The Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator was recently improved with some new features that improve the experience in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and several other titles.
Mainline Build 1646 added optimizations for parsing and building RomFs, which translated into a 2.5 seconds faster boot time in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on an AMD 5950x CPU.
The improvements made to the Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator did not end with Mainline build 1646, as the latest build, 1650, brought improvements for Portal 2 emulation and more. Early Access Build 4018, on the other hand, promises to improve the experience considerably in all titles, as the newly introduced presentation frame count fixed increasing slowdown, input lag, and crashing in long gameplay sections, especially when the asynchronous presentation option is enabled.
Playing Nintendo Switch games on PC via the Yuzu and the Ryujinx emulators is the way to go to enjoy better visuals, higher resolutions, and smoother performance, as most major releases run and look much better played on the emulators even on day one, such as Pikmin 4, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and the Super Mario RPG remake. More information on the Yuzu emulator and how to download and install it can be found on its official website.
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