PCSX2 2.0 Graphics Guide | Every Option Explained & Best Settings for PlayStation 2 Emulator PS2

[@KatRollo]

Notes: 1) VSync has moved under Settings > Emulation > VSync 2) You can also get into the per-game config on the game list screen by Right-Click (on game) > Properties. This will have all options available, but no real-time preview. Good if you already know what you're after and quicker than getting in-game. Thanks for the video!

[@warpedpolygon]

Hi Kat. Yes, Stenzek has a habit of moving options about, after I release a video. How inconsiderate! Thanks for providing another way to get to per game settings.

[@KatRollo]

@@warpedpolygon All good, keep doing these videos. I'm a fan. 👍

[@ebanksstudios]

THANK YOU! I've been looking for vsync

[@roonitogoorooni]

>no real-time preview It works if you render the game in a separate window.

[@KatRollo]

@@roonitogoorooni Ah good tip, I always render on the same Window.

[@Dave.S.Cramer]

Wow, just wow. You are the best thing to ever happen to the emulation community. You have no idea how much we appreciate all your hard work.

[@warpedpolygon]

Thanks man. Glad to hear it's helping everyone out

[@samrexi2616]

You know how to add games? Cuz I don't have physical copy

[@Khraze]

This is my favorite channel of late. Top quality stuff!

[@warpedpolygon]

Cheers mate!

[@troymcdonald]

And this is why I’m subscribed and watch all of Warped Polygon’s videos!🎉

[@warpedpolygon]

You are now a true OG!

[@shinjiikarir]

i cannot beleive how amazing these old games look! thanks!

[@warpedpolygon]

No problem!

[@intothevoid9417]

Btw, don't use GT4 1080i mode, use 480 progressive and upscale from there.

[@warpedpolygon]

Thanks!

[@biggie01taws6]

I'd love to see you make a video on how to setup those PNACH cheat files for PCSX2 and do it for dummies like me so I can understand it lol. I've been using Codemaster cheats in my Retrobat build which, for those that don't know, basically Codemaster is it's own ISO and you just start it like any other game and then choose your game and codes from within it's game list, then start your game by "changing disc" after pressing "select" plus "X" on your controller to gain access to the PCSX2 menu. It sounds complicated but it's actually quite easy. It's just a lot of steps and I was thinking the PNACH cheat files way might be much quicker, but I'm a dummy at the same time,so I really don't know if they would be better than using my current method or not lol. Great tutorial though!👍

[@warpedpolygon]

This is the best video I have seen on the subject kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqKwZJqCqtKcj9Usi=t5kElR2zlcf12J0D

[@biggie01taws6]

@@warpedpolygon yeah I've seen this video before. While it's a good guide, it's still too much for my monkey brain to grasp onto🤣

[@chadbrick67]

Codebreaker is so easy to use get the Codebreaker 10 iso and boot it and search for the game you want cheats for use usa roms/iso its really piss eady to use select cheat then disk swap to the game youve chose cheats for. Easy really easy ​@@biggie01taws6

[@vinicius100470]

7:28 this is said in the Progressive Scan list you linked, but in case anyone missed it, not every game will have Progressive Scan in the options, some of them requires holding Triangle + Cross as the game is booting up to activate it.

[@warpedpolygon]

Cheers mate. Will pin this

[@eugeneko26]

After a great tutorial's on duckstation, PS1 I was searching for PS2. This is exactly what I needed thanks!

[@warpedpolygon]

Glad I could help!

[@alissonlopesx]

amazing video my friend, i now can understand every option, absolute cinema!!

[@warpedpolygon]

Great to hear!

[@JD69Han]

Fantastic video breaking down the various options, thank you!!

[@warpedpolygon]

No worries mate!

[@elianmusic7452]

Ridiculously helpful and simple and nice, thank you so much!

[@Mario-tm6uv]

I always look forward to and appreciate all your content. Thank you.

[@warpedpolygon]

Thanks Mario!

[@music123music9]

man.... I'm new to pcsx2 to play godhand, god of war series. And none of the videos I've found match your quality and content. Subbed.

