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TL;DR
- The team behind ARMSX2 on Android has released the MaliSX2 GPU driver for the PS2 emulator.
- This driver should deliver better performance in many games if you’ve got a device with a Mali GPU.
- This is good news if you want to play PS2 games on your older Pixel, or on another device with Mali graphics.
There are many advanced emulators on Android, and Snapdragon-powered devices are usually the best way to run these apps. A big reason for this is that custom Turnip drivers are exclusive to Snapdragon-toting devices, bringing performance and stability gains over the default GPU driver. Now, there’s good news if you have a non-Snapdragon phone or handheld and want improved performance for PS2 games.
ARMSX2 v2.8.3 has been released on GitHub, and the latest version of the popular PS2 emulator for Android also includes the so-called MaliSX2 GPU driver. MaliSX2 is a Vulkan driver for devices with Arm Mali GPUs. MaliSX2 can be found in the GPU driver list under Settings > Renderer.