Bleemcast still looks better than this upscaled crap though. Heck, if a Dreamcast can quadruple the PSX resolution, add AA and bilinear filtering, the PS3 does a lousy job by just adding a blur filter.
Sony to reintroduce PS2 BC on the PS3?
bit-tech.net | Sony to reintroduce PS2 emulation on PS3?
Interesting.
If it can be done with a simple firmware update, hallelujah. If not...eh, PCSX2 is still going strong and my new slim PS2 should run for at least a few years
Interesting.
If it can be done with a simple firmware update, hallelujah. If not...eh, PCSX2 is still going strong and my new slim PS2 should run for at least a few years
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They did. See attachment pics.
I don't understand the last part of the sentence. Because the upscaler behaves in a totally different manner. It's more like using Pete's OGL2 plugin, use native internal resolution, hi-res output resolution, then apply HQ2/3X filter to 'smoothen' the jaggies. It is not the same as increasing internal resolution in PCSX2. If you observe the pics below, some edges do get smoothened out properly by the algorithm, while some parts don't. Dante's legs are okay, but the sword seem pretty f-ed up to me.
If the HW emulation on your PS3 produces a different output, please say so because I'd definitely want to get an old PS3 instead of the newer ones next shopping season.
No, those pics aren't 1:1.
They are the same. In both plugins you can run a game at native resolution while setting your display resolution to something like 1600x1200. The game will not be become less "jaggy" by setting a high display resolution alone. In both cases, you must also increase the internal resolution as well, otherwise, you may as well just run the game with your display resolution matching your internal resolution.
This is what I've been saying! It looks sharper on my PS3. I dunno about the SW BC units... Oh yeah, I had to buy mine off Amazon.com. The seller was selling it for $380 shipped while others were selling theirs for $800 or more. The HW BC units are fairly popular and difficult to come by these days.If the HW emulation on your PS3 produces a different output, please say so because I'd definitely want to get an old PS3 instead of the newer ones next shopping season.
I could have sworn those were ps1 games, those games are hideous.yup. All HDTVs have scalers as well, but lower end models probably don't compare to the ps3 upscalers.
just found this ign article on ps3 upscaling.
IGN: PlayStation 3 Upscaling Comparison
It seems to really help with reducing the aliasing. I could see the big benefit with it on large hdtvs
To me the the comparison between ps3 upscaling and pcsx2 is pretty close to the comparison between bluray and 1080p upscaling of DVDs. So PCSX2 is much better looking.
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What about grammar now?
Anyway, Sony took the easy approach and instead of doing "internal" upscaling that involves directly hacking into the executing codes to do stuffs that would otherwise improve the graphics dramatically, they just take the output picture (the completely rendered frame) then... upscale it using a certain pixel filter. I can't tell which it is, but it ain't Bilinear as far as my eyes can tell. At least their filter does a better job than most internal filters in most LCDs. I could tell from playing a PS2 game on a real PS2 versus on my PS3.
If they directly hack into the drawing routines, then there might be interesting results. :innocent: Something like PCSX2 for instance.
For now, it's true that Sony isn't doing much to the BC department. Let's see how it's going to play out in the future.
Anyway, Sony took the easy approach and instead of doing "internal" upscaling that involves directly hacking into the executing codes to do stuffs that would otherwise improve the graphics dramatically, they just take the output picture (the completely rendered frame) then... upscale it using a certain pixel filter. I can't tell which it is, but it ain't Bilinear as far as my eyes can tell. At least their filter does a better job than most internal filters in most LCDs. I could tell from playing a PS2 game on a real PS2 versus on my PS3.
If they directly hack into the drawing routines, then there might be interesting results. :innocent: Something like PCSX2 for instance.
For now, it's true that Sony isn't doing much to the BC department. Let's see how it's going to play out in the future.
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