[@intothevoid9417]

I was just hoping you would make a guide for this emulator. my prayers couldn't have been answered sooner

[@HerZeL3iDza]

Also I must mention. "EE Cycle Rate" is something you might wanna turn up (mine's on 180%). This insures the games run at their max framerates all of the time with no dips. 100% emulates how the PS2 ran these games but personally I don't think emulation should be about accuracy but to get the best visuals and framerate possible and not play with the original console's limitations. If you have a REALLY old CPU you probably should keep it on 100%.

[@warpedpolygon]

Overclocking will be covered in an overclocking guide. This is a graphics guide buddy.

[@joeldelgado9198]

@@warpedpolygon Looking forward to this. It's a big topic, and I haven't found much information about it. Thanks for the video!

[@KatRollo]

Turning up EE Cycle Rate globally must be done with caution. Some games are tied to the clockspeed, which can cause game-breaking events. Cranking up the fps isn't always the way to go.

[@DigDigLinux]

Underrated channel and guide, keep it up with the good work, mate!

[@warpedpolygon]

Thanks mate! I fully intend to, hopefully it'll get some more traction soon.

[@Subhankar1995s]

You sir! is a lifesaver 😊 I was too frustrated and irritated for making graphics settings for every single game Thanks a lot.. Burnout Revenge (my fav burnout) i am coming baby..i am coming ❤

[@TheVengefulSquid]

This is great! I wouldn't say I am a beginner at PCSX2 but some of the settings I was unclear on, this has helped. Can you do a video on the manual hardware and hacks sections of PCSX2?

[@warpedpolygon]

Yes I can

[@stageiiwappie950]

Amazing how much better emulation has become better in recent years and how good software we have now, thank u

[@warpedpolygon]

The past 3 years have been leaps and bounds.

[@SimonLampard]

Hey great video. I just started using the pcsx2 so this was really able to help me. I really like your videos and how they are well presented. You have done a wonderful job. Subscribed.

[@warpedpolygon]

Glad I could help!

[@Moonwalker86]

A million thanks for these amazing videos.

[@DeathFuhkinMetal]

This video sheds a lot of light on settings that would cover a lot of emulators, (which is an absolute gold mine of a video btw), but I'd love to see a more in-depth look into Project64, if you're asking! :)

[@ThatSoddingGamer]

This was a pretty darn useful guide to get me started, thanks dood!

[@Mbrook77]

Great video, I just subscribed. I suggest you do the dolphin emulator next

[@ChasePhilport]

top notch video, great work really appreciate it :)

[@warpedpolygon]

Much appreciated!

[@revya-1951]

Straight and to the point with excellent breakdowns of everything thank you so much!!

[@Right_Said_Brett]

Another superb and comprehensive guide. Thank you :)

[@warpedpolygon]

Cheers Brett, your comments are always welcome!

[@RyanStorey1231]

I love this. Nobody ever explains what shit like "bilinear filtering" and "mipmapping" and "dithering" does in these videos.

[@warpedpolygon]

Yeah man, not a lot of people are willing to do the research and test the crap out of it. I just give the info that I want and everyone seems to like it. Seems like we are all on the same page when all the info is available.

[@abbba2]

Thank you very much sir, I really do appreciate the efforts you put into making this video you were crystal clear I made my adjustments based on my GPU which is a high end one and everything looks smooth much appreciated you have my like

[@warpedpolygon]

You are very welcome

[@Ironclock_4488]

Great work man! im replaying SotC ASAP, thank you so much!

[@warpedpolygon]

Have fun!

[@zZiL341yRj736]

It's about time we get these kind of videos. I always wonder what all these options do and what's the best choice.

[@Clarkane]

there is one setting that really helps gran turismo 4 (or any other game that has this kinda issue), some tracks especially the night ones can make the headlights of the car to blink, the way to fix it is to use fractioned resolutions like 1.25,1.5,.1.75x etc, i set mine to 3.5x and looks great

[@lightrayy0845]

Top notch in depth explanation. Thank you, sir.

[@modforcesvirtualracingchannel]

First class guide!!! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@MrMusicopath]

cool, you did it finally! 😄

[@warpedpolygon]

Thanks to hardware donation I was able to actually cover it. Yayy for kindness

[@ZENIINN.]

