One of the best things that the PC has are the emulators of old systems, which allow us to enjoy the games released for those systems that are no longer sold. In addition to being able to do so with technical improvements that are not possible in the original console hardware. Well, in recent years, one of the systems that the PC is starting to emulate perfectly is SONY’s first high-definition console. What is the ideal computer configuration to enjoy the RPSC3 emulator on PC in 4K?
One of SONY’s big mistakes with backwards compatibility of their consoles is the fact that they didn’t create an emulator for their later consoles. Which forces us to have to withdraw their cloud gaming service and it does not have a performance that can be said to be very good. Therefore, the best solution to take advantage of this system is a PC, however, we are not talking about a console like a classic 2D 8 or 16 bit, but about a high definition multicore machine, for which a lot of power is needed considerable. Therefore, many prefer to opt for the original console.
What is the best CPU to run RPSC3?
The first thing we need to start with is that the PS3 processor, the Cell Broadband Engine, is one of the most complex pieces of hardware that has existed in the history of chips and its emulation is at least complex. For what we are going to need a processor that has a lot of power installed in our PC to be able to enjoy the classics of the third SONY console.
That is why we have decided to categorize the different processors that you can now find on sale and we have created a score to make it easier for you to know if your PC needs an update or not in this aspect with regard to the emulator. . .
| Classification | Performance |
|---|---|
| A | Can run any game and better than original console |
| B | They play games at the native hardware level. |
| VS | They need special aids and adjustments to achieve the original performance. |
| D | Only for very simple games. We do not recommend it. |
| E | Don’t waste your time |
And we’ve chosen a few processors currently in store to compile a list of the best.
| Processor | Classification |
|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-12900 (K/KF) | A |
| Intel Core i7-12700(K/KF) | A |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | B |
| Intel Core i5-12600 (K/KF) | B |
| Intel Core i5-12500 | B |
| Intel Core i5-12400(F) | B |
| Intel Core i9-11900 (K/KF) | B |
| Intel Core i7-11700(K/KF) | B |
| Intel Core i9-10900(K) | B |
| Intel Core i5-11600 (K/KF) | VS |
| Intel Core i5-11400(F) | VS |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | VS |
| Intel Core i5-10600K | VS |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3800(X) | VS |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3600(X) | VS |
Today, in terms of performance/price, the i5-12400F Intel is the one in the best position if you don’t want to dwell on performance and not price. The Ryzen 5000s are a little below, but if at the time of reading this the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, then you can choose it as your PC’s processor for RPSC3. That is to say, we would opt directly for a CPU that ranks A in the table that we have put above these lines.
RAM
With this we will be concise, try using dual channel ram, that is, two modules are installed on the motherboard of your computer. Using a single-channel configuration severely affects performance when running RPSC3.
Graphic card
The PlayStation 3 graphics card is actually a 2005 GeForce i.e. a PC graphics card from 15 years ago and has been vastly surpassed by any you can find on the market today in any range. The emulation of this one therefore really has no secrets. The problem comes rather from the graphics API used in PS3 games, which is called libgcm and is DirectX 9 style. How to emulate it? What is done is to use an interpreter that transforms the instructions into Vulkan, such that any API
Our advice is to use the emulator in Vulkan mode, as the emulator uses multithreading to offload some computing tasks from the central processor to the graphics card. In the original console, these parts were the ones that took the most power out of CBEA and its floating-point muscle, so helping your PC’s GPU isn’t too much. And what graphics card do we recommend? An NVIDIA RTX 3060 or AMD RX 6600 can both reach Ultra HD resolutions at 30 frames per second, so on a Full HD or Quad HD monitor, you’ll be able to see PS3 games in glorious 4K. A resolution never reached by the original console.
