
Click the Refresh list button (circled below). That's it! PCSX2 is now fully installed and configured.Click on your desired country to select it.You should now see the Europe, Japan, and USA BIOS files appear in the white box. With today's computers you don't need to use PCSX2's speed hacks.

The default settings are fine for most people.

Playstation 2 emulator with bios and plugins windows#
Maybe if you're on a Windows tablet or a budget laptop, you'd need to make use of the speed hacks if you find that games are running slow. Look towards the bottom left for this slider shown below: First, access the video plug-in settings by going to Config > General Settings, as shown below: PCSX2 makes adjusting game performance very easy with a simple slider. Hovering over the slider pops up this information: The default setting is “ 2 - Safe (faster)”. The Presets apply speed hacks, some recompiler options and some game fixes known to boost speed. Known important game fixes will be applied automatically.ġ - The most accurate emulation but also the slowest.ģ -> Tries to balance speed with compatibility.ĥ - Too many hacks which will probably slow down most games. Try moving the slider to “3”, click OK, and see if your game is running better. Perhaps you prefer using your own PlayStation 2 games instead of downloading them from the Internet? Or maybe you just want to keep backup copies of your PlayStation 2 games? Whatever the case, here's how you can dump your games: If that doesn't help, then I hate to break it to you but your system is not fast enough to handle PCSX2.
