Recently, the game benchmarking website GameGPU tested two versions of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and compared the impact of protection systems on CPU performance.
To eliminate GPU bottlenecks, they conducted a direct comparison test at low resolution between the legitimate version and the voices38 cracked version. The test platform included an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, and the Windows 11 Business Edition operating system, with driver version 610.74. Tests were performed at 1280x720 resolution using the "Ultra High" preset, with ray tracing and DLSS Performance enabled, and frame generation disabled, thereby shifting the primary load to the CPU.
At 720p resolution, the legitimate version achieved an average frame rate of 151 FPS, a peak frame rate of up to 247 FPS, and a 1% low frame rate of 105 FPS. The voices38 cracked version had an average frame rate of 144 FPS, a peak frame rate of 231 FPS, and a 1% low frame rate of 103 FPS. Therefore, even when the processor was fully loaded, the average frame rate of the cracked version was approximately 5% lower than that of the legitimate version.
