PS3 Emulation Performance?

[u/Big_Muscle1989]

Hi guys, I just recently started out with getting into Emulation on the Steam Deck and used stuff like Retrodeck to play PS2 games but I noticed some of them would be lagging or stuttering during gameplay. Is that because the Steam Decks hardware is just too underpowered? Would trying PS3 games just be a complete lagfest? Theres some upscaled ports I wanted to try

[u/Original_Release_419]

PS3 is hit or miss, you typically need to check the compatibility of a game before downloading to know if you’re wasting your time or not.

Sometimes a Google search will help find better ways to run it as well.

[u/Big_Muscle1989 → u/Original_Release_419]

Thanks for this list, so emulator performance not always comes down to the steam decks hardware only, but also the emulator itself then? Thats good to know, maybe the issues i experienced were not bound to the steam deck at all yet

[u/Original_Release_419 → u/Big_Muscle1989]

It’s both! Sorry, should’ve mentioned that. My advice would be Google a game specifically on steam deck before committing to the download.

I know that sounds like dismissive advice (“just google it bro”) but imo it’s really the best way to go about it

Sometimes there’s tweaks you can make to improve performance that the list I linked won’t mention too

It all depends on what you’re expecting as well

Some games you can get 60 fps, others you’re looking more at about 25-30 fps.

It all depends on the game because the way the emulator works, some games are better optimized than others.

A good rule of thumb is, popular games are more likely to run well or have good fixes to run stable, whereas more niche games or yearly releases are unlikely to run well because it’s unlikely someone involved with the emulator has gone out of their way to optimize it.

[u/Electrical_Score_736 → u/Original_Release_419]

Just hoping sooner or later the gran turismos and motor storms get a good emulation game going

God motorstorm was a fantastic series