First Time Wizard now properly selects the correct GSdx plugin based on the highest instruction set supported by the CPU.

Fixed the emulator hanging when pressing F9 to toggle rendering between Hardware and Software mode too fast.

Fixed the emulator hanging when pressing F9 to toggle rendering between Hardware and Software in some occasions.

Fixed the emulator hanging when pressing F4 too fast when toggling the Frame Limiter in some occasions.

Reverted back to older VRender/VBlank timings.

DI execution is delayed by one instruction.

TAS Recording functionality has been disabled for 1.6 release as there are some issues to work out (such as hanging/locking up the emulator).

Prevent the UI from hanging/locking up when a game boots.

GSdx-GUI: Hardware hacks GUI has been updated for better usability.

GSdx-D3D: Blend no Barrier support has been ported from OpenGL to Direct3D 10/11.

GSdx-FX: The TFX shader on Direct3D10/11 has been rewritten to match OpenGL code and its’ accuracy for certain effects.

GSdx-HW: Sprite Hack has been completely removed as it is no longer needed and is replaced by far better alternatives.

This also allowed us to reduce the crc hack level so there are fewer effects skipped.

GSdx-HW: Added a dedicated fix for Big Mutha Truckers which allows rendering the shadows properly.

GSdx-HW: Implemented Software Sprite Renderer feature which allows to CPU emulate (SSE accelerated) certain sprite draws directly from the HW renderer.

GSdx-HW: Improve search/invalidate texture in render target by correctly matching vertex offset draws with buffer offset reads in the texture cache.

Here are some changes that came out in Q3,Q4 2019 – Q1 2020 GSdx changelog This update has been 4 years in the making, and has seen many many changes over the years.

While this guide will cover most of what is needed to start emulation, you can read the following configuration thread as well.

Pcsx2 emulator running too fast