Battlefield 6 Anti-Cheat Collides with AMD Ryzen X3D Processors
Recently, a bottleneck has been seen in Battlefield 6, which was released just a few days ago, and its "Javelin" anti-cheat seems to play havoc with the architecture found in AMD's Ryzen X3D processors. According to the YouTube channel JayzTwoCents, the inconsistency disrupts an essential feature of the CPUs, possibly degrading their respective in-game performance.
Understanding the Core Conflict
The architecture inside AMD's Ryzen X3D processors is aimed specifically at improving gaming performance through a highly effective L3 cache (3D V-Cache). Upon a game loading, the CPU architecture is supposed to park cores off on one die and target the "3D V-Cache" die in order to give the game the lowest latencies and highest cache access speeds, maximizing frame rates.
The report suggests, however, that the Javelin anti-cheat system for Battlefield 6 overrides that. The anti-cheat system uses all processor cores to divide the game's workload between them, using cash from all the available sources, which clears the intended cache benefit. Therefore, for a latency-sensitive game, frame rates suffer degradation in the range of 5-10%.
Current Workarounds and Risks Involved
Resource-starved players aren't left with much for a workaround, and even then the flaws in the method are glaring:
- External Programs: In fact, using something like Process Lasso to force core affinity is a bad idea. Such an action might be perceived as tampering or interference by Javelin, resulting in account suspension.
- Manual Die-Disabling: Safety-wise, the best way to go about doing this is to disable one of the processor dies via the BIOS of the system, or MXN control software by AMD, manual disabling also stays clear of this anti-cheat process, but unfortunately also loses all the gain in multicore use for all other computations.
Path to a Resolution
This begs the said report, as the proper solution for this problem is not something that currently lays in the hands of players. Collated effort( that would be most likely needed) would perhaps lead to chip manufacturer AMD and game publisher EA jointly delivering a patch or update that may work well with the Javelin anti-cheat in conjunction with the architecture found within Ryzen X3D.
