Devil May Cry 5, Hitman 2, Yakuza 0, and F1 2018 work best without Denuvo DRM

A new experiment results in Denuvo being able to make games slow and take longer to load. The experiment has not used pirated versions, but official versions.

Once again Denuvo's DRM has been questioned by PC gamers. Since its inception it has been said that games work worse with that DRM, and a new experiment shows that for practical purposes, it only makes games worse, in a subtle or very noticeable way.

Without Denuvo, Devil May Cry 5, Hitman 2, Yakuza 0 and F1 2018 perform better

The Overlord Gaming channel has released a video in which it has tested four games that have recently been updated to remove Denuvo or have a version of the executable .exe file on Steam without that DRM. The games that have been put to the test were Devil May Cry 5, Hitman 2, Yakuza 0 and F1 2018.

With that test, it was found that the version of F1 2018 with DRM takes twice as long to start, has longer load times and even goes below 60 fps for an optimal gaming experience, and even below 30 fps in more scenarios. demanding. In the case of Yakuza 0, Denuvo makes the minimum fps drop to 19 while on the same PC, the same DRM-free game does not drop below 62 fps.

In Sonic Mania, the DRM version had trouble navigating some menus and took longer to launch. For Hirman 2, there were hardly any differences when using the benchmark, but on average the DRM-free version was somewhat better. In Devil MayC r and 5, the version with Denuvo could take more than a second to render the image. All this shows that the version for legal players who buy their game religiously usually includes a DRM that worsens the experience while those who hack it in its first days play without problems.

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