Is it true that Denuvo slows down a game?

[Lacan]

I preordered Final Fantasy XV on steam and the only thing that really concerns me with Denuvo is that I heard that it slows down games. I hope this isn't the case. For example the demo runs at 60 fps. I don't even want to see 55 fps on the full version with Denuvo. I hope it still runs at 60 fps with the same graphics settings.

[Dolus]

Цитата допису Reinhard Von Hamid:

Absolutely not true. I have a plethora of Denuvo games and none of them run badly for me because of Denuvo.

So, you're saying you have a plethora of games that are going to stop working when the Denuvo servers go down. Wew~ Aren't you a smart cookie.

[Callum Carmicheal]

Цитата допису SiFi:

Denuvo wont slow down your game. The Anti-Denuvo people are a cult of crazy conspiracy nuts. Just ignore them.

I agree with you that denuvo wont slow down your game, but in theory a single opcode (computer instruction) in denuvo would take 4 to 6 insturctions on the first run and then will run at 1 or 2 because if denuvo still uses their VM it either uses LLVM or JIT Recompilation which means in the file its encrypted code / their own properity VM opcodes that are specific to the current game.

When the game first loads the opcode it needs to decode it and translate it to something the computer can understand and then cache that instruction.

So in theory yes it does slow down you're computer but in some cases the performance hit is so miniscule you wont notice it.

[Doktor Mandrake]

Doubtful it hinders any performance issue, afaik

The only thing I dislike is that they keep Denuvo in LOOONG after its usefullness

The company Denuvo even state themselves that the protection is only there to protect LAUNCH sales.. So my question is, why the hell do developers/publishers keep it in after the protection has been broken?!

Ultimately, they would make 'more' sales if they removed it after X amount of months or even X amount of years, as they would still protect the game using Denuvo but then also make sales from people who dislike Denuvo later down the line when they eventually remove it.

[Zyin]

I've been worried about the same thing too, hope it isnt the case.

[Doktor Mandrake]

Цитата допису zyin:

I've been worried about the same thing too, hope it isnt the case.

I wouldn't be too worried, any performance impact Denuvo makes is ussually insignificant

[Magillanica Lou Mayvin]

Цитата допису DeadWire:

Цитата допису Reinhard Von Hamid:

Absolutely not true. I have a plethora of Denuvo games and none of them run badly for me because of Denuvo.

So, you're saying you have a plethora of games that are going to stop working when the Denuvo servers go down. Wew~ Aren't you a smart cookie.

None of them stopped working for me so far. Like, literally not a single game. And if they ever stop working we can just go and ask the devs to patch the game. And if that doesn't work refund the game through steam with reason being unplayable and see how fast the devs patch it when they find out they have to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars.

[DRUNK_CANADIAN]

Цитата допису Ryu Makkuro:

It's all fairy tales made by haters who have no idea what Denuvo even is (no, it ain't DRM, it makes sure that the DRM isn't bypassed, DRM being Steam, Origin, Uplay, etc.). At worst you may have ever so slightly longer loading times but for the most part, all the benchmarks out there show nothing more than a margin of mistake or a difference between different versions of the game, not just "Denuvo in, Denuvo out".

Honestly, all Denuvo means is that pirates get the game later than everyone else. Nothing more.

Disagree...there are notable differences depending on its implementation on performance....second its still time limiting your product, third it didnt even prevent piracy in the case of this game.

[Ha? Hamdok]

I still remember when I was too afraid to buy a certain game because of what those tin foil hats people were spreading about Denuvo's ability to fry SSD drives. lol

So, nope, don't listen to everything they say.