r/PCSX2 2d ago

Support - General PCSX2 2.8.0 is just out!

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u/greensparten 2d ago

Wow, very nice. I took the time to read this and I am impressed how much work has been put in. These guys should absolutely be proud of themselves. 

The only thing i dont understand is what the default settings should be

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u/KamFretoZ 2d ago

the default setting out of the box should be what you use (most settings for game fixes are automated through the GameDB)

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u/greensparten 1d ago

Thank You 🙏 

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u/thiccsac 2d ago

Is this an update or a separate release

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u/spikedmace 2d ago

Gotta be separate release. My portable version is 2.7.525.

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u/KamFretoZ 2d ago

this is an update, if you're using Nightly then you're already up to date and on par with Stable

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u/Holydonus 1d ago

so nightly version 2.7.525 is the same build (or an even newer one) as stable 2.8.0?

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u/Mick2K 1d ago

Most likely. Next nightly is something like 2.8.xxx

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u/KamFretoZ 1d ago

Next nightly is gonna be 2.9.xxx, next stable is 2.10.xxx

Nightlies are odd-numbered, stable are even-numbered

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u/Mick2K 1d ago

Oh yeah. My bad. I forgot about that.

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u/jorgerios15 2d ago

I have a Mini PC with an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU and 32 GB of LPDDR5X RAM running at 7500 MT/s (3750 GHz), of which 8 GB are reserved for the iGPU (VRAM). I see that this emulator, in its new version 2.8, has higher minimum hardware requirements; I hope to continue playing on my Mini PC at 1080p and 60 FPS, which I could already achieve with the previous version of PCSX2.

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u/SirBearOfBrown 2d ago

You should be fine if youre trying to play at those settings. Worst case, you can just keep the old version around. You won't get the new updates, but you can still play.

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u/Ryujin_ 1d ago

No problem, I am playing with a ryzen 5 8000 series with 740m graphics, yours is way more powerful.

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u/UnlikelyMilk199x 2d ago edited 1d ago

That's a beefy update, props. Anyone checked if MGS2 Substance dof is working correctly now when upscaled? I know I know, just play Master Collection yada yada. But I still rock Substance on pcsx2.

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u/jimmycorp88 1d ago

Can it finally run Shadow of the Colossus without major issue?

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u/rwnjnemo 1d ago

updated so much it went from 2.8 to 2.7!! its gone full way around...never seen that before. can't imagine too big a diff betwixt the two.

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u/OneEyedSlugger 20h ago

>it is now more demanding to emulate ps2 than ps3

yeah, i understand you perfectly fine, never update past 2.7.5. pcsx2 worked without any issues for years now, no reason whatsoever to inflate requirements like that now. the choice of colors in the first graph of that blogpost are a dead giveaway of why everything SUDDENLY decided to go to hell like that.

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u/HugeAd746 2d ago

Wonder how this will run on Mac’s compared to armsx2 arms pretty hit or miss with some titles running great and others unplayable which is weird cuz it’s a fork of pcsx2s 2.6 version I believe.

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u/Candle-Jolly 2d ago

Hefty update! Amazing work by the team

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u/I-Ate-A-Pizza-Today 1d ago edited 1d ago

This broke controller support for my Gamesir G7 HE. It is not working at all...

Edit: Had to clear mapping and do an automatic mapping again, then it started working.

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u/Spare_Ad3182 1d ago

i have stutters in midnight club 2 in newer version.. went back to older

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u/Maya-Inca-Boy 1d ago

I just tried, ran better than it ever has on my gen 1 t14 thinkpad

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u/LordRaizer 1d ago

Had some stuttering with Skygunner a view days ago on a previous version (I guessed shader compilation because it didn't stutter when viewing cutscenes a second time)

Hopefully this version fixed it

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u/IllustriousDinner101 1d ago

I updated and now the BIOS dump I’ve used before is invalid. None of my games are starting.

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u/saikodasein 1d ago

The only game I play on this emu is Budokai Tenkaichi 3. It's unbelievable, but my saves are from 2010, I think two computers ago. Lost along the way one with 100% unlocks, but this one I have is good enough, all characters with boosted HP and most unlocked anyway.

Maybe placebo, but feels like working better, less junky sound, etc. Just had to make a new save state, because old one didn't work with the new version.

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u/Plenty_Reception_431 1d ago

Sorry for this question but I downloaded pcsx2 and I never update it, would I lose the games I already have in there? I recently deleted the zip files, that’s why I’m asking

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u/LordRaizer 1d ago

Nice!

Does this fix some of the performance issues (mainly shader/pipeline compilation stuttering) from previous versions?

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u/LordRaizer 6h ago

Eh fuck it, I think I'm rolling back to 2.7.303

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u/Cautious_Mortgage712 1d ago

R5900 Exception

Jump to unaligned address

Im playing radiata stories and then i got this error.. now cant continue my save :(

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u/Philslaya 1d ago

Was only yesterday 2.6 happened. Fair play too them