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PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 adds support for older ATI Radeon GPUs on Linux

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The RPCS3 PlayStation 3 emulator has expanded its graphics card compatibility to include older ATI Radeon HD 2000, 3000, and 4000 series GPUs, primarily for Linux users. While these cards, some nearly two decades old, can now run certain games, performance varies significantly. The emulator's developers have optimized performance for these older architectures, allowing simpler games to run at playable frame rates, though more graphically intensive titles may struggle. AI

RANK_REASON This is an update to an existing software product (emulator) that expands hardware compatibility, rather than a new frontier release or significant industry event.

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PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 adds support for older ATI Radeon GPUs on Linux

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Mark Tyson ·

    PlayStation 3 emulator adds support for ATI Radeon HD 2000, 3000, and 4000 series graphics cards on Linux — 20-year-old HD 2600 crumbles, can only run Portal at 13 fps in 273p

    The developers of the RPCS3 have announced that their PlayStation 3 emulator’s minimum system requirements have been adjusted to include a crop of even older Radeon graphics cards. Now gamers still cradling ATI Radeon HD 2000, 3000, and 4000 series GPUs can join in the fun.

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    PlayStation 3 emulator adds support for ATI Radeon HD 2000, 3000, and 4000 series graphics cards on Linux… The developers of the RPCS3 have announced that their

    PlayStation 3 emulator adds support for ATI Radeon HD 2000, 3000, and 4000 series graphics cards on Linux… The developers of the RPCS3 have announced that their PlayStation 3 emulator’s minimum system requirements have been adjusted to include a crop of even older Radeon graphics…

    LINKS tomshardware.com/…/playstation-3-emulator…

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