>>12139280
>Do I have to find IDE burners?
no a dvd drive should have no problem doing x4, if you're doing cdrs no higher than x8 for best results, for that an ide cdr burner is a better option as its hard to find dvd drives ide or sata that burn cdrs at x8, but for dvds most dvd sata drives should be able to do x4 no problem.
>>12139291
>Why the fuck would you swap discs if you're able to run homebrew?
for any games that may have compatibility issues with HDL or OPL, its always good to have as an alternative if loading from hdd is not working with a certain game, with a combination of all 3 (HDL/OPL/Swapmagic.elf) that should have you covered for full compatibility with all games, though i do rarely use discs.
the only time i really do disc swaps on ps2 is when playing psx games i mentioned here
>>12139134, again this is for games that dont work great with pops, so again a good option not everyone has or is probably even aware of. my chipped psx is what i would usually use for burned games. eventually i will get an xstation.
>>12139291
>Sure, if you're playing undemanding games on an old version of PCSX2.
>PS1 is still the upper limit for a lot of devices. PSP is pretty easy to emulate too, thanks to PPSSPP's sheer awesomeness.
yeah its my win98 pc with DX9 gpu so i use pcsx2 1.6.0, with the directx9 plugin from 1.4.0, even on the low end hardware, FFXII runs perfectly at x4 res, though no all games work great, even SoTC ran like shit on my 2500k/980ti, still finished it though, my gpu isnt supported in duckstation so have to run in software, still runs full speed, ppsspp on the same hardware is fucking perfection even with the settings turned up, its the best way to enjoy psp on a big screen aside from on ps3.
