Capcom has announced that another performance update will be heading to the PC version of Resident Evil Village next week. Scheduled for release on August 10, 2021, the incredibly sparse Tweet from the official Resident Evil Twitter account states this patch will make minor fine-tuning to the FidelityFX Super Resolution support and optimize internal processing.
That sounds mostly superfluous, but the original release of Village on PC was something of a mixed bag. While it generally ran well and had framerates double that of its console counterparts, Capcom's implementation of DRM caused major issues during certain segments. When a title focused on combat has stuttering problems during combat, you know you've screwed up.
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After reports started surfacing about how cracked versions of Resident Evil Village ran significantly better than the retail release, Capcom issued a statement saying it would look into the problems users were facing. This was met with a preliminary patch in late July that did fix some of the issues present, though not everything. The main addition was that of support for AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution technology, which functions in a manner similar to Nvidia's DLSS. It helped but wasn't an all-around fix.
The hope is that this latest patch will iron out whatever issues are remaining in Village so that users can experience the game worry-free. It's a real shame any issues are present as Village is an otherwise great game and an excellent addition to the franchise. I'd still recommend buying it for PC, but it doesn't hurt to wait now that Capcom is actually making efforts to improve things.
Source: Twitter