PCSX2 configuration
Press F9 to switch to software emulation, it's helpful to confirm whether there's any video issue by the hardware.
Wide screen patch
- most for US/JP version games.
- Some games support wide screen natively, so no need to enable it every time (Like god of war 2)
Graphic issue
- Blur shadow & raptured texture & a colored bar at the bottom of scrren (eg god of war 2)
- Config -> Video -> Plugin settings,
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- Renderer: DirectX
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- Texture Filtering: PS2
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- CRC Hack Level: DirectX
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- under Advanced Settings and Hacks,
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- Enable Align Sprite. Fix the texture raptured issue
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- Half-pixel Offset: Special (Texture). Fix the blue shadow, may need to tweak this for other games.
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- Merge Sprite: Enable. May need in some games (Like Okami)
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- May manually set Texture Offsets if the issue persists
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Shader Configuration:
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- Change Brightness etc.
Running slow
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- Emulation Settings -> Speedhacks,
- Preset: Safe
- MTVU: Enable
Memory card:
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- Always choose 8MB