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Old Jul 24, 2009, 09:01 PM   #1
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There are different versions of this software but this ones seems palateable enough

