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Speed Up PPSSPP

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Hi! You're watching VisiHow. In the previous tutorial, we displayed FPS. This is a tutorial on how to speed up the PlayStation Portable emulator.

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Let's open up the emulator by double-clicking its icon
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Then, click "Settings"
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Scroll down the "Graphics" section on the right side
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You need to change several things. Depending on the game, you might need to change either one thing or another. In this tutorial, changing the options for most games will be shown.
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Let's click "Frameskipping"
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It's set to "Off".

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For most games, it's better to set the Frameskipping to "1" by clicking it
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Then, make sure that"Auto frameskip" is unchecked
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Alternatively, click "Frameskipping"
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You can click "Off"
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For example, if you don't know or you don't like the "1" setting.

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Then, check "Auto frameskip"
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If you are playing God of War games, check "Prevent FPS from exceeding 60 (speeds up GoW)"
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Leave "Alternative Speed" at "0"
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Click "Post processing shader"
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Click "Off"
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Make sure not to check "Fullscreen"
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You will have a better frames-per-second rate.
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Click "Rendering resolution"
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Click "Auto (1:1)"
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Uncheck "VSync", which is vertical synchronization
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Check "Mipmapping"
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Check "Hardware transform"
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Check "Software skinning"
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Check "Vertex cache"
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Check "Lazy texture caching (speedup)"
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Check "Disable slower effects (speedup)"
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Click "Spline/Bezier curves quality"
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Click "Low"
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Click "Upscale level"
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Click either "Auto" or "Off"
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It's better to leave it at "Off".
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Don't change "Upscale type"
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Leave it at "xBRZ".
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Click "Anisotropic filtering"
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Click "Off"
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Click "Texture fitering"
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Click "Nearest"
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Click "Screen scaling filter"
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Click "Linear"
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Depending on the game, you should check or uncheck hacks or speed hacks in "Hack settings (may cause glitches)
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For example, "Timer hack" can be used for the timed games. Also, experiment with "Disable alpha test (Power VR speedup, artifacts)", "Disable stencil test", "Texture cord speedhack (speedup)", and "Depth range hack (Phantasy Star Portable 2)" (it's just for Phantasy Star Portable 2).
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Click "Lower resolution for effects (reduces artifacts)"
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Click "Off"
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Nevertheless, in case you're playing a game that has a lot of special effects, such as flames, sparkles, and so on, you can click the following three options: "Safe", "Balanced", or "Aggressive". "Aggressive" may cause more bugs in games than "Balanced". If you want to just slightly lower the resolution of the special effects, simply click "Safe".
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