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Capabilities

Key Capabilities

Professional-grade PlayStation 3 emulation with deep configuration, performance monitoring, and community-driven compatibility for over 2500 titles.

01 · Database

Compatibility Index

Browse over 2500 commercial titles with community-maintained ratings, tested settings, performance notes, and recommended configurations.

  • • Search by title, serial number, or region
  • • Status ratings: Playable, Ingame, Intro, Loadable, Nothing
  • • Community reports and configuration files

02 · Telemetry

Performance Telemetry

Real-time frame timing, CPU thread utilization, and GPU load insights to identify bottlenecks on your hardware.

  • • FPS and frame time variance tracking
  • • PPU and SPU thread monitoring
  • • Renderer load and shader compilation status

03 · Tuning

Deep Configuration

Fine-grained control over CPU, GPU, audio, input, and system settings — precision tuning for every title.

  • • PPU decoder and SPU thread configuration
  • • Firmware integration and pad setup (7 controllers)
  • • Save data import from real hardware

04 · Rendering

Vulkan Pipeline

Hardware-accelerated rendering with resolution scaling up to 4K, async shader compilation, and modern GPU features.

  • • Resolution scaling beyond native output
  • • Async shader compilation reduces stutter
  • • OpenGL 4.3 fallback available (slower)

05 · Community

Community Patches

Game-specific patches and custom configs to fix bugs, unlock framerates, and enhance visual quality per title.

  • • Automatic patch management
  • • Custom config files per game
  • • Continuous community contributions

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