The latest Patch 6 for God of War Ragnarök on PC introduces targeted performance enhancements for older AMD processors, specifically Zen 1 and Zen 2 CPUs. Though originally ported by developer Jetpack Interactive, Ragnarök started with more of a performance and stability focus. Since its debut, consistent updates have fine-tuned the game, with Patch 6 improving compatibility for CPU-limited systems, especially those with older AMD setups.
More About the God of War Ragnarök Patch 6
According to details from SteamDB, this patch primarily focuses on performance improvements and bug fixes across several areas. Users with many of the older AMD Zen1 and Zen2 CPUs will see improved performance, now especially for scenes that used to be CPU-bound. On top of this, the patch fixes a number of crash scenarios enabling these navigation-specific journal pages or switching between controllers rapidly also led to crashes in certain instances along with gameplay on the Vanaheim region.
On the graphics side, this update should restore Realm between Realms tessellation quality back to PS5 levels with a full fix only possible with NVIDIA drivers 565.90 or later due to some remaining heat map issues. Elsewhere quality of life changes include better lock-on when using a mouse, which provides quicker target switching and some attack indicator adjustments to make them more accurate during frame generation.
Audio also sees the cinematic dialogue volume balancing patch, which will maintain all spoken work at consistent and as in intended volumes. While these improvements do help performance and stability, Patch 6 improves gameplay smoothness by reducing visual hitches across a variety of hardware setups. Those on previous-generation AMD CPUs probably shouldn’t expect major leaps in performance, though refinements like the ones included in this patch ought to offer some stability and consistency.
When God of War Ragnarök is launched the next time on Steam, the update will be downloaded automatically and players do not need to take any more action. With these tailored fixes, God of War Ragnarök continues to deliver a more polished experience, cementing it as one of the most refined recent PC ports.
FAQs
Does Patch 6 improve performance for all PC users?
Patch 6 specifically enhances performance for older AMD Zen1 and Zen2 CPUs, but it also includes general bug fixes and improvements.
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Steam will automatically download and install Patch 6 the next time you launch God of War Ragnarök.
