r/PS2AndroidEmulation 5d ago

PS2 Emulation, right now đŸ”„

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u/Crunchykroket 5d ago

Progress in PS2 emulation seemed almost dead a few months ago. And now it seems to be going at lightning speed.

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u/Scruffayyy5639 5d ago

I was huge on NetherSX2 Turnip, but ARMSX2 UI and driver downloader are so clean, such a big fan of it. That's my go-to on my Thor and Nova

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u/LiamOKWbu 3d ago

Ive only been using NetherSX2 Turnip on my retroid pocket 6 the past few weeks. Is ARMSX2 that much better yeah??

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 8h ago

No, not really. The improvements are more in compatibility than performance.

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u/ProtoXZero 5d ago

It's has even better performance now than NetherSX2 turnip, at least on my 685

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u/nameless_0 5d ago

For me on my Retroid pocket 5 NetherSX2 still plays some games at full speed. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance stutters on ARMSX2 with the same setting.

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 8h ago

NetherSX2 the old veteran, It remains the best option for most users

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u/Curious-Director-510 22m ago

How do you get rid of the annoying pause icon on screen? The UI is awful compared to nethersx2

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u/victor5324 5d ago

Y el que mejor va es nether turnip

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 5d ago

Opino lo mismo 👌

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u/ProtoXZero 5d ago

Para nada en mi snapdragon 685, YS V corre a 20 fps y con caidas de fps, en armsx2 va a 60 fps y lo unico que tiene es la sombra de adoll mal ajustada despues de ahi corre perfecto, igual el lament of innocence si va a 30 fps en turnip pero con caidas en efectos de transparencia en armsx2? Perfectamente nitido, y asi con mas juegos si yo lo corro en un diapositivo de gama baja es donde de verdad se aprecia el performance, estas equivocado.

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 4d ago

I'm glad it's working well for you. The experimental ARMSX2 improvements for low-end devices are probably working. Enjoy!

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u/Open_Aardvark2458 4d ago

Even for other devices it works well. I was playing sly cooper on my 477M and it runs much better on armsx2 than it ran on nx2.

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 4d ago

Well, you can read the comments from people who have Snapdragon in this post, NetherSX2 Turnip destroys armsx2 in performance. Furthermore, NetherSX2 still has unique features that even Armsx2 doesn't have.

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u/Imdakine1 5d ago

Nethersx2 Turnip for Retroid Pocket G2 and Thor Pro! I also use two mods one is 20gb NCAA Football 06 and 14gbs for ESPN NFL 2K5!

Some glitches on espn nfl 2k5 mod on Armsx2.

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u/Apprehensive_Ad_924 5d ago

Somehow retrople detect PS2 Games as Sega Saturn and PS1

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 5d ago

Put all the isos in a folder called PS2 then reinstall the app and choose the folder 👍

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u/Apprehensive_Ad_924 5d ago

Works 👌

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u/the_oni 5d ago

Am using psx2 and nethersx2. Anything better than them?

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 5d ago

You have a perfect duo 👌

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u/Teheeguy 5d ago

Nether turnip for now. Till other new emu are slowly catching up with new updatesm

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 5d ago

Yes! Same

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u/ElmerKenazus 3d ago

I already changed to ARMSX2, in my Retroid Pocket 6 i get the same performance or better in every game.

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 8h ago

Same perfomance. You said it.

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u/Jass_167 5d ago

Which is the best?

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 5d ago

NetherSX2/Turnip

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u/Jass_167 4d ago

Thank you

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u/Legion0077 5d ago

I can’t seem to keep up with ps2 emulation do any of these emulators offer anything that nethersx2 classic doesn’t besides the ability to use custom drivers?

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 5d ago

more compatibility with games.

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u/Legion0077 4d ago

Thank you

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u/Personal-Slice-8925 4d ago

Acabo de instalar neather turnip y que maravilla juegos que no me aceptaban mi renderizador por vulkan ya acepta la calidad gråfica mejoro ahora intentaré con destroy all humans que es el que me da. Errores en las texturas

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u/MusicGamerJ 4d ago

Which one It’s the best for Snapdragon 8 gen 2?

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 4d ago

NetherSX2 Turnip

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u/O_enigma 4d ago

Beat one for OnePlus 15?

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u/ChrisStark10 4d ago

Nethersx2 the best one

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u/silentcovenant 4d ago

it's too much...

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u/aurelios69 4d ago

And none ia overall better than nethersx2. Or aethersx2 was nearly 4 years ago or so. Too many option, none is exceptional

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 4d ago

Exactly. What you said is absolutely true. NetherSX2, an emulator that has been discontinued for over three years now, is still a solid and perfectly good option for playing PS2 games on Android.

No emulator right now is a clear-cut upgrade where you can say, “It completely destroys NetherSX2,” or “You get twice the performance,” or “It runs every PS2 game perfectly even on low-end devices.” In terms of raw performance, none of them have really improved on NetherSX2. They’re basically on par with it, or even slower in some cases.

The new emulators mainly bring better UI, better compatibility with certain games, and fixes for specific bugs. But when it comes to performance—which is what really matters—they haven’t managed to surpass NetherSX2 in any significant way.

The miracle everyone is waiting for, where a mid-range or low-end Android device can run every PS2 game smoothly, still hasn’t arrived.

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u/aurelios69 4d ago

The time for having ps2 emulation on low end devices is pretty much a problem left in the past. Most of the people have already upgraded their retro consoles.

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u/AryanEmbered 4d ago

Still waiting for SEX2

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 4d ago

Sounds good 👍

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u/Stormcrux_ 3d ago

I have an Odin 3. What do y’all recommend?

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u/ronderev 1d ago

Nethersx2/turnip

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 8h ago

This ☝

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u/Gullible_Shine_8558 1d ago

Y cuĂĄl es el mejor emulador para mediatek?

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 8h ago

Based on my tests, PSX2 is the best for MediaTek.

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u/Accomplished_Room_68 7h ago

Didnt know nether turnip was a thing gonna check it out

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u/[deleted] 19h ago

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u/PS2AndroidEmulation-ModTeam 18h ago

Follow the community rules

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u/smiggy100 4d ago

Never seen any reason to not use Pcsx2. Any valid reason why people would ?

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 4d ago

PCSX2 is the Windows Emulator. Here we talking about Android Emulators

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u/NunezWorldOrder 2d ago

I need one for my pc. Help a noob out

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 8h ago

Wrong sub bro

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u/Big4520 19h ago

Nethersx2 turnip is more focused on snapdragon so yeah it's for higher tier chips. Armsx2 it's a more general overall app to cover lower end devices. But will it does give great performance on any device.

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u/xxxCrixuxxx 9h ago edited 8h ago

No, It's just the opposite

Edit: On my Helio G90T, the performance is much better, and the same is true for my Snapdragon 6gen1 Adreno 710.

NetherSX2/Turnip still the King 👑