Following rising hypothesis that Resident Evil 4’s newest patch has negatively affected its efficiency on PC, Digital Foundry has confirmed this by way of its personal testing.
The outlet examined each the present and former model of the sport (by the use of a mod), with the core distinction between the 2 being the kind of DRM applied. Beforehand, Resident Evil 4 made use of Denuvo DRM, whereas its newest replace has changed it with Enigma Protector DRM. This new model of DRM has launched main bottlenecks relating to CPU efficiency, with Digital Foundry measuring practically 2ms misplaced to CPU processing occasions in some situations.
With its testing setup that prioritized CPU-restricted eventualities, this manifested a large lower in output body fee, right down to 144fps from 217fps. It must be famous that these slowdowns will not be as noticeable, if in any respect, in GPU-restricted eventualities, or in situations the place the sport’s AI is offering a bigger overhead than the brand new DRM options. Nonetheless, it is an instance of an replace measurably altering the efficiency of a product years after launch with none actual profit to its gamers.
Digital Foundry hypothesises that Capcom makes use of present merchandise to check out new variations of various DRM methods to the detriment of its gamers, and looking out on the whole catalogue of Resident Evil titles on PC helps that. Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil Village each had their Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM providers eliminated a months after their respective launches, whereas Resident Evil Requiem seems to be set to launch with Denuvo DRM intact. Resident Evil 4 is the primary within the collection to make use of Enigma Protector, which might be a method for Capcom to guage its efficiency for future merchandise.
Resident Evil Requiem is the ninth mainline entry within the lengthy-working survival-horror franchise, and is about to launch later this month. From its twin-protagonist strategy to speaking zombies, there are numerous methods its aiming to shake up the formulation.
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