{"id":378080,"date":"2021-12-23T16:57:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T16:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/droix.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2026-09-26T21:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T20:39:05","slug":"how-well-does-the-ps2-emulator-aethersx2-run-on-the-gpd-xp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/en-au\/how-well-does-the-ps2-emulator-aethersx2-run-on-the-gpd-xp\/","title":{"rendered":"How well does the PS2 emulator AetherSX2 run on the GPD XP?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today we are checking out the PlayStation 2 emulator AetherSX2 on the GPD XP<\/a>. We will be trying a bunch of random games and see how well they perform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are testing the latest version from the Google Play Store<\/a>, version 11002, which was released on December 21st 2021. Vulkan is not supported on the GPD XP as it uses a Mali GPU, so we are using the OpenGL renderer. Using OpenGL means that the \u201cdual source blending\u201d feature is not supported, and the emulator takes quite a performance hit without it. Many PS2 games are running at around 50% speed as a result. There are, however, still some full speed and playable games, but the majority will run slow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AetherSX2<\/a> is in a very early stage and I would expect performance to increase over time as the developer works on adding new features and optimising the emulator. Considering the emulator has only been available for around a month, 2022 should bring some exciting improvements! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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