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- A recent test conducted by a tech YouTuber proves that the PS5 can run PS3 games natively at the hardware level.
- To test PS3 compatibility, the YouTuber used an AMD B-250 extraction card, which is basically a shortened version of the PS5 silicon.
- PS3 games like Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and LittleBigPlanet ran well on the scaled-down PS5 hardware and could have been further optimized for much better performance.
A tech YouTuber has managed to successfully run PS3 games PlayStation 5 The hardware prospects of running PS3 games natively on the PS5 have been widely discussed for several years, but this latest test proves that the current-gen console is indeed technically capable of doing the same.
As it stands, the PS5 is compatible with the PS4 and a growing list of PS1, PS2 and PSP classics via the PS Plus Premium subscription service. This has fueled calls for an official PS3 emulation on the PS5, which has long been debated. PS3 games can only be streamed to the PS5 via cloud streaming, and many tech experts believe that matching the PS3's highly complex CELL architecture to the PS5's x86 architecture would require extensive work that would question Sony's financial viability.
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However, third-party PS3 emulators such as RPCS3 have made great strides on PC, proving that the console's CELL architecture can be adapted to x86. Now, tech YouTuber Lowest Logan has taken it a step further by demonstrating just that The PS5 hardware itself is capable of running PS3 games. In a recent YouTube video, Lowest Logan showed off an AMD BC-250 mining card that has the exact same silicon as the PS5 and 16GB of GDDR6 RAM. These cards have been repurposed to perform on the faulty PS5 chips, so they have two fewer CPU cores and 12 fewer GPU cores compared to the console.
YouTuber proves that PS3 games can run natively on PS5 hardware
Other than the lower space, the AMD BC-250's underlying architecture is no different from the PS5, making it a perfect testing ground for the system's hardware capabilities. With this concept in mind, Lowest Logan loaded RPCS3 onto the BC-250 and was able to run one of the best racing games on the PS3. Gran Turismo 5 Prologuewith more shader bugs. The popular PS3 platformer Small little planet It also ran smoothly on the PS5 silicon at 30fps. Watch Dogs It showed more problematic performance, but Lowest Logan believed that this was more to do with the open world title being poorly optimized for the PS3.
Interestingly, the YouTuber found that the BC-250 memory runs at a low clock speed of 450MHz, which means that the performance headroom of PS3 games could be much higher if properly optimized for the PS5 hardware. It's also worth noting that Lowest Logan ran an old Linux kernel on its BC-250, while the PS5's custom OS was built on FreeBSD. So at least on a hardware level, the PS5 can clearly run PS3 games natively. Only time will tell if Sony makes PS3 emulation a reality on the PS5, but until then, the Lowest Logan video is an effective rebuttal to those who claim it's impossible.
PlayStation 5
Sony's PlayStation 5 is part of the ninth generation of consoles and was launched with a launch bundle that included Demon's Souls and Astro's Playroom. The console comes with a Blu-ray disc, although a digital version is also available for a cheaper price.
