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ps3 emulation

3 articles tagged ps3 emulation across reviews, guides, and comparisons.

RPCS3 Just Found 37% More Performance. If You Play on a Handheld, You Get None of It. cover image

RPCS3 Just Found 37% More Performance. If You Play on a Handheld, You Get None of It.

A 90 line patch worked around an NVIDIA driver bug that had been throttling RPCS3 for years. Gran Turismo 5 gained 40 fps and dropped 2.3GB of VRAM. Every handheld gets exactly zero of it, and the reason is worth understanding.

RPCS3 Plays PS3 Discs Straight From the Drive Now. On a Steam Deck, That Started Last Week. cover image

RPCS3 Plays PS3 Discs Straight From the Drive Now. On a Steam Deck, That Started Last Week.

RPCS3 can now boot PS3 games directly from a Blu-ray disc, no dumping step required. The Linux support that makes this work on a Steam Deck landed on 31 August. Here is what you actually need, including the part the announcement skipped.

RPCS3 Setup Guide: How to Emulate PS3 Games on a Handheld in 2026 cover image

RPCS3 Setup Guide: How to Emulate PS3 Games on a Handheld in 2026

A step by step RPCS3 setup guide for handhelds. Install the firmware, pick the right SPU and PPU decoders, build shader caches, and get PS3 games running on a Steam Deck or Windows handheld.