Intel’s new series of processors, Alder Lake, will arrive on November 4th and, despite the fact that the CEO of Intel, Pat gelsinger, I was clear about a fairly optimistic future for the company, it is possible that finding these new components and creating the computer of your dreams will have to wait a bit due to the shortage of components.
Also, the Alder Lake series it is expected to hit the CPU market for a while. However, although it will be difficult to see it at the moment, one of its development details may give some problem– Its architecture is built in a hybrid way with large and smaller processors, which is likely to present compatibility problems in some games that use Third party DRM. DRM is known as an anti-piracy method to prevent illegal use of a digital product, using technologies such as Denuvo.
Take this into account in your possible purchase of a hybrid CPU
As Intel explained in an article on its official website, DRM manufacturers would have to publish new versions of its anti-piracy technologies to be compatible with new hardware products as can be the case with the architecture of new CPUs. In other words, those games that use the famous Denuvo, they will have to patch it to be compatible with Alder Lake processors. On the contrary, if that does not happen, it is possible that they present several problems and have an incompatibility with such technology.
“If your current or future game uses DRM middleware, you may want to contact the middleware provider and confirm that it supports hybrid architectures in general, and the upcoming Intel ADL platform in particular. Due to the nature of modern DRM algorithms, you could use CPU detection and should be aware of the upcoming hybrid platforms, “explains Intel.
However, it is good to know these types of details when buying a hybrid CPU, if you are able to find a processor with the times that run. However, lately Denuvo has not stopped giving certain performance problems and the last thing happened with Back 4 Blood, although they are working on it.