What Is Pcsx2 Emulator ?

PCSX2 is a PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator for the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. With the most recent versions, many PS2 games are playable (although speed limitations have made play-to-completion tests for many games impractical), and several games are claimed to have full functionality.
The main bottleneck in PS2 emulation is emulating the multi-core PS2 on PC x86 architecture. Although each CPU can be emulated well, getting the synchronization and timing between them to be accurate is very difficult.

PCSX2, like its predecessor project PCSX, is based on a plugin architecture, separating several functions from the core emulator. These are the graphics, controls, CD/DVD drive, USB, sound and FireWire (i. Link) ports. Different plugins may produce different results in both compatibility and performance. Additionally, PCSX2 requires a copy of the PS2 BIOS to operate, which is not offered for download by the developer, due to the copyright concerns and legal issues associated with it.


MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS FOR PCSX2 TO RUN ?

Processor: Intel core 2 duo (E models or quad models)

Processor speed: 3.0 ghz or more

Graphic card: nvidia GeForce 8800( 512 mb ram) or Ati Radeon
HD 2400 (512 mb ram) or above

RAM: 2gb ram or more (pcsx2 only needs 2 gb of ram .... for now)


All of the above specs are for desktops only. It's not advisable to use laptops to emulate as it would be very slow.

Developed by :
Linuzappz, Zerofrog, Refraction, Saqib, Cottonvibes, Jake.Stine

Latest release :
0.9.6 (2009-3-1; 80 days ago)

Size :
39.1 MB (compressed as a 2.84 MB .7z file)

Operating system :
Microsoft Windows, Linux

Available in 21 languages :
English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

Type :
PlayStation 2 emulator

Website :
pcsx2.net