Hogwarts Legacy- comparative test of licensed and pirated versions
| BASIC GAME INFORMATION |
Not long ago, information appeared on all gaming portals that EMPRESS managed to completely remove Denuvo anti-piracy protection from the game Hogwarts Legacy.
And the entire Internet was full of such posts that the pirated version Hogwarts Legacy much more productive than the licensed one! Well, we checked the testing and checked whether this is actually the case, or whether someone simply decided to hype the same thing... To test both versions, we used the same version of the game 1.0.1117238:
This test is intended to show the inconsistency of the excuses that hacked versions of games work much better, justifying their pirated downloading. It is also worth noting that we are categorically against piracy, as we support legality, fairness and respect for the work of game copyright holders!
| NEW PRODUCTS PROVIDED FOR TESTS BY GIGABYTE |
In our review we present you with motherboards GIGABYTE Z790 GAMING XAX. We use these motherboards as test benches for testing new generations of processors Intel.
This time the company's top video card is participating in our test. AORUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX ELITE 24G. This video card is based on the RDNA 3 architecture, operates at a frequency of 3000 MHz and has 24 gigabytes of video memory. Test this video card on our website.
| NEW PRODUCTS PROVIDED FOR TESTS BY MSI |
Now participating in our test MSI GEFORCE RTX 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24 GB. This video card is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, operates at a frequency of 2750 MHz, has 16384 stream processors and 24 gigabytes of video memory.
This time the company's top video card is participating in our test. MSI GEFORCE RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 12 GB. The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is based on the AD104 GPU and features 7680 CUDA cores and 12GB of GDDR6X memory.
In our review we present you with the motherboard MSI MPG X670E Carbon WIFI. MSI MPG X670E Carbon WIFI is equipped with a highly reliable power system, with 16 power modules designed to work with powerful multi-threaded AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors. You can directly view the testing of this motherboard on our website.
| NEW PRODUCTS PROVIDED FOR TESTS BY ASUS |
This time the company's new video card is participating in our test. ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 OC. This video card is based on the RDNA 3 architecture, operates at a frequency of 3000 MHz and has 24 gigabytes of video memory.
In our review we present you with the motherboard ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming Wi-Fi. ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi includes 4 DDR5 DIMM modules with a maximum capacity of up to 64 gigabytes and a frequency of up to 6400 MHz. For the file subsystem, the motherboard supports 3 M.2 PCIe 5.0/4.0 x4 slots and 4 SATA 6 Gb/s ports. You can directly view the testing of this motherboard on our website.
This time the company's top video card is participating in our test. ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC. The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is based on the AD104 GPU and features 7680 CUDA cores and 12GB of GDDR6X memory. Test this video card on our website.
| NEWCIs PROVIDED FOR TESTS BY KINGSTON |
In our review we used RAM: 32 GB DDR4 3600 CL16 Kingston FURY Renegade, 32 GB DDR4 4000 CL18 Kingston FURY Renegade,32 GB DDR5 6000 Kingston FURY Renegade.
| TEST PART |
| Test configuration | |
| test stands |
ROG Strix X570-E Gaming Z490 AORUS PROAX GIGABYTE Z590 VISION GIGABYTE Z690 AERO G GIGABYTE Z790 GAMING XAX MSI MPG X670E Carbon WIFI ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming Wi-Fi |
| Sponsored video cards |
AORUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX ELITE 24G MSI GEFORCE RTX 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24 GB MSI GEFORCE RTX 4070 Ti GAMING TRIO 12 GB MSI GEFORCE RTX 3080 SUPRIM X 12 GB MSI GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8 GB ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX ASUS TUF Gaming GEFORCE RTX 4080 OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC |
| Multimedia equipment |
Monitor Philips 326M6VJRMB/00 Seasonic PRIME TX-1000 power supply 32 GB DDR4 3600 CL16 Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB DDR4 4000 CL18 Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB DDR5 5600 CL40 Kingston Fury Beast 32 GB DDR5 6000@6400 CL30 Kingston FURY Renegade Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD MPG CORELIQUID K240 housing |
| Software configuration |
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| Operating system | Windows 10 21H2/ Windows 11(Alder Lake) |
| Graphics driver |
Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 528.49 WHQL AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 23.2.2 |
| Monitoring programs |
MSI Afterburner |
Our video cards were tested at different screen sizes of 1920x1080, 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 at ultra Graphics quality settings with ray tracing. We chose this mode because it is the most depressing in terms of game performance, so we’ll see if there is a vaunted increase from the pirated version...
| GPU TEST |
In the video card test, the default resolution is 1920x1080; other resolutions are added and removed manually. You can also remove and add any positions of video cards. You can also select any of our test processors from the list in the drop-down menu, comparing its performance with the given video card tests (by default, the most productive solution is selected). The test is carried out on the most powerful CPU in this game and is scaled to other processors, taking into account their testing on NVIDIA and AMD video cards.
You can select and buy a video card model or one close to it by following the link from any position on our modular charts from our partner Telemart.
- Licensed version
- Pirated version
Licensed version
When resolved 1920x1080 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the level Radeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 2060. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 6950XT or GeForce RTX 2080. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions Radeon RX 7900 XTX or GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.
When resolved 2560x1440 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the level Radeon RX 6800 XT or GeForce RTX 2080. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions GeForce RTX 4080.
When resolved 3840x2160 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the level Radeon RX 7900 XTX or GeForce RTX 3080. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level GeForce RTX 4080.
