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! scope="col"|[[#Arcade_VariationsArcade_variations|Arcade<br/>Variationsvariations]]

|[https://rpcs3.net/compatibility 68.769%<br/><small>2504 2551 out of 3645 3689 reported titles</small>]

;[[RPCS3]]:An RPCS3 is an open-source [[High/Low_level_emulation|hybrid approach]] emulator for 64-bit Windows, GNU/Linux, BSD and macOSand it stands as a remarkable feat in PlayStation 3 emulation, successfully tackling the intricate [[#Emulation_issues|PlayStation 3's complex architecture]] through innovative techniques. While it isn't anywhere near as compatible as [[Dolphin]] is for [[GameCube emulators|GameCube]] or Wii, it has still made immense progress compared to its early days, when development was slow and seemed like it wasn't really going anywhere. Some of the SPU intensive titles have insufficient performance which requires top-notch [https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html single thread performance of CPUs] (see '''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rpq_2D4Rf3g6O-x2R1fwTSKWvJH7X63kExsVxHnT2Mc/edit#gid=0 single thread performance of CPUsRPCS3 CPU benchmark chart]'''). As of now, all known titles now load, and initialize properly, without crashing the emulator. Beyond this, [[RPCS3]] supports some [[#Enhancements|enhancements]] and [[#Hardware_features_and_peripherals|system features, peripherals]]. As of April 13, 2022, builds for macOS have started being officially distributed for Intel and ARM Macs.<!-- RPCS3 runs on Rosetta for Macs with M-series processors, while Intel Macs run the application natively. --> <ref>https://twitter.com/rpcs3/status/1514302544750780417?s=20&t=e1g7-9NzgIehtodHmXYytQ</ref> For checking if your games work and any fixes, tweaks, or settings, check these sources;:*[https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title=Category:Games RPCS3 Wiki]:*[https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/issues RPCS3 GitHub issues] ;[[Nucleus]]:A one-person project by Alexandro Sanchez (AKA 'AlexAltea', [https://youtu.be/4joCMfTPP4M?t=30 who is also one of the developers of the RPCS3 and Orbital projects]) that aimed at low-level emulation, some AOT emulation, and portability. Made by AlexAltea.

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| rowspan=6 7 | Graphics

| Super-resolution techniques<br/><small>([https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/Streamline/blob/main/docs/ProgrammingGuideDLSS.md DLSS], XeSS and [[Wikipedia:GPUOpen#FidelityFX_Super_Resolution|FSR 2+]])</small>

| Ray-tracing<br/><small>([https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/announcing-microsoft-directx-raytracing/ DXR], [https://www.khronos.org/blog/ray-tracing-in-vulkan VRT] and [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/metal_sample_code_library/accelerating_ray_tracing_using_metal MRT])</small>| <small>Implementing ray-tracing in an emulator is unfortunately quite challenging and unlikely to be feasible in the near future.<br/>However you can try "[[Shader PresetsShaders_and_filters#Notable presets for ReShadeNotable_ReShade_shaders|Screen-Space Ray Traced Global Illumination]]" shader using ReShade.<br/>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8ccDL3ND10 Demonstration][https://reshade.me/forum/general-discussion/5442-release-misc-emulators-with-depth-buffer-access#35304]</small>|-| [https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/rtx-remix/wiki RTX Remix]| colspan=4 | <small>Implementing RTX Remix technology in an emulator is unfortunately quite challenging and unlikely to be feasible in the near future.<br/>Besides, RPCS3 already supports some of RTX Remix features.<br/>On top of that you can use ReShade for post-processing.</small>

| rowspan=3 4 | Performance

| Rendering latency reduction technologies<br/><small>([https://github.com/ishitatsuyuki/LatencyFleX LatencyFleX], [https://developer.nvidia.com/performance-rendering-tools/reflex Reflex] and [https://www.amd.com/en/products/software/adrenalin/radeon-software-anti-lag.html Anti-Lag'''+'''])| colspan=4 | <small>While most emulators offer frame pacing or framebuffer latency control options, implementing rendering latency reduction technologies isn't currently feasible. This is '''likely''' doesn't offer enough benefit to justify the development effort.</small>|-| rowspan=4 6 | Post-Processing

| [[Wikipedia:Comparison_gallery_of_image_scaling_algorithms|Post-rendering scaling]]<br/><small>(Sharp bilinear, Lanczos and [[Wikipedia:GPUOpen#FidelityFX_Super_Resolution|FSR 1]])</small>

| rowspan=8 9 | Quality of life

| rowspan=3 4 | Misc

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OtherOS is a feature of early versions of the PlayStation 3 video game console, allowing user installed software, such as many [[:Category:Operating_systems|distributions of Linux or BSD]] in a separate partition as long as they supported PowerPC. The feature was removed since system firmware update 3.21, released on April 1, 2010. Software running in the OtherOS environment has access to 6 of the 7 SPEs. Sony implemented a [[hypervisor ]] restricting access to the RSX. However either through a security vulnerability before FW 2.10 or by using some form of OtherOS++ CFW full access to the RSX, and/or the seventh SPE and other system resources is possible. See [[Recommended linux distros#Wide range of platforms focused]] or [https://t2sde.org/hardware/console/Sony/PS3/ T2 SDE PS3 page] for more information.

PlayStation 3 has featuring For a long time, the PS3's Blu-ray player was a versatile and powerful feature and considered the best of all time, and many people still use it for this purpose today. Featuring a slot-loading 2× speed Blu-ray Disc drive for BD-ROM, PlayStation2 format DVD-ROM, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 1 format CD-ROM, Blu-ray Disc Video, DVD-Video, SACD and Audio CDs. However Keep in mind that, there is no support for VCDs for PlayStation 3 or SVCDs just like PlayStation 2. Also [[Home_Media_Player#Interactive_media|interactive film/movie]] formats like DVDi, DVDPG, BDPG and Blu-ray Interactive HD supported.

*RPCS3 has no [https://rpcs3.net/faq disc support] or home media playback support currently. There is a [https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/issues/8579 feature request] for adding DVD disc/image capability for RPCS3 emulator.

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* [https://whatcookie.github.io/posts/why-is-avx-512-useful-for-rpcs3/ whatcookie: Why Is AVX 512 Useful for RPCS3?]. Also, there are new upcoming instructions for future CPUs such as [[Wikipedia:Advanced_Vector_Extensions#AVX10|AVX10]] and [[Wikipedia:Advanced_Vector_Extensions#APX|APX]].RPCS3's [https://rpcs3.net/blog/2020/08/21/hardware-performance-scaling/ progress report August 2020]: Since intel dropped TSX due to security reasons, RPCS3 will use TSX-FA/TSX Force Abort on CPUs with new microcode and [https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/issues/6028 this will result potential regressions], good news is RPCS3 has improved non-TSX performance, because of this, even if your CPU supports TSX it will be disabled for RPCS3 by default.* [https://discord.com/channels/644252595329957915/668417976554225674 T2 SDE discord - ppc-aim-ps3 channel]