Elden Ring is considered by many, including myself, as one of the best games ever released by From Software, as well as one of the best games ever made, but it is undeniable that technical issues on PC can damage the experience. These issues have yet to be fully fixed, but one interesting workaround has been discovered, improving performance considerably.
This workaround, which was originally detailed by thsea4021 on YouTube, has been used as the basis for a new mod shared online today on Nexus Mods by DevourerPi. This mod automatically sets CPU affinity every time the game is started, greatly improving performance. Without the mod, on my system (i7-10700 CPU, 3070 GPU, and 16 GB RAM), I was getting plenty of stuttering in some parts of the game's open world, but with the mod, I had little to no stuttering, resulting in a much smoother and more enjoyable experience.
Elden Ring is available on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox One worldwide. You can learn more about the Game of the Year 2022 by checking out my review.
I tried hard to find any faults in Elden Ring, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't find any outside of some technical issues that the developers could fix via patches. I firmly believe that perfection doesn't exist and that it is always possible to improve, but I really couldn't think of anything that Elden Ring could have done better. As such, the game wholly deserves a perfect score, an honor I would have given only to a couple of other modern games, not only for its extremely high quality but also for what it accomplished with its open world and for how it will surely influence video games as a whole in the future.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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