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Guru3D.com » News » Unprotected version of Final Fantasy XV loads faster

Unprotected version of Final Fantasy XV loads faster

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/13/2018 09:03 AM | source: | 24 comment(s)
Unprotected version of Final Fantasy XV loads faster

The unprotected version of Final Fantasy XV runs better than the Steam version. For this comparison dso gaming used an Intel i7 4930K (overclocked at 4.2Ghz) with 8GB RAM, NVIDIA’s GTX980Ti, Windows 10 64-bit and the latest version of the GeForce drivers. Both the Steam and a not so legal version were installed on an HDD.

Right from the start, the pirated version loads faster than the Steam version. The Steam version needed 30 seconds in order to launch (for the first time) whereas the pirated version was ready in just 3 seconds reports dsogaming. The second launch (by exiting and then re-launching the game immediately) needed 8 seconds for the Steam version, whereas the pirated version was – once again – ready in 3 seconds. The in-game maps also loads faster in the pirated version (58 seconds versus 1 minute and 40 seconds).

Below you can find a video with the loading times for both the pirated and the Steam versions. The Steam version also suffers from additional stuttering. While they did notice very minor stutters on the pirated version, things were a lot worse on the Steam version. By taking a closer look at the CPU/GPU/RAM and Disk usage, we can finally discover what is causing these additional stutters. From the looks of it, the Steam version is constantly using the hard disk drive, resulting in random stuttering. 

BTW it certainly is good to see that everybody is appreciating our Afterburner software ;)







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Neo Cyrus
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#5527619 Posted on: 03/13/2018 09:08 AM
I have a feeling even if it's confirmed and verified Square Enix will never remove Denuvo. They've never done it in the past and they don't even patch severely broken games like Nier Automata. They just expect people to use community mods to fix it. I'm shocked that SE released any patch at all for FF15, even if it was for a game break bug that was easy for them to repair.

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#5527627 Posted on: 03/13/2018 09:36 AM
About Nier Automata the last update correct nearly everything, exept the keyboard control (but it's a console port... and i have a pad, so i don't care too much)... very good game.

and yes square enix don't like patching :)

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#5527633 Posted on: 03/13/2018 10:05 AM
There is no Nier update? I don't see a single patch listed. The only update listed in Steam for it is an AMD driver update...

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#5527637 Posted on: 03/13/2018 10:16 AM
Not surprising. Adding directory where I have all compilers and tools into exception for Windows Anti-virus makes it work like 10 times faster.

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#5527638 Posted on: 03/13/2018 10:28 AM
There is no Nier update? I don't see a single patch listed. The only update listed in Steam for it is an AMD driver update...
Yep, there is no update, DLC was released.

also durante did a piece on this that also showed denuvo screwed a bit with load times

https://www.pcgamer.com/denuvo-drm-performance-final-fantasy-15/

Tested: Denuvo DRM has no performance impact on Final Fantasy 15

By Peter "Durante" Thoman 19 hours ago

Durante puts FF15 through its paces to see if the DRM really slows games down.



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