Hacked version
When resolved 1920x1080 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the level Radeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 2060. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 6900 XT or GeForce RTX 2080. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions Radeon RX 7900 XTX or GeForce RTX 4070 Ti.
When resolved 2560x1440 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the level Radeon RX 6800 XT or GeForce RTX 2080. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 7900 XTX or GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions GeForce RTX 4090.
When resolved 3840x2160 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the level Radeon RX 7900 XTX or GeForce RTX 3080. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level GeForce RTX 4080.
| VIDEO MEMORY CONSUMPTION |
Testing of video memory consumed by the game was carried out by the program MSI Afterburner. The indicator was based on the results on video cards from AMD and NVIDIA with separate screen sizes 1920x1080, 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 with various anti-aliasing settings. By default, the graph displays the most current solutions. Other video cards are added and removed from the chart at the request of the reader.
- Licensed version
- Pirated version
GameGPU
Licensed version
When resolved 1920x1080 Video memory consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 8 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 10 gigabytes, with 16 gigabytes 10 gigabytes, with 24 gigabytes 11 gigabytes.
When resolved 2560x1440 Video memory consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 8 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 11 gigabytes, with 16 gigabytes 11 gigabytes, with 24 gigabytes 12 gigabytes.
When resolved 3840x2160 video memory consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes 8 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 12 gigabytes, with 16 gigabytes 12 gigabytes with 24 gigabytes 13 gigabytes
Hacked version
When resolved 1920x1080 Video memory consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 7 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 10 gigabytes, with 16 gigabytes 10 gigabytes, with 24 gigabytes 12 gigabytes.
When resolved 2560x1440 Video memory consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 7 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 10 gigabytes, with 16 gigabytes 10 gigabytes, with 24 gigabytes 12 gigabytes.
When resolved 3840x2160 video memory consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes 8 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 11 gigabytes, with 16 gigabytes 11 gigabytes with 24 gigabytes 13 gigabytes
| CPU TEST |
Testing was carried out at a resolution of 1920x1080. In the processor test, you can remove or add any processor positions. You can also select any tested video card from the list in the drop-down menu, comparing its performance with the given processor test results (by default, the most productive solution from NVIDIA is selected). Testing takes place on the most powerful NVIDIA and AMD video cards and scales to low-end models.
You can select and buy a processor model or one close to it by following the link from any position of our modular charts from our partner Telemart.
- Licensed version
- Pirated version
Licensed version
When using video cards NVIDIA processors showed an acceptable indicator of at least 25 frames per second Ryzen 3 3100 or Core i 3 10100, and an FPS of at least 60 frames per second will be able to provide solutions at the level Ryzen 5 7600 or Core i 5 12600.
When using video cards AMDprocessors showed an acceptable indicator of at least 25 frames per second Ryzen 3 3100 or Core i 3 10100.
Hacked version
When using video cards NVIDIA processors showed an acceptable indicator of at least 25 frames per second Ryzen 3 3100 or Core i 3 10100, and an FPS of at least 60 frames per second will be able to provide solutions at the level Ryzen 5 7600 or Core i 11 11900.
When using video cards AMDprocessors showed an acceptable indicator of at least 25 frames per second Ryzen 3 3100 or Core i 3 10100.
| RAM TEST |
The test was carried out on the basic configuration of Core i 9 13900K with 32 GB DDR5 6400 MHz pre-installed memory. All used RAM was taken as an indicator. The RAM test for the entire system was carried out on various video cards without launching third-party applications (browsers, etc.). In the graphics, you can add and remove any resolutions and video cards as desired.
- Licensed version
- Pirated version
GameGPU
Licensed version
When resolved 1920x1080 RAM consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 17 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 16 gigabytes, with 16 gigabytes 16 gigabytes, with 24 gigabytes 19 gigabytes.
When resolved 2560x1440 RAM consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 20 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 16 gigabytes, with 16 gigabytes 16 gigabytes, with 24 gigabytes 19 gigabytes.
When resolved 3840x2160 RAM consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 22 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 17 gigabytes, with 16 gigabytes 16 gigabytes, with 24 gigabytes 19 gigabytes.
Hacked version
When resolved 1920x1080 RAM consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 18 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 14 gigabytes, with 16 gigabytes 15 gigabytes, with 24 gigabytes 19 gigabytes.
When resolved 2560x1440 RAM consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 20 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 14 gigabytes, with 16 gigabytes 15 gigabytes, with 24 gigabytes 19 gigabytes.
When resolved 3840x2160 RAM consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 23 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 15 gigabytes, with 16 gigabytes 15 gigabytes, with 24 gigabytes 19 gigabytes.
| CONCLUSION |
Well, as we see, the miracle did not happen. If there are deviations in video cards in one direction or another, depending on the version of the game, then in terms of processor performance the pirated version is definitely worse than the licensed one. The ray tracing mode is already difficult for modern processors, but in the pirated version Hogwarts Legacy it is insignificant, but worse...
So in general we can say that the hacked version Hogwarts Legacy in most cases it has worse performance than the licensed one. The Denuvo defense was not taken out of the game, but bypassed with additional crutches. And don’t trust all the news where they claim a significant superiority in performance of the hacked version, justifying the download by a pirate!
This test is intended to show the inconsistency of the excuses that hacked versions of games work much better, justifying their pirated downloading. It is also worth noting that we are categorically against piracy, as we support legality, fairness and respect for the work of game copyright holders!
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