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Devil May Cry 5 runs noticeably faster without Denuvo and here is how you can remove it

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A few hours ago, we informed you about the leak of a Denuvo-free executable file for Devil May Cry 5. While someone was able to also crack the Steam DRM and release a Denuvo-free pirated version, Steam owners can also download the Denuvo-free executable file and run the game without that controversial anti-tamper tech.

Some users reported better performance with the Denuvo-free version of Devil May Cry 5 so we went ahead and tested both versions.

For this test we used our Intel i7 4930K (overclocked at 4.2Ghz) with 16GB of DDR3 RAM at 2133Mhz, NVIDIA’s RTX 2080Ti, Windows 10 64-bit and the GeForce 419.17 driver. Devil May Cry 5 is mostly a GPU-bound game so in order to enter a CPU-bound scenario, we simulated a dual-core CPU (otherwise the game was running with constant 144fps on our six-core CPU and it was impossible to see whether there are any performance differences between them).

Now while some users claimed that there is a 20fps difference between these two versions, we’ve discovered a 6-10fps difference between them. This performance difference will NOT be noticeable on modern-day systems and the only PC configurations that will benefit from the Denuvo-free version are those with really old CPUs.

Still, we can all agree that a 6-10fps difference is a noticeable one, and this particular game proves that Denuvo actually has a performance hit on specific PC configurations. Moreover, the Denuvo-free version, as always, loads significantly faster than the one that is using the anti-tamper tech.

You can find below some comparison screenshots between the Denuvo (left) and the Denuvo-free (right) versions of Devil May Cry 5.



In order to download this Denuvo-free version of Devil May Cry 5, you’ll have to follow this guide.

1. Open the Steam Console

Enter the following address in your browser

“steam://nav/console”

Then, you can see the Steam Console.

2. Download the Denuvo free file.

Enter the following command in the Steam Console:

“download_depot 601150 601152 8448614996291133808”

Then waiting for the downloading.

3. Overwrite the file

You can find a DevilMayCry5.exe file(About 131,200 KB) in the folder shown on Steam Console.

Then overwrite the DevilMayCry5.exe file(About 486,549 KB) in your Steam Devil May Cry 5 folder.

4. Restore the file

If the game does not work properly or has bugs after replacing the file

Please use “Verification integrity of the game files” to recover the file.

87 thoughts on “Devil May Cry 5 runs noticeably faster without Denuvo and here is how you can remove it”

    3. 6-10fps impact on old i3 dual core with RTX 2080 Ti

      LOL. It has impact but it too small. You won’t see any difference with modern CPU unless you play at 720p or 900p

      Try harder.

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      3. Oh really wise guy? I own a GPD Win 2, a Windows based handheld and it makes an ENORMOUS difference for me. I can actually play this game now.

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    1. We’re talking a few FPS here that most modern computers won’t even need. It’s hardly the performance-ruining malware some people try to make it out to be.

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      1. You act as if most people play games at 150+fps. The reality is most barely even hit 60fps, Steam stats prove it.

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        1. And that is traditionally because of their GPU, not their CPU. You have to put the game into a CPU-bound scenario for framerate to even change and it’s quite difficult to do that in this game unless you have a very weak CPU.

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          4. I think that’s not actually Kaldaien, he replied to a disqus comment of mine a long time ago and I remember him using his real name on disqus. It was something Coleman, I can’t remember his first name.

      2. As someone with a pretty aged pc, I can tell you I need every frame I can get. And are you honestly defending something that helps no one but only harms legitimate users??

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      3. Yep, and this kind of “you don’t need that bit of extra performance” sort of thinking is how we got garbage like Electron, a framework which enables a text-chat app to eat a whole Gigabyte of RAM.

        At some point, it’s a matter of principle that I’d like my programs to run as well as possible and spend a minimum amount of my processor time doing things that don’t benefit me.

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      5. What a retarded comment. 10-20fps when PCs today are struggling to get every extra FPS possible to hit higher breakpoints like 144hz. Even without that, stable FPS isn’t easy for most people, and running on a older CPU is a standard practice to reduce costs.

        Of course it matters. There’s no benefit to including Denuvo, and it’s a huge problem for paying customers.

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      6. What a retarded comment. 10-20fps when PCs today are struggling to get every extra FPS possible to hit higher breakpoints like 144hz. Even without that, stable FPS isn’t easy for most people, and running on a older CPU is a standard practice to reduce costs.

