Game Booster - does it work ?

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anyone tried this program ? any results ?

and the most important thing for me - is it safe for OS ?

 

I never had a issue with it as far as it being safe.

I never ran games with it on though.I turned it on when I would benchmark my desktops.Believe it or not it did help.

 

I've noticed about 1-3 fps increase, not a lot but I guess you could say it works, and it's safe, never had any problems out of it.

 

Oh boy, not again. Bottom line is NO it does not work. Expect thread to be closed in a few.

 

What does it do just like keep your RAM cache clean?

 

really it doesnt work? because its done wonders on my old laptop and help on my recent laptop by closing everything im not using (doesnt help fps wise but helps considering stability while gaming) well at least thats my experience.

 

Whether or not it works depends on how much stuff you have permanently running on your machine. If you already went to considerable lengths to trim Windows down, it's unlikely to do anything, but if you have a horde of programs that start at boot, it's a lot more useful.

 

i notice a drop -0.5 on average. Id say it makes the games more stable when overclocking though.

 

Unless you have very little RAM, and have tons of stuff open in the background, it won't be useful. Having 3GB+ of RAM and in most instances it won't help much if at all.

 

thanks guys

I was just wondering if I had any substantial fps increase (5 fps average and more.. lol)... I have 6GB RAM, my laptop is new, so I predict its useless for me and probably I won't install it

 

It's like asking if an RPM-limiter "works". Do you know how to shift gears properly? Or do you drive around in first gear while doing 60 clicks?

 

with that much ram I don't think it will make any difference, It only made a very small difference for me bc I always have a ton of stuff running and I game on an external monitor, it just makes it easy to shut everything down with the push of one button, but you won't notice any difference w 6GB ram

 

Doesnt it just disable some services while enabled, lol?

 

If you're the kind of person who has everything set to "start when Windows starts" when you install software, and leaves all your manufacturer's bloatware installed and running, then it might make a difference. I take good care of my Windows installations, though; I remove bloatware and I never start anything on startup except RivaTuner and Steam, and I've followed some Windows tweak guides to disable services and stuff that I don't use, so GameBooster would probably do nothing for me.

 

Ya, game booster isn't really the right way to address the problem if your RAM being clogged with bloaty background programs. And if you don't have that problem, there's no point in using it. If you do have said problems...

- Clean up your startup entries. In windows just run msconfig and go to the startup tab, then uncheck everything you don't need running all the time. If you don't know what an item on the list is, google it and find out.

- Use ctrl+shift+escape and look for processes that you don't need to be running. Often a program you think has been closed completely will still have some process running in the background. Again, if you can't figure out what something is, google it and find out. If you find any processes that could be addware/malware/spyware/bloatware use google to find out how to properly uninstall them.

- Buy more RAM if you have to. Really, it's cheap. I hate to keep referring people to google but you'll have to look up how to do it for your specific laptop and what kind of RAM you can put in it.

 

Necromas it sounds pretty simple...lol

I have Sony Vaio Fw51MF, so I have loads of Sony stuff installed.. But I think it makes 1-3 fps difference in gaming, am I right? I use defragmentation once a week, so this issue doesn't affect gaming performance too..

I'm afraid the only way to increase fps in games is OVERCLOCKING my downclocked Mobility Radeon 4650....

I heard people increased 3dmark06 result from 5800 to 7300... but still I'm afraid I'll spoil something (OS or laptop itself...).. any suggestions?

 

Hmmm... an RPM limiter isn't usually intended to increase performance, timing gears yes... RPM limiter is more for tranny damage control for idiots that don't know how to properly engage and disengage a clutch. Just listen to the damn engine, that's how you shift.

 

Or buy an automatic.

 

that's what I'm saying. Game Booster is for idiots who don't know how to use their system properly.

 

I wouldn't go so far as to say "idiots". It's great for people who don't have the know-how (or the motivation) to take the time to optimize Windows on their own. It's a sort of "easy-mode" button. It's not completely as effective as doing a good job of it yourself, but that's not the audience they're trying to market it to.

 

I only used the term to complete thinkpad's analogy.

It's sort of like how you'd expect that a person who buys a manual should know how to use the clutch, is the same way a gamer who cares about performance should know how to tune their system.

 

I don't think it would hurt to try it. And if it turns off things you don't want running in the background while you play, like other bandwidth consuming apps (i.e. utorrent, Steam, etc) I guess setting up executing closing these and restarting them automatically would be worth it. Or if you have 2GB or less of RAM and run lots of stuff in the background, it might help a bit. But usually stuff running in the background only consumes RAM and won't hinder performance much except for having to use the swap file over physical RAM.

 

i would say that game booster is useful for ppl with even 4GB RAM espeically in RAM intensive games like MW2... i get lagg because of lack of video RAM at high details... game booster actually closes all those unnecessary services and the extra RAm helps and gets rid of the lagg.... and my comp has no bloatware .... even if it does , its disabled and only starts when i want it to... i would get game booster.

 

Well, game booster is supposed to clean your regular RAM, not video RAM... so I am not sure how it can help in your case.

 

It would help integrated cards which share system memory.

 

I do not think it would help for anyone who pro-actively uses and configures Windows (msconfig is your friend). If you close unnecessary applications before gaming, you should get near maximum performance form your hardware (provided you keep your drivers up to date). Furthermore there are many open source or freeware applications that use less memory and processing power (Pidgin vs. MSN messenger, and foobar2000 vs. iTunes/Windows Media Player).

If I understand correctly the app closing portion doesn't sound detrimental. It just performs a simple scan and asks to close programs, which is better done by yourself, but automation is always nice. However, it may be detrimental if it interrupts super or prefetching during its 'RAM cleaning' process. I don't think the 'processor intensifying' is anything legitimate or useful... They must be trying to sell it through marketing, but that begs the question, why does a freeware application need marketing? Also, are any specifics as to what it does when running in the background? Apparently, certain virus scanners view it as malware as well. This software seems unnecessary, and the actual benefits aren't noticeable or worth the risks.

In regards to video memory: I don't think that any application can fix video memory shortages, considering the only options are to reduce detail or to put video data (vertices, textures, etc) in regular memory, which is much slower for the GPU to access. Then again, 512MB should be sufficient for most (lower) resolutions. But size isn't everything, DDR3 is much slower bandwidth than more modern GDDR types.

Somewhat off topic: It amazes me when I help people from school with technical issues, and they always have dozens of applications running that they rarely use. Generally with out of date drivers... It makes me understand why some people go with Mac OS, you don't have to work as hard to get a safe and fast installation (on well built hardware).

 

I experience a lot of lag on CPU/ram intensive games like the sims or simcity. Specs in sig. Will gamebooster increase fps in those games?

 

i use it as a quick way to disable aero(dmw) and themes services.. with those 2 disabled i get 3-4 more fps in my current games dragon age and risen. this on asus m50sv with nvidia 9500m gs windows 7.

 

I use it. 1fps max difference but its free 1fps so why not. lol. If you have lots of crap running in the background or you haven't formatted your drive in a long time and your registry is all messed up, then it will help much more.