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Shadow of the Tomb Raider runs noticeably faster without Denuvo

DSOGaming writes: "Crystal Dynamics has removed the Denuvo anti-tamper tech from Shadow of the Tomb Raider so we've decided to benchmark it and see how it performs now that Denuvo is no longer available."

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Lexreborn21545d ago

I’ll give it a shot, it never ran well on my 2060 would drop 10-15 frames on in 4K so this will hopefully show improvements

lonewolf101545d ago

Not sure on that, these tests were done at 1080p and only when the settings were dropped to their lowest (totally cpu bound) did the frame rates really drop between having denuvo on or off, shame they didn't show some results at higher resolutions.

NoFanBoy1545d ago

Saw a few videos a while ago of people testing the steam version against the cracked and there was no real difference.

Profchaos1545d ago (Edited 1545d ago )

It sounds like you're trying to game in 4k on a 2060 it's more of a 1080 to 1440 capable card when playing shadow.

Lexreborn21545d ago

True but even 1080-1440p it struggles. Honestly, I hate this 2060 to me it’s the worst graphics card they released.

But, on the other hand it handles old games and emulation well. Which still sucks in the end, as I just built a desktop that is geared for older games (2017 on down)

NoFanBoy1545d ago

The 2060 is a 1080/1440p card, even a 2080Ti struggles with several games at 4K native.

Lexreborn21545d ago

No duh, I specifically said it “struggles by 10-15 frames on 4K” and this was me making lots of tweaks but I was able to get it running at 4K 30, but when aiming for 60 with shadow of the tomb raider the game In the discussion. It would suffer 10-15 frame dips from 60.

My hopes is denova removal can boost it up (from the settings I had) as If it boost at all that means for me is whichever settings I settle on should be fine.

Ive gotten 4K on plenty of games older then 2017 so it’s really capable for the time period. But, it’s still a graphics card I fee they should’ve skipped altogether when making the rtx series:

Inverno1545d ago

You don't say?
It's pretty unacceptable how willing devs are to make their games run worse for the sake of stopping piracy. Only for it to be cracked sooner than later and all they accomplish is screwing over the people who bought the game legit smh

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider Temporarily Free on PlayStation Store, Likely Due to Glitch

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition is temporarily claimable for free on the PlayStation Store in select Asian regions due to an apparent store glitch.

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New Proton Experimental Update Fixes Low FPS For Final Fantasy 16 and More

Proton Experimental got a new update yesterday that improves Final Fantasy 16, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and more.

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Lexreborn2463d ago

So much hassle people had for FF16 performance on PS5 to hit PC and still be barely playable. FF16 is hitting the crysis “can it run it” for PCs.

And now I’m genuinely wondering is it because the devs failed to properly design the game or is it because it is over ambitious.

Hofstaderman463d ago (Edited 463d ago )

Too many variances in the PC ecosystem. They can attempt to optimize to a point but ultimately, as it is in most cases, individuals will have to tweak settings to get their rig to run the game at its subjective best. Me personally, I enjoy a no fuss console experience but must admit I'm getting into the simplistic steam deck tweaks.

Michiel1989463d ago

that's just nonsense, square is just bad at ports and have been for years. Japanese ports were notorious for it a good while, but it has gotten better but still nothing to write home about. Take FF7R pt1 for example, at launch on pc there were frequent random fps drops for no reason and a guy, a single guy got a patch out within 2 days that fixed it, if that doesn't say enough about their incompetency with pc ports then idk.

DustMan463d ago

I don't know how people are getting such poor performance. It ran well for me +60fps at 1440p dlss balanced, all high settings. I'm on a i7-8700, 32gb ram, and 3080, so a pretty old setup. I get very few stutters, and it's buttery smooth if i cut the shadows down to medium settings. cut scenes have been modded to run at 60fps.

It's sitting at "mostly positive reviews' on steam. With most of the complaints coming from those with said poor performance. By absolutely no means is this a perfect / great port, but it's not god awful. Seems like it's a hardware issue on the customers end, and issues with the port itself.

Inverno463d ago

This is talking about proton tho. It's expected for games to run poorly because they aren't natively running on Linux. I will agree however that Square has a history of putting out horribly running games on PC.

Hofstaderman463d ago

The game was optimized specifically for the PS5 and even so it makes that console creak....wonder how the Pro will handle it....

883463d ago

Hoping very much that it gets some "Pro Enhanced" attention.

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider turns six years old and remains an underrated treasure

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is worth revisiting as it turns six years old just before the launch of the upcoming Netflix anime series.

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isarai487d ago

Underrated? If anything, the game is overrated in my opinion

TricksterArrow486d ago (Edited 486d ago )

Yeah. The "open hub" model with "quest givers" really did not work at all for me.

Gamehard486d ago

Agree. To me, it was the weakest of the reboot trilogy.

CrimsonWing69486d ago

I literally came in here to say this. It started off so good, too. Once you hit Peru or wherever, you smash into a brick wall with the pacing. Honestly, the first entry in the reboot was the best one of this trilogy. Also, I’ll never understand why they let you dual wield her classic pistols in the first reboot at the very end and then in the sequels they never gave you that again.

isarai486d ago

Even more insulting. They let you buy one of the two pistols in Shadow of the tomb raider but never the second one

SeTTriP485d ago

Or her command prompt acrobatics.

Lexreborn2486d ago

The first was cool, it had its flaws but it wasn’t a bad starter. The second was supposed to be something special and just did not live up to the promises. The 3rd I can’t even finish it’s just not fun and narratively still a huge issue for the character.

Laura is written so contradictory, trinity supposedly is so bad but her body count on innocence and villains alike is alarming.

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MeatyUrologist486d ago

It had its high points. Visuals are still some of the best I have ever seen. The areas were also gorgeous and fun to explore and the puzzles were actually good. That being siad the combat felt terrible, the hub area of paititi was boring, and nearly every aspect of the game felt a step backward from Rise. I still love the series and really forward to the next entry but hoping they make it mode similar to rise or even the original reboot.

MasterChief3624486d ago

I adored Rise of the Tomb Raider, but for some reason I had a harder time getting into Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

Ravenkiss486d ago

Shadow of the Tomb Raider was a huge letdown compared to the series Reboot and Rise of the Tomb Raider...

mastershredder486d ago

You mean the game where they took out all the cool weapons? The locations were okay, a bit unoriginal and too much like the first Uncharted. 1 and 2 rocked. This one tried.

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