        Of course it matters. There’s no benefit to including Denuvo, and it’s a huge problem for paying customers.

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      1. Yeah, pretty sure this won’t void any contract they have at all.
        I do, however, guarantee someone just got fired.

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      2. That was Capcom, who left a pre-release test version in a publicly accessible location. Valve is almost equally to blame for making version control information public 😛

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        1. Capcom probably did it on purpose in order garner goodwill publicity. They’re fighting back against Denuvo in their own way.

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  4. While my other post is waiting to be approved which has actual screenshots attached.

    This doesn’t change anything, also none of these screenshots are even like for like, they’re in different positions or looking at slightly different angles which in an FPS sensitive game like this that’s enough to swing and create inaccurate results.

    I netted no change from either .exe with identical angles from load in’s. The Denuvo ghost stories continue…

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    1. If you have a half decent CPU, you may not get any changes at all. From everything I’ve seen (ignoring the trash sources), any modern day CPU pretty much negates any impact it has. It is only on low end CPUs or really poorly optimized games that it has an impact.

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      1. See, this would make sense but here’s the problem. In both test scenarios with the different .exe’s my CPU usage was identical at 35%. If Denuvo did in fact have some kind of impact on the CPU it would affect its utilization.

        That percentage would be higher regardless of it putting me into a bottleneck or not, it would consume resources or so people claim… It’s not, and I’m a fervent believer it doesn’t whatsoever.

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        1. I think we’re actually agreeing here, but yes that’s what I would expect too.
          People just want, desperately, to justify stealing things by blaming their choices on Denuvo.

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          1. Want to know what I think it really is; more so than that anyway. People don’t comply with the minimum requirements and then freak out when it doesn’t run properly and want something to blame, and then lie about their systems on forums to get support.

            What happens with any new game release that has Denuvo? People complain the game won’t start, they get bad performance, it stutters, they’re getting black screens etc, and they blame it on Denuvo…

            What happens with any new game release that doesn’t have Denuvo? People complain the game won’t start, they get bad performance, it stutters, they’re getting black screens etc, and they blame it on the developers.

            What’s actually taking place here is so obvious but no one wants to admit to it.

          2. This does make a lot of sense.
            I actually work in IT, and people blame things on EVERYTHING they possibly can, but it is never their fault, or so they claim. Everything thinks they are an expert, yet they can’t fix their own computers or whatever.
            I think you may be on to something.

          3. No one wants to take personal responsibility, that’s the long and short of it. If they can delusionally convince themselves that something else is at fault that’s not them they’ll jump on it. Denuvo is an easy target.

    1. That should read more like, “Nvidia says the more you spend on a GPU, the more they’ll keep inflating prices”. At least it would be true.

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  9. Well yeah Denuvo affects performance, but that’s a small price to pay for stopping dem evil pirat… Oh, wait…

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        1. as far as i know the most hated group of people are east europeans followed by south europeans then muslims.

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  13. Minor correction: the other PC configurations that will benefit are those without Internet connections for 1-2 months 😉

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    2. Stop spreading your Denuvo shilling everywhere, we know you ride Denuvo’s d*ck already so go back to your crappy drm mods and we’ll stick to the better performing non-drm version alright?

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  15. Meanwhile in this steam discussion thread kaldaien is in full damage control like a full denuvo shill he is,
    I like the work he does but i hate how he defend denuvo

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  16. off topic:
    watch?v=JcA7Nwa1L9I
    they released a gameplay trailer for readyornot
    weapon sounds are terrible.

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  18. Crazy people mass reported the guide and got it banned and are running to the defense of Denuvo.

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    1. And how did you test this? Is this some checkpoint where you just loaded save, made screenshot, turned the game off, changed exes, started the game, loaded save, made screenshot?

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      1. Yes, that was the methodology. I also waited about 30 seconds on each one so any inconsistencies or loading would settle out.

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        1. ok, ok. It’s just that GPU temperature…it’s still same, even though you turned the game off and I doubt that in 30seconds of not moving it went from 40-50°C to 84°C. Still I would recommend waiting for videos than these photo comparing.

