Epic Games is best known for its game, Fortnite. But as we know, the title has been facing many problems in recent times as the demand for digital games has increased owing to pandemic induced lockdowns. Epic games are trying to improve the performance of its alpha title Fortnite.
It issued a new alpha for the title to improve its metrics for older systems. The company suggested improving the frame rates of older AMD APU and GPUs to 45 fps. Previously these older modules from the OEMs were only capable of running the game at 18 fps. Of course, it wasn’t their fault, and they are not that old; it was merely that Fortnite’s algorithm was not optimized for such APUs and GPUs.
Epic Games also stated that a PC powered by the Core i5-8265U/UHD Graphics 620 could quickly get up to 61 fps with this Performance Mode, compared to 24 fps without it. But the game’s performance mode will still require the PC to have 6 to 8 GB of RAM and should be installed on an SSD. Well, won’t any game’s performance increase if it is installed on an SSD and is backed by 6 to 8 Gigs of RAM?
The game developer is offering another route for those who don’t want to upgrade their system just for the performance mode’s sake. The trade-off is that the game will remove high-resolution textures about 14GB of its total download size. Without them, the game runs smoother, but there won’t be high-quality details and effects. The new alpha performance option can be accessed from Fortnite’s Options in the Epic Games Launcher, and the developers also exist as a choice in its rendering modes.
