Latest Batman: Arkham Night patch improves VRAM management for fewer framerate hitches

A new patch for Batman: Arkham Knight has been released which may be of interest to PC gamers looking for more performance increases.

Whilst the patch offers a host of fixes, the standout point is “Improved VRAM management to reduce framerate hitches”.

It’s now clear now much of an impact the update has on performance.

Patch Notes:

• Fixed a hitch during some game saves
• Fixed a Windows 10 issue causing the game to be unresponsive on launch when the keyboard language was set to Japanese, Japanese Microsoft IME, Korean, Chinese (Traditional) or Chinese (Simplified)
• Fixed minor delay when aiming a gadget when playing with a keyboard and mouse
• Fixed a bug causing full screen movies to play at half the monitor’s refresh rate on some systems
• Fixed players sometimes not being able to counter the Mini-Gun Brute after being spotted when playing as Nightwing or Batman
• Fixed a performance drop that occurred when encountering Man-Bat for the first time
• Fixed some Multi-Monitor specific bugs
• Some improvements to mouse and keyboard bindings
• Improved VRAM management to reduce framerate hitches
• Stability improvements for rare crash issues
• Fixed an issue causing certain types of lights & shadows to render incorrectly
• Fixed an issue causing the game process to occasionally remain running in the background for a period of time
• Fixed the Knightfall Protocol not being able to activate under certain conditions
• Fixed a progression blocker that could occur in Stagg Airships when leaving the predator room after only knocking out one of the guards
• Fixed damage states for Batman’s V8.03 skin in Story Mode after selecting an alternate skin for AR Challenges
• Fixed missing rain effects on several Batman skins (fix for 1970s and Arkham Origins skins coming soon)
• Added support for new DLC releasing on November 24th
• Play as other characters in AR predator challenges

Source: Steam