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          1. It’s a Vega 64, they run hot. When you’re at 99% usage the GPU is going to hit its thermal limitations quickly and throttle. It doesn’t matter if you’re moving around or not, heat is all determined by usage. That static scene tops out the GPU.

        1. you haveent showed evidence, you posted two pics with no proof your using the non denuvo exe while others have and have anywhere from 5-20 fps increase

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  20. Waiting for Capcom to officially remove Denuvo. I already bought the game and I’m enjoying greatly so far and it runs pretty good on my modest system (i7 2600, GTX 1050 Ti 8 GB RAM, even have a video benchmark on Youtube while also showcasing my DMC skillz :3).

    But Denuvo blows. I just want devs to drop it already.

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  22. Even worse :
    “While someone was able to also crack the Steam DRM and release a Denuvo-free pirated version, ”

    Incorrect : The Denuvo free file was not cracked by anyone, but was provided by Capcom and then they remove it .

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  24. He is running dual core with RTX 2080 Ti

    Try i7 8700K with RTX 2080 on 4K resolution and let us see if there is big difference

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  25. Yet again, people keep having the wrong CONVERSATION about DRMs/DENUVO. And its just annoying as hell to hear people constantly hammer this foolishness about Denuvos PERFORMANCE IMPACT on games. Performance IMPACT should be the least of gamers worries where Denuvo is concerned. But NoOoOoO, Everyone will just keep on hammering this narrative. What I would like is for y’all to STFU about Denuvo’s Impact On Performance & focus y’all’s effort on what happens if you don’t let’s say: Don’t boot up your game for a week or 2 then suddenly losses internet connection for whatever reason and then you can’t boot up the SAME FUQIN GAME THAT YOU’VE OWN FOR 4 FUQIN YEARS!!! Or…. Denuvo Servers Go Down & you can’t boot up the SAME FUQIN GAME THAT YOU’VE OWN FOR 4 FUQIN YEARS!!! while the pirates have no offering playing their FREE FUQIN GAME WITHOUT INTERNET.

    So for the love of God everyone STFU about “DENUVO’s Impact On Performance. Because that’s the least of your worries with that Draconian piece of Schitt software. The other question you need to be asking yourself is why does have like Rise Of The Tomb Raider, Batman Arkham Knight, Just Cause 3-4 & So much more still have Denuvo in them. We are talking 4 years after these and most of these games now are cracked at Day 1-5. Who exactly is these games being protected from? The paying customers? Because the only people a cracked Denuvo Game is affecting are the paying customers that have to deal with Denuvo server outtages and the other inconvenience I labeled up above. But I’m sure everyone will keep hammering on about “Denuvos Impact On Performance”… Let’s see where that takes us… NO FUQIN WHERE I TELL YA. ?

    https://youtu.be/HA3PQW6qGO8

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  26. My video of Denuvo vs No Denuvo even showing adding the non-denuvo .exe so people can’t say its fake and its all in one take so they can’t say you’re running on different machines or changed the settings.

    https://youtu.be/1iHz1jhY2Bo

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  27. So, on AVG we get 5,5% more fps?
    With let’s say 42FPS, I would get additional 2,3FPS. That will change my experience vastly.
    /s

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  29. 10 fps is the average difference in many cases between rx570 and rx580, and these cards were priced between (200-300$)! people who say 10 fps don’t matter aren’t only retards but disgusting! is getting 500$ graphics card is the standard now? how tf can you say 10 fps don’t matter? disgusting!

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  31. Even if we’re being conservative, what you want is a stable 70+ fps for your 60hz monitor to avoid frame dips making the game choppy.

    If this brings you down to a 58 average it means you’re getting cut to 30fps with vsync to prevent screen tearing. The difference is essentially massive in many cases.

    Edit: and of course if you have a high refresh rate monitor with gsync, any improvement becomes linearly more smooth, with 10-20 fps difference being noticeable to the eye.

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  33. John,

    I think DENUVO has now been removed from this game.

    A tiny 21-megabyte patch of “Devil May Cry 5,” pushed through Steam, allegedly removed the game’s Denuvo DRM component. There’s no record of the patch in the list of updates for the game, although some Redditors comment that removal of the DRM has improved their game load times.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/ezpwsp/latest_devil_may_cry_5_update_removes_denuvo_drm/

    https://www.techpowerup.com/263610/devil-may-cry-5-patch-removes-denuvo-on-steam

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