a question for gpu enthusiasts

[koldWinter]

if you'd choose the weakest gpu that can run ps2 emulators in a fairly smooth way, what would it be?

 

[MrYesterday]

Unsure if it's the weakest, but I'd say an RX 560 would be pretty cheap nowdays, no?

 

[jesterodoll]

gtx 1660 super is a good midrange card that lets me upscale a little with pretty smooth results

 

[Zerpina]

Probably an NVIDIA GeForce GT 710/GTX 745 OEM, AMD Radeon R7, or even an older NVIDIA T400 could run the PS2 and probably be fine if you didn't upscale or do anything else.

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If you are looking for something fairly cheap, around 60 USD (I see you're in Brazil, so I have no idea about prices there) the MSI AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 gpu would be a good buy for retro gaming.

 

[cloudsets]

The weakest would probably be an NVIDIA Quadro M1200 Mobile, but that is a professional mobile GPU from 2017.

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[jankusanagi jankusanagi]

Anything?

I have this integrated Intel thing: VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]

And it runs most PS2 games fairly well, I'd imagine basically any Nvidia/AMD card you can get will work even better.

 

[rugal]

gtx 745 or gtx 750 can run ps2 games no problem and you can even upscale a little if you want

gtx 645 can run ps2 emu but not all games will run in full speed and you haft to change setting on the emu to get some games to work

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

I have a 1660 Super and it runs pretty much everything fairly well. I'm able to do everything from oldest retro up to Ps3/Switch

 

[DanCalibur]

That depends on the resolution you want to upscale. For PS2 1080p I would suggest a used GTX 750 TI, you can find it for around 200-300R$. That one will get you covered up to PS2, Gamecube, 3DS and maybe WIIU. If you don't mind PS2 at 720p even a basic GT430 can do it, you can find it for less than 100R$, but I wouldn't recommend it. The cheapest GPUs you can find in Brazil that can emulate everything are the old AMD Polaris cards (RX470, RX480, RX570, RX580), if you can find one used for less than 500R$ grab it.

 

[petran79]

the most important thing would be to support either ogl 3.3, Vulkan 1.1 or D3D 11 and W10.
Or else you have to use older pcsx2 versions that run on W7.