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    Anybody tried "GameBooster"?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by JohnWhoTwo, Apr 27, 2009.

  1. Pranalien

    Pranalien Notebook Veteran

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    Ran this software last night. No fps differences in Fallout 3. Promptly uninstalled it.
     
    Pranalien, May 1, 2009
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  2. JohnWhoTwo

    JohnWhoTwo Notebook Deity

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    That's the beauty of free programs such as this -

    if they make a difference for you, you are happy and didn't spend any money,

    and if they do not make a difference for you, you uninstall it, you are happy, and you didn't spend any money.

    Of course, some people don't want to he Happy,

    which is why there is also Doc, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Bashful, and Dopey.

    :)
     
    JohnWhoTwo, May 1, 2009
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  3. Rob41

    Rob41 Team Pirate Control

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    Looks like these ATI GPU's (3870's/4870's) are both CPU hungry.

    On my old m9750 with 7950 GTX's, myself and others saw a difference in performance with different CPU's but it was a small difference.

    Testing on the M17 with the 3870's shows huge differences based directly to CPU speed.
     
    Rob41, May 1, 2009
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  4. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Its for a lot of reasons, dual cards take a bit of cpu power to sync up, then you have nearly 2x the rendering power there so it takes 2x the cpu power than before to keep up with the cards.

    Then seems a lot of newer games are starting to put much higher loads on the cpu that we are used to.

    Put it all together and it means a cpu is now really important if you want max performance.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, May 1, 2009
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  5. JohnWhoTwo

    JohnWhoTwo Notebook Deity

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    Other than "opinions",

    I can't see a downside on at least trying the free GameBooster program.

    If you get an observable difference, good for you, and if you don't, that's why god created "uninstall".

    :)
     
    JohnWhoTwo, May 3, 2009
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