Seriously some of these games look better than modern remasters. Thanks so much😀

[@warpedpolygon]

Yeah it's funny how they hold up. They still have style, none of this bland modern rubbish.

[@omkarpawar3331]

Best video man ❤

[@warpedpolygon]

Cheers mate!

[@mrnoob-333]

great guide ...we would like to also had RPCS3 guide too that will be amazing for us too

[@danton2949]

Great video like always.

[@jorge69696]

Blending Accuracy for God of War 1 and 2 is best set to medium. When set to basic, the ambient fog is less dense and disappears from some rooms.

[@warpedpolygon]

Cheers man!

[@SupremacyGamesYT]

Ive been waiting for these video for years god bless. shout out for showcasing 187 ride or die legendary game

[@warpedpolygon]

I do like me some car combat

[@JeroeMorrow]

Fantastic video and information, thank you for sharing. It helped me to understand effortless this emulator.

[@warpedpolygon]

Thanks mate!

[@Clodd1]

This is pretty helpful. Thanks.

[@warpedpolygon]

Glad it was helpful!

[@videogamesruinedmylife3769]

I'm surprised you didn't go into custom textures

[@warpedpolygon]

Will be covering that in another video for sure.

[@tonistarks2874]

Thank u! Got my sub💯

[@warpedpolygon]

Thanks mate!

[@Matt-vx9hp]

Ty so much!

[@warpedpolygon]

No probs!

[@Sulaiman544]

Great video. it helped alot thanks 🎮📺

[@warpedpolygon]

Cheers mate

[@TheBlackItalianGamer]

When playing Tenkaichi 3, there's this black outline on the characters. How do I get rid of it please?

[@Lex_Hausens]

Is it possible to modify tv shaders settings? there is "GSdx_FX_Settings" but it does nothing when modified. Great video!

[@chadbrick67]

Outstanding

[@leonardoleiva3398]

Thanks

[@abhijitdey9513]

thanks buddy!! Please make some videos on PS3 emulation where we can actually play some games properly.

[@warpedpolygon]

Despite getting an upgrade I still can't quite emulate PS3 with good frame rates. I'm gonna refer you to @Igor.L for this. PS3 emulation generally needs a heavy per game focus which this guy does very well, if you like my stuff you'll like his.

[@zurytan]

Help the vsync option is missing in current version

[@ImLamboV2]

it's now under Emulation tab

[@zurytan]

@@ImLamboV2 oh imma check dat

[@MusicCityCANE]

@Warped Polygon great video! What are your settings for the Recording tab. I have a few specs of pixels after the characters move on the recording, I just want to know what I can do about it. Regular gameplay is fine, I don't see any of that. It only shows up on the Recording. Anyway, I'd greatly appreciate your help with this. Thanks in advance!🙏

[@nicholsonng]

Thank You

[@warpedpolygon]

Welcome!

[@Tall_Order]

Sadly all 3 of the Sly Cooper games have bad interlacing that even the patches do nothing to fix. They may fix it partially, but every so often it goes back to bouncing the logos and text again.

[@RaphaelAT]

Hey man, great video! On the filters option there is 4xRGSS and and NxAGSS options, what do they do? Are they actual anti-aliasing options to make the jaggies less visible?

[@sTheghost718]

What's a good GPU percentage? Im playing MK Deception and my gpu range from 29-35%. Thanks for the upload btw, you really made my game super crisp

[@warpedpolygon]

@@sTheghost718 anything under 100% is good as you're not maxing out performance. Cheers mate!

[@sTheghost718]

@@warpedpolygon cool, thanks for the response!

[@rebelblue]

Can you do this guide for PPSSPP.

[@warpedpolygon]

Yup, just finishing the Dolphin vid. PPSSPP will be next

[@kardokdelikaya9570]

I have 3060 ti and 5 5500 but still getting fps drops while playing Punisher. I didn't have this problem with other games. When I look down there is no problem except I can't see and shoot enemies :D

[@warpedpolygon]

If it doesn't improve if you drop your settings, it's prob just the emulation.

