Is gamebooster any good?

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#1 Evart123
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Is gamebooster any good? Does it free up cpu resources? I am trying to get Kingdoms of AmalurReckoning to not lag sometimes.

CPU: core 2 duo 2.2 ghz

GPU: Nvidea 9800 gts 1gb

Ram: 4gb

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#2 deactivated-6243ee9902175
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I've never used it myself but what I've heard from people who have is the difference isn't huge. Something like 5 FPS.

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#3 DanielDust
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You should have absolutely no problem with KoA, what do you mean lag, lag during combat? if it's that kind of lag, then you can't fix that, for some reason they thought a random stutter like freeze in combat is awesome.

Gamebooster and any other similar apps are useless.

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#4 Van_SteubenZ
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Is gamebooster any good? Does it free up cpu resources? I am trying to get Kingdoms of AmalurReckoning to not lag sometimes.

CPU: core 2 duo 2.2 ghz

GPU: Nvidea 9800 gts 1gb

Ram: 4gb

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Its really good I used it on my old comp and the difference was humongous. Iobit is pretty good too. And ccleaner to clean out internet cache and much more. Also fixes registry errors
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#5 jer_1
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I use it on my PC and I don't really notice a major difference but yeah, a few frames is always welcome in any modern game you play. Use it, it's free and it does help!
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#6 jer_1
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Gamebooster and any other similar apps are useless.

DanielDust
Pretty sure you're way off base with that assessment.
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#7 DanielDust
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[QUOTE="DanielDust"]

Gamebooster and any other similar apps are useless.

jer_1
Pretty sure you're way off base with that assessment.

Pretty sure anyone able to manage and maintain their PC will have superior results. More applications running = worse performance, there's logic to why such applications never work, just like software to free RAM and so on.
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#8 nilzg
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[QUOTE="DanielDust"]

Gamebooster and any other similar apps are useless.

jer_1
Pretty sure you're way off base with that assessment.

Actually he's right, there has been a topic with the same question as this one. Then I said something like this: Gamebooster or any such programs only 'stop' processes but the programs themselves are also a (or more) process so they also use RAM which makes them useless, just make a clean boot (google it) keep your computer that way (only things that really need to start are things like virus scanners and fire walls) and if you want you can 'stop' processes any time with the task manager by hand. /thread
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it's much better to maintain your pc so that when you game, you have no problems. using apps like gamebooster will start doing things that are beyond your understanding and when something goes wrong it will be more difficult to isolate the problem. seriously, microsoft's builtin utility msconfig will let you stop processes and services that you don't want, if you don't want to uninstall their respective programs. that, and routine defragging is pretty much all you need to keep your pc in good order. the jury is still out on "registry fixers", so i won't say they will help. programs can't just free stuff up just like that, half the time if the OS is doing its job properly it should be doing this by itself. if you need external programs to do this then you are not keeping your pc in the condition you should.
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#10 deactivated-57e5de5e137a4
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Yes, it's handy if you want a quick way to free up resources. It also easily tweaks your system to do things like shut down hung programs faster. Sure, you could go through and manually adjust the registry keys yourself, but how does using a tool to make it easier mean that you don't maintain your computer well. I'm pretty sure the most advanced carpenters don't hammer nails with a screwdriver or their fingers just because they can. Nilzg is partially right though. The thing is this program is quick, one button press to start and one button press to stop. And if it's processes use up less resources than the processes that it shuts down, then it's quite clearly not useless. Still, the benefits are mostly going to be pretty minimal unless you have a really slow pc.
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#11 mhofever
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I recommend it especially if you have stutter issues with certain games like Black Ops. It didn't fully fix the problem but it improved it.

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#12 Evart123
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Ok I guess I will download it then.

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#13 DanielDust
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I recommend it especially if you have stutter issues with certain games like Black Ops. It didn't fully fix the problem but it improved it.

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Make sure you put shader warming on, if you didn't already, performance is flawless.
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#14 adamosmaki
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[QUOTE="jer_1"][QUOTE="DanielDust"]

Gamebooster and any other similar apps are useless.

DanielDust
Pretty sure you're way off base with that assessment.

Pretty sure anyone able to manage and maintain their PC will have superior results. More applications running = worse performance, there's logic to why such applications never work, just like software to free RAM and so on.

What he said. Gamebooster and any other similar programs are next to useless. If you really want a free performance boost there is only one way and is overclocking . Whats holding you back in Amalur is your dual core CPU. Overclock that to a decent 2,7-2,2,8ghz and you will see enough performance boost. Also instead of using a software like that just open your task manager then see if there are unwanted processes running or if a process is taking alot cpu cycles and terminate them . Also use msconfig ( write msconfig on your start menu ) to prevent unnecessary programs from starting with windows
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[QUOTE="DanielDust"][QUOTE="jer_1"] Pretty sure you're way off base with that assessment.adamosmaki
Pretty sure anyone able to manage and maintain their PC will have superior results. More applications running = worse performance, there's logic to why such applications never work, just like software to free RAM and so on.

What he said. Gamebooster and any other similar programs are next to useless. If you really want a free performance boost there is only one way and is overclocking . Whats holding you back in Amalur is your dual core CPU. Overclock that to a decent 2,7-2,2,8ghz and you will see enough performance boost. Also instead of using a software like that just open your task manager then see if there are unwanted processes running or if a process is taking alot cpu cycles and terminate them . Also use msconfig ( write msconfig on your start menu ) to prevent unnecessary programs from starting with windows

You guys seem not to understand the purpose of gamebooster, it is meant to close programs that isn't neccesary for gaming but is neccesary for other things that you do not want disabled from the beginning.... And the task manager your speak of means one has to do it every time when a click of yoru button can do the exact same thing with game booster.. And a second click brings everything else back online..

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#16 DanielDust
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If you actually followed the discussion, gambooster is useless because you don't need an application to do that and you also don't have to do it every single time, if your Windows has applications that need turning off then it's not properly managed, at most the AV would be the problem for systems that can't even support the OS + a more demanding game and that is easy to stop from within the AV (ironically, at the press of a button). There are other options that are better for people with low end systems and that is to strip 7 of most of its functionality and make it an updated Win 98.
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[QUOTE="DanielDust"]If you actually followed the discussion, gambooster is useless because you don't need an application to do that and you also don't have to do it every single time, if your Windows has applications that need turning off then it's not properly managed, at most the AV would be the problem for systems that can't even support the OS + a more demanding game and that is easy to stop from within the AV (ironically, at the press of a button). There are other options that are better for people with low end systems and that is to strip 7 of most of its functionality and make it an updated Win 98.

So why would they be better off doing that as a near permanent or more troublesome solutions rather than run a program where they can strip 7 of it's updated functionality and add it back with two button presses?
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#18 DanielDust
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Dude, there are two things I said there.

In other words

1) Learn to manage your PC (general, not you). - it'll give way better results than a redundant application.
and the part that you fused with 1 for some reason
2) An obsolete PC, will benefit the most from a lighter OS than a redundant application.

Two button presses are more than it should require, you're doing 2 button presses just because, you're not making the OS faster, games won't run any better (5 frames is just bs compared to a real solution, the variable frame rate loss goes way beyond just 5 frames and I'm sure that was an exaggeration, software like this doesn't get more than a few frames unless the PC is a total mess).

Why exactly would somebody not satisfied with performance not take time and clean their PC for way better performance? (not some fantasy that it probably runs better because I have this software) there is no such thing as permanent and troublesome (the result of you fusing two entirely different statements), only lazy, that is a lazy excuse that contradicts what a person, asking such questions, wants to do.