Quote:I tested about 40 games over the week that Iv had the emulator running.
There was not one game where I could just bang it into the DVD rom drive, click boot and play the game.
Then you probably did something wrong (bad or incorrect plugin?).
Regardless, you shouldn't be using the physical DVDs to play, you should use ImgBurn and rip all your games to .iso.
This will result in faster loading, no need to swap discs, etc.
Quote:I spent ALOT of time in the menus tweaking this and that. trying to get my games to run as good as they did on the PS2.
Same goes for any emulator. You need to tweak them ,thats a given. if you hate tweaking then stop reading now
and go buy a REAL PS2.
Yes, you must tweak a little, but most games, I've never had to tweak GSDx. Most games run fine in GSDx hardware mode for me.
Quote:EVERY game i played had a glitch or another. some severe others not so. You will be going to the PCSX2 Wiki site ALOT.
because every single game has a problem at this point in the emulators life. get used to it.
Most of the games I've played are fine, so idk.
Quote:Software mode looks terrible. marginally worse than the hardware Component output of the PS2.
Colours are terrible, motion is ok, a little blurry (unless you turn off bilinear filter which makes things like way worse but crisper)
compatibility is good but really there is no point to this.
I agree, software mode looks like crap, which is why I don't use it.
And I play a lot of games which run perfectly fine on hardware mode.
Quote:You will also need the older GSDX renderers from the previous versions of PCSX2 because some games get broken from new releases.
Sometimes, yes, but the devs are always improving GSDx, and you can help us bug test and improve it.
Quote:About actually playing the games…
I was using a USB to PS2 control adapter and configured by PS2 controller on lillypad. works good. except for the 10ms input lag…
I wouldn't recommend this. I'd recommend a DualShock 3, 4, or even Xbox controller over an adapter.
Quote:Final notes..
There was not one single game that looked better on the emulator on the SAME Tv as the crisp output of My V8 PS2 Console.
HAHAHAHAHA... riiiiight.
I guess 1080P and widescreen hacks (and even 60 FPS hacks for Kingdom Hearts) is worse than 480i/480p and 4:3
Quote:There is really nothing that PCSX2 offers thats beats a real PS2 except for the internal resolution rescaling.
-HD
-Widescreen patches
-Save/load states
-Can play games of other regions easily, as well as undubbed games, translated language games, etc
-Easier, faster cheat system (.pnach)
-Configurable controllers (can use anything, really)
-Virtual memory card, can easily import saves from GameFAQs
Quote:But games like Silent hill looked worse in higher resolution because the games loses the gritty feel.
You're right, a lower resolution helps to hide low-res textures. However, the crisp definition and non-jaggies is worth it.
Also, Silent Hill 2, 3 and 4 look beautiful in PCSX2. (Origins and Shattered Memories are iffy tho.)
You just need to disable noise effect and adjust the brightness/contrast in-game.