[@qinkster]

goated

[@biharigamer7241]

Bro great video, can u please tell me from where to download games

[@Justinhitsme]

When I use Vulkan I got stutters.. but when I use Dx12 I got no stutters … idk what’s going on. Got an Ryzen 7 5800X3D and a NVIDIA 3060 12gb Vram and 32Gb ram. I play on 1080P on 50Fps 100%

[@urzitsaikia1562]

Mine is 2 GB NVIDIA MX 250 and 8 GB RAM and while playing GTA Liberty City Stories I'm experiencing stutters as I have my Vulkan renderer turned on

[@soccerj75]

Love the video! Any chance you can make a video on how to get light guns to work on PCSX2? Been trying to play Time Crisis 2 with a wiimote with dolphin bar and the game doesnt register the movements of the wiimote..only the buttons.

[@warpedpolygon]

At some point I will cover this. When I actually get some lightguns

[@happyhoildays2010]

Need advice when I play Marvel vs Capcom 2 the characters are to pixelated but the background looks good how do I fix that

[@warpedpolygon]

Try default or linear filtering

[@rodrigoapiolazamedina5808]

Hi, is there a way to change the plugins? Great video btw!

[@warpedpolygon]

Yes but it's a pain in the butt. What you tryna do?

[@blade8424]

Question, I have a 50" 4kTV and want to play KH2FM with mods and DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 4, etc. What should I enable to get them to fit on my fullscreen? Suddenly Budokai Tenkaichi 4 doesn't want to work fullscreen on my 50" What would KH2FM players suggest too? Thanks. Want to play mods, thank you. :)

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

For me version 2.0 has screwed the graphics. All games are blurry no matter what settings I use. I am using version 1.6 which is crystal clear so I'll stick with that.

[@pomich7060]

Great video dude, thank you. I just downloaded the PCSX2, but i dont see the Vsync option. Should i download a previous version to fix it?

[@warpedpolygon]

@@pomich7060 no, it's just moved to the emulation section mate

[@pomich7060]

@@warpedpolygon you saved my life (and my eyes😅). Again, thank you and great vid! 🙌🏻

[@warpedpolygon]

@@pomich7060 no worries. Enjoy!

[@nukeboy8959]

I'd like to play R&C 1 (SCES-50916) and downloaded the Widescreen rar and copied the right one in the cheats folder but i can't see it.

[@growlanser5600]

Update for 2.0 version?

[@warpedpolygon]

For sure. There's gonna be a few things being moved around so not quite yet. Every time I cover stenzeks work he moves something in the UI. Wanna wait for it to settle first, so the video isn't immediately outdated.

[@totalximmortal]

I'm using a 4k tv on Xbox Series S, running ps2 games on Xbsx2. Experiencing a slight lag or hiccup in every game where they skip about every 45 seconds or so. I can't figure out how to fix that. Any graphics advice?

[@Stefan-xm7ti]

Can you go a bit more deeply on the software renderer? I only use this because it creates a mostly authentic picture (real close to real ps2 but sharper) and z buffer glichtfree experience in like gta 3, vice city or tony hawks pro skater 3. But what is so magical and why is no one using this option? Thanks and great channel

[@warpedpolygon]

Software is the most accurate but is more demanding on performance. The hardware renderers allow for Upscaling and enhancements. If you want an original experience, software is a good way to go, but using the original resolution with a hardware renderer is almost the same

[@Stefan-xm7ti]

Thank you very much for your community work. Will use vulkan > opengl > software from now on​@@warpedpolygon

[@RetroSmoo]

Could try vulkan and crt shader

[@ZuneGuy1118]

Thank you so much for this video. It is extremely helpful. If I may ask, do you know why I don't have the v-sync option in my emulator? I am using the latest version. Thanks for any help on this.

[@warpedpolygon]

The emulator got an update and vsync is now in the emulation section, mipmapping has also moved to to the rendering tab. I swear every time i put out a video covering stenzeks work, he then moves stuff around. Love the updates but he works so fast it's hard to keep up.

