Summary
DROIX blog review of the ayn-odin-2. Published 2023-11-03 on droix.net.
FPS / Gaming Performance
- For PlayStation emulation we are running DuckStation. You can increase the rendering resolution to 5x which is 1080P, as well as a few extra graphics tweaks etc. We got a solid 60 FPS in every game we tried.
- The PPSSPP emulator handles PlayStation Portable games with ease. We tried our usual range of games at 4x rendering resolution at 1080P with various graphics improvements and we had a solid 60 FPS. No problems at all here on the Odin 2!
Emulation Notes
- Dolphin emulation
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Dolphin emulation
- AYN Odin 2 Dolphin emulator
- With the Dolphin emulator we also got solid frame rates in all the games we tried. Depending on the game you can run from 1x up to 3x rendering resolution to improve the visuals. This extends to both consoles the emulator supports.
- AYN Odin2 AetherSX2 PS2 emulator
- With the PlayStation 2 emulator AetherSX2, we see some excellent performance. Most games will be running at great speeds at 1x rendering resolution. Depending on the game you can increase this up to 3x and it looks amazing. I can finally play OutRun at full speed! 🙂
- The PPSSPP emulator handles PlayStation Portable games with ease. We tried our usual range of games at 4x rendering resolution at 1080P with various graphics improvements and we had a solid 60 FPS. No problems at all here on the Odin 2!
- AYN Odin 2 Citra emulator
- Moving on to more recent handhelds with Citra. We saw excellent performance in the games we tried. Generally we are running at 1x or 2x resolution to keep it running smoothly, but with a good number of games you can increase it as high as 4x. You may see occasional stutters while shaders are caching but nothing too major.
- AYN Odin2 Vita3K PS Vita emulator
- AYN Odin 2 Yuzu emulator
- And now for the big one to finish the AYN Odin 2 review emulator performance tests, the Yuzu emulator! We can safely say that games do run at full speed with barely any noticeable lag. However, this is generally for the lower demanding games, mainly 2D or indie style games, but also for a few higher end 3D ones. Don’t expect all games to run this great, the latest first party titles for example will be running around half the speed it should be. Keep in mind this is still a very impressive result considering what we are running the emulator on.
- The real winner is the AYN Odin2 performance. We knew when performing the benchmarks that the Odin2 was fast and we couldn’t wait to get the emulators up and running. We were definitely not disappointed! Running more recent console and handheld emulators with higher rendering resolutions is great, you can see and feel the difference. It does stumble a bit with the Yuzu emulator, but this is not a negative in any way, simply seeing games run at full speed is a great achievement.
Source
Full review available at: https://droix.net/blogs/ayn-odin-2-review-with-video/