RPCS3, the popular PlayStation 3 emulator, has been updated to improve compatibility with upcoming AMD Zen 5 CPUs. The update addresses low performance and crash issues when running on Zen 5 CPUs by treating those processors as Zen 4. While this doesn't boost performance, it significantly improves stability. Users are encouraged to download the latest version (RPCS3 v0.0.32-16742 or newer) to benefit from this fix. Since 2023, RPCS3 has shown notable FPS improvements across various CPU types, including lower-end models.

If you're not familiar with RPCS3, it was founded by programmers DH and Hykem in May 2011. The emulator was publicly released in June 2012, quickly gaining attention from the open-source community and PlayStation enthusiasts. Today, RPCS3 is co-developed by new lead developers EladAsh and kd-11, along with many GitHub contributors.