RPCS3 Drakengard 3 performance gain, Digi Mart USA News: The RPCS3 PlayStation 3 emulator is becoming faster as well as more compatible, according to a report by Notebookcheck published on November 10, 2026. The emulator team recently said it had emptied its “Loadable” list, which the report describes as a major achievement.
The RPCS3 team has now announced on X that Drakengard 3, a Japanese action RPG exclusively released for the Sony PlayStation 3 in 2013, performs much better on PCs. According to the team, a new FPS patch developed by @whatcookie resolves issues the game faced above 60 FPS, which had reportedly made it unplayable beyond that frame rate.
The team states that Drakengard 3 now runs 17 times better than it did on the PS3 and reportedly achieves an average of 240–360 FPS. The report notes that performance varies by processor, because RPCS3 is very CPU-heavy and its performance scales with the CPU.
The team recommends the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for the best results.
The team also said further improvements are expected, stating that “future CPU releases and RPCS3 updates will push the achievable framerates even higher.”
