A report claims the latest "Batman: Arkham Knight" PC patch didn't really fix its VRAM issues and offered only slight improvements to the beleaguered game.
Last week, Warner Bros. released a patch to fix "Arkham Knight's" hitching and streaming issues by "optimizing VRAM management," according to VG247.
But the said patch didn't really fix the underlying problem and only offered marginal improvements. That's according to tests done by Eurogamer's Digital Foundry.
Per the website, the game's built-in VRAM allocation meter suggests dropping down to low quality textures when using 2GB graphics cards. Reportedly, this is to eliminate hitching and stuttering on such cards.
DF also mentioned that with a 30fps cap, players "can raise quality levels to console-equivalent levels and still enjoy fairly consistent gameplay." However, this does make it necessary to drop to normal textures and shadow quality.
"Looking back at our previous tests, it seems that the improved RAM management may have blunted some of [the] stutter on 2GB cards as the game drops below 30fps," DF said.
"But the fact remains that 'Arkham Knight' on PC clearly still requires a fundamental review of VRAM management, as opposed to small, iterative improvements."
Another point of contention the website raised with the "Batman: Arkham Knight" PC patch is that running it at a locked 1080p60 is still problematic - despite higher-end hardware.
Even on a test bench consisting of a Core i7-6700K, 16GB of 2,666MHz DDR4 and a GTX 970, "Arkham Knight" was still experiencing stuttering.
"The issue we have is that we should not be seeing any particular problem here, because according to the game's VRAM allocation meter, 4GB is more than enough memory to run the title maxed at 1080p," DF said.
Check out the website's test on the latest "Batman: Arkham Knight" PC patch in the video below and read their full report here.