[@ZuneGuy1118]

@@warpedpolygon I heard that. Thank you so much my man. These video are awesome work.

[@additivewolf]

I copy-paste your settings on my Steam Deck but now the games don’t even start lol maybe it’s too much for the system to handle. What settings you suggest to change first to make it work again?

[@warpedpolygon]

leave everything on default and see how it performs

[@Commandocat]

When i play shellshock nam there's this pixelated mess of colors in front of the graphics turning opengl and directx software helps but makes the game super slow

[@PlutonianPrince]

When I turn the Internal resolution up from native, I get the vertical screen tears?

[@yaminhashad8466]

Plz can you make optimum settings for 2d games like Neogeo games Capcom games ❤❤️ Please

[@HerZeL3iDza]

A budget GPU can emulate PS2 at 4k. Really no need to have a crappy AA like FXAA enabled.

[@warpedpolygon]

With any other emulator I hate FXAA, but it doesn't look bad on PS2 games. BTW mate, these videos are in no way trying to tell people what they should set. It's simply giving information.

[@brianhangfaing4946]

why i don't have enable widescreen patches option?

[@FOXTROT_3D]

0:25 -- what is the game??? P.S. Thanks for the video!

[@warpedpolygon]

187 Ride or Die

[@FOXTROT_3D]

@@warpedpolygon Thank you!

[@JeremyNicklebottom]

man who drops watch in toilet will have shitty time

[@warpedpolygon]

man who drops watch in toilet will be late but smelling like roses

[@ZanikMuts]

I have a question. So i was playing tomb raider legend, PAL version, and i see that the game did not run smooth (25fps). Then i saw an option to put in on PAL-60. Afther that the game runs alot better. So 60hz is 30fps? Does it changed the PAL version to NTSC, because that is 60Hz (30fps). There is no option in PCSX2 to run a resolution in 60Hz, at least i cound not find it. So it is better to play NTSC games instead of PAL games?

[@warpedpolygon]

When PAL versions are running at 60hz, 25fps games become 30fps & 50fps games become 60fps. It's not converting it to the NTSC version, simply forcing 60hz onto the game. A lot of PAL versions at the time of the 50hz to 60hz crossover had options for both, some did not.

[@johnfrontier1275]

How do you get to these menus? I have 1.6.0 and overtime I launch PCSX2 it only appears in a tiny little box with only a few options. Am I doing something wrong?

[@t-rexyt8600]

I'm having the same issues

[@worstusername22]

I ❤ The Internet

[@emirobinatoru]

Everyblud needa widescreen

[@Jose-ue3bu]

Why is everybody saying how Vulkan finally arrives in this 2.0 update?

[@warpedpolygon]

In comparison to the old stable build. Nightly has had it for a while.

[@MarcosOrtiz-eh2gb]

For some reason my Xbox controller isn’t working is there any way to fix that?

[@neltlen]

I got a problem, I was trying to play resident evil outbreak with my wife and I noticed with the exact same settings and config but on different specs, the other is running worse. I have a 5800x3d and rtx 3070 with 32gb ram and on the beginning of outbreak in front of the door the gpu usage goes so high on vulkan that it would cause framedrops. On the exact same configuration but with a cpu of 3700x and gtx 1070 gpu with 16gb ram its running flawless on vulkan. The gpu driver on the rtx 3070 was re installed with ddu, i even reinstalled pcsx2 on both machines to see if i messed up some settings but its the same problem. The rtx 3070 is abnormally getting high gpu usage when using vulkan on that scenario which is making me crazy thinking why would that be. I even checked the prefer performance mode, disabled hardware accelerated gpu scheduling. Enabled/disabled g sync, v sync, even tried changing monitor refresh rate to 60. I couldnt figure why it is like that.

[@warpedpolygon]

@@neltlen your not the only one to have strange performance with vulkan. open gl is just fine, you have more than enough spec to run open gl. Is there a particular reason you wanna use vulkan? It's mostly used as it performs better, which for you isn't an issue.

[@neltlen]

@@warpedpolygon well people said its for render accuracy, but i switched to dx12 and now have proper expected performance with low gpu usage. Im just trying to figure out why it would do that on higher spec hardware.

[@warpedpolygon]

@@neltlen drivers are the likely culorit. Sometimes Vulkan just doesn't play ball it would seem, graphics card to graphics card.

[@tylerjamessmall3760]

My games don't want to play smoothly, but which settings works for AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics???

[@warpedpolygon]

Default should run the best

[@DivyanshuRaoMahadik-fk3xn]

Please help me to set vibration in pcsx2 new version 2.0.2.0 for my enter egv modal gamepad

[@mizatthekizat8894]

Where can i get widescreen patches.

[@Tenpouin]

I'm trying to use widescreen patches, but it leaves graphic artifacts rendering on the edges of the screen. Like, you can see the scenario loading on the edges while you walk. It doesn't happen when I turn it off and change the aspect ratio to widescreen (but it stretches the image). Is there a fix? I really want to play in widescreen without stretching.

[@warpedpolygon]

As we are hacking widescreen some games will have some issues with pop in and stuff you're not meant to see in the 16:9 space.

[@Tenpouin]

@@warpedpolygon yes, I tested a few more games, and some work fine, others don't. Guess it's a case by case situation still. And thanks for the video! I've been using to configure my settings and now most things look fine except for 2D objects like menus and dialogue boxes. They are still really blurry and with artifacts (lines). I've been trying lots of different options but I don't see any difference.

[@warpedpolygon]

@@Tenpouin when Upscaling 2d stuff it can look bad

[@TTVThreeStar]

question, if i only have a 1080p monitor, should i not set my internal resolution higher than that? Thank you for the video!

[@warpedpolygon]

@@TTVThreeStar you can do so, it'll eat more performance but you are essentially applying SSAA by doing so. Which may look better, however you can introduce downscaling artifacts with some games.

[@TTVThreeStar]

@@warpedpolygon I guess one other question would be if I get a new pc is there a way I can transfer my save data between the old and new computers? Like using cloud storage or something?

[@warpedpolygon]

@@TTVThreeStar you could email em to yourself if you wanted. The save files are tiny. Tbe save files mostly work between versions of PCSX2. Just put them in the correct folder on ya new pc. Nothing special needs to be done

[@warpedpolygon]

@@TTVThreeStar unlees you want both versions of PCSX2 on each pc to access the same save files?

[@TTVThreeStar]

@@warpedpolygon i mainly just meant for transferring but that does answer my question. mainly because ive been looking into getting an actual gaming pc/budget pc purely for emulation/streaming pc from xbox purposes, but not sure what to look for spec wise for that

[@salvy9388]

How do you run in software mode. Did I just miss it in your video?

[@warpedpolygon]

It's very performance costly. It should be in the renderers

[@kucingganteng3148]

how do i fix tearing on borderless fullscreen? normally vsync off with it has no tearing, but i do

[@warpedpolygon]

Turn vsync on

[@kucingganteng3148]

@@warpedpolygon very bad input lag makes it unplayable, normally borderless got no tearing

[@mustfa01ise]

Heyy Next one is Rpcs3

[@warpedpolygon]

I'll see if my HW can run it

[@user-qp1wn2qu4e]

Pcsx 2 did not support ear phones 😢

[@theuniquename5288]

How do i get rid of double vision in certain games at anything that isnt native resolution?

[@warpedpolygon]

Double vision I assume you mean the blur like I showed with GTA? Disable blur should do it, if not there may be a patch

[@theuniquename5288]

@warpedpolygon so you can't play certain games in 4k without the double vision, then? Bc when you disable anti blur, it's pretty much not 4k anymore, and I'm still seeing some double vision.

[@warpedpolygon]

@@theuniquename5288 some games implemented so much blur that the anti blur option doesn't remove it entirely. This is why there are patches which do a better job. But yes, some games that dont have a patch and have loads of blur to the point the anti blur option doesn't remove it, will have a double image, even at 1080. Nothing can really be done unless you wanna make a patch yourself.

[@theuniquename5288]

@@warpedpolygon damn thats suck!

[@warpedpolygon]

@@theuniquename5288 actually, try enabling screen position offset. If that doesn't work then yeah.....