Cube. very poorly unlike the PS4 remake. I also tried to run X-Men Legends. Aug 13, 2021 路 Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements. Sep 12, 2011 路 For the start, I'm thankful to all PCSX2 developers for their hard work, and I love the emul. Lumbeeslayer Senior Member. The PS4 remake also looks vastly better due to the new art assets and resolution bump. (by dolphin-emu) In some cases, RA adds new features (rewind, not having to map controllers for every emulator individually, low-latency, visual filters) not present in stand alone. PS2 version let's you unlock Dante from Devil May Cry so Nov 2, 2016 路 I generally do that, as Dolphin provides a much better experience in general than PCSX2, however there are a few games that were given inferior ports from the PS2 to GCN. dolphin Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements. Out of I use retroarch and in my opinion there's some standalone emulators that is better than retroarch Dolphin,ppsspp,duckstation,aethersx2 or pcsx2 and citra This emulators runs better here than retroarch And all with retroachivements,not citra and dolphin,and i spent many time testing these games Your best option is dolphin (GameCube), I don't know if Xbox emulation is good enough at this time, avoid pcsx2 (PS2) which works properly only with software rendering and you'll have to deal with very low resolution, will look like a PS1 game. duckstation - Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64 Definitely dolphin. Gamecube. It is vastly more optimized than pcsx2, but that only makes sense since dolphin is basically worked on and maintained by a team of professionals. SotC in PCSX2 also still runs at the same performance level as the original PS2 version, i. Less of a headache really. 05-31-2013, 05:38 PM #1. PCSX2, on the other hand, is a broken mess whose original developers have long since left behind. ) than PS2 games. 06-02-2013, 08:41 AM #11. Niche reasons on the GCN vs. Had I the option I totally would have used Dolphin. It was not a good experience on PCSX2. Mar 22, 2025 路 There's a reason Dolphin and PCSX2 have the biggest compatibility wikis around (and they compete with wikipedia on amount of content), and that's because there's lots of problems with their compatiblity and workarounds needed. A lot of games have exclusive content on certain versions of the game (Soul Calibur 2 is an easy and obv example) The GameCube had 4 controller support, and IIRC PS2 games are capped at 2 players Dolphin is also a multiple console Emulator, doubling as GCN and Wii where PCSX2 can't run PS1 files I was on a Splinter Cell kick and I was playing the first one, and decided to play the exclusive PS2 level once I got to that mission. The emulator is much more mature. If anything it's annoying and in comparison to it, Dolphin is a masterpiece. But no emulator is perfect and all has big or small issues with some games. All Dolphin games will run full speed and I believe all PCSX2 games will run full speed (or at least at the best speed you are likely to get). So please, don't take this as offence. thats not necessarily true and depends on the gameWell I know damn well GC is not nearly as heavy graphically. Post exactly what you are looking at so we can help you out further. If both Versions are identical, the Gamecube Version is almost always the better option in my experience, in terms of Emulation that is. If you want to play a multiplatform game, the GC version on Dolphin will almost assuredly be the better option. May 29, 2019 路 Just a quick simple view of the graphical difference you can expect. All three versions ran at a solid 60 frames per seconds, without a In my experience, dolphin as an emulator is a lot more mature than PCSX2, runs almost the entire GC and Wii library at full speed (though on deck wii games that are comfortable to play will be few due to the motion controls), and with the implementation of ubershaders doesn't studder like many other emulators do when new eyecandy first appear on screen. Dolphin has showed a better performance than Pcsx2, I rarely got any crashes while playing in this emulator, different from pcsx2 with games like dmc3 crashing 3 times in random parts of the game. suvlmgzo knbbli ytxec oln wqgm alj loqiz cempa oou dott arpc noh kzb lyvfe couc