Intel has already warned and although everything is being optimized to force, the real solution will not arrive before 2022. What if you bought an Intel Core 12 processor to play your favorite games, but they have DRM software to their assets, you are more than likely to lose performance. How to solve it? Until now there was only one method, but from today another is added while waiting for the final solution: DRM correction tool.
Alder Lake’s architecture of the new Intel processors has a lot to say about it and so far all is good reviews except for things like the ones we’re about to talk about. Although this is not Intel’s fault but the software for which its processors are intended, the reality is that the fact that it is a heterogeneous architecture is problematic because some programs do not correctly understand the processor as as an individual unit and this in security software is a headache.
Why is Intel having these problems?
Because DRM solutions like Denuvo are not prepared as such to detect heterogeneous CPUs with two types of cores. What the software understands is an attempt to deceive the processor as it sees two different systems due to the different types of cores and of course when trying to play the game it interprets that the same key is being used simultaneously for two different PCs.
Therefore, the easiest solution would be for ALL developers to update their games to properly support and detect Alder Lake processor heterogeneous cores, but … This will only happen in Triple A titles which are moderately current. The other option is to remove the software GDN
GIGABYTE launches its repair software
Until now, there was only one way to avoid these problems, but it requires users with a certain degree of knowledge or very daring, and most importantly, who do not mind constantly wasting time. This solution was to disable the Gracemont cores in the BIOS / UEFI to keep only the high performance Golden Cove which eliminates the problem, but whenever we need more performance we will have to waste time undoing this. which was done to return to normal.
If you have a GIGABYTE motherboard, this is no longer necessary, since the company has launched a program that allows you to perform this function from Windows with one click, which is extremely simple. There are only two requirements:
- Have a motherboard GIGABYTE Z690
- Have the latest BIOS / UEFI installed
The company’s repair tool is called GIGABYTE DRM Fix Tool and can be downloaded from the following link on its official website.
You don’t have to install anything, it’s an executable for Windows and as we can see we will only have the Park and Unpark options. The first one activate E-Cores, the second deactivates them so that we can play without losing performance or simply that we can start the game.
Given this and its simplicity, it’s more than likely that other companies will be encouraged to create something similar for their users, but for now only GIGABYTE allows it.
