RoeTaKa AetherSX2 Settings

App Settings: Recommend to Reset Settings to Safe and then enable: Widescreen (16:9), Widescreen Patches, Host Vsync, Skip Presenting Duplicate Frames, Sync To Host Refresh Rate.

Individual Game Settings:
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies - Vulkan, 1.5x, Hardware Download Mode Disable Readbacks, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix (Runs smoother in cockpit)
Ace Combat 05: The Unsung War - Vulkan, 1.5x, Hardware Download Mode Disable Readbacks, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix (Runs smoother in cockpit)
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War - OpenGL, 1.5x, Hardware Download Mode Disabled, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix (Runs smoother in cockpit but probably unplayable)
Ape Escape 2 - OpenGL, 2x
Ape Escape 3 - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
Black - Vulkan, 2x
Bouncer, The - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
Burnout 3: Takedown - OpenGL, 1.25x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
Burnout Revenge - OpenGL, 1.5x, EE Cycle Skip Moderate Underclock, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - OpenGL, 2x
Chaos Legion - OpenGL, 2x,  Hardware Download Mode Disabled
Cold Fear - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
Crimson Tears - OpenGL, 2x
Crimson Sea 2 - OpenGL, 4x, Hardware Download Mode Disable Readbacks
Darkwatch - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, 4:3 Ratio, Widescreen Patches Off (Crashes if on)
Dark Cloud 2 - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
Dawn of Mana - Vulkan, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
Dead to Rights: OpenGL, 3x
Dead to Rights 2: OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 75% Underclock
Devil May Cry - OpenGL, 3x
Devil May Cry 3 - OpenGL, 2x
Dragon Quest VII - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, Hardware Download Mode Disable Readbacks
Evergrace - OpenGL, 2x
Final Fantasy X - OpenGL, 5x
Freedom Fighters - OpenGL, 2x
Ghosthunter - OpenGL, 1x (2x loses speed capturing ghosts), EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
Godhand - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, Hardware Download Mode Disable Readbacks
God of War 2 - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Skip Mild Underclock
Gradius V - OpenGL, 3x, Hardware Download Mode Disabled
Gran Turismo 4 - OpenGL, 1.75x, , EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, Hardware Download Mode Disabled, GPU Palette Conversion On, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
Gungrave: OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
Gungrave Overdrive: OpenGL, 2x
Haunting Ground - OpenGL, 3x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
Headhunter: OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
Headhunter Redemption: OpenGL, 2x
Ico - Vulkan, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, Hardware Download Mode Disable Readbacks
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing - Vulkan, 2x, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
James Bond 007: From Russia With Love - Vulkan, 1.5x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
James Bond 007: Nightfire - OpenGL, 2x, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
Katamari Damacy - OpenGL, 1.5x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock (Later levels can slowdown to 50% speed)
Kill Switch - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
Kingdom Hearts 2 - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
Matrix: Path of Neo - Vulkan, 1x
Maximo - OpenGL, 4x
Metal Gear Solid 2 - Vulkan, 1.5x, EE Cycle Rate 60% Underclock, EE Cycle Skip Mild Underclock, Hardware Download Mode Disabled, GPU Palette Conversion On, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix (several areas eg: Holds huge drops in speed)
Metal Gear Solid 3 - Vulkan, 1.5x
Musashi Samurai Legend - OpenGL, 2x
Onimusha 2 - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams - OpenGL, 1.75x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
Parappa the Rapper 2 - OpenGL, 2x, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
Persona 4 - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy: Vulkan, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 75% Underclock, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix18:23 29/07/2022 (Loading save states might show a green screen making it unplayable)
The Punisher: OpenGL, 3x, EE Cycle Rate 60% Underclock, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
Radiata Stories - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
Red Dead Revolver - OpenGL, 2x
Resident Evil 4 - OpenGL, 3x
Ridge Racer V - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, GPU Palette Conversion On, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
Rogue Galaxy - OpenGL, 1.5x, Hardware Download Mode Unsynchronized
Rumble Roses - OpenGL, 2x
SSX Tricky - OpenGL, 2x, Hardware Download Mode Disabled
Second Sight: OpenGL, 2x, Hardware Download Mode Disabled, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
Shadow Hearts 2 - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, Manual Hardware Fixes On (Turn all of them fixes on from Align Sprite to CPU Framebuffer Conversion, it fixes the shadows but it was too tedious to find out which one actually fixed it)
Silent Hill 2 - OpenGL, 2x
Silpheed - OpenGL, 3x
Shadow of the Colossus - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 75% Underclock, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
Spider-man 2 - OpenGL, 3x
Suikoden 3 - OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven - OpenGL, 3x
Timesplitters 2 - OpenGL, 2x, Hardware Download Mode Disabled
Urban Chaos - OpenGL, 2x,  Hardware Download Mode Disabled
Valkyrie Profile 2 - OpenGL, 2x (1x for Forest Texture Glitch) EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, EE Cycle Skip Mild Underclock, Hardware Download Mode Disabled, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
Wild Arms 4 - Vulkan, 2x, Threaded Presentation On, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix
WinBack: Covert Operations: OpenGL, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock
WinBack 2: Project Poseidon - OpenGL, 2x
Zone of the Enders 2 - Vulkan, 2x, EE Cycle Rate 50% Underclock, GPU Palette Conversion On, Advanced Audio - Synchronization Mode Async Mix (60% Speed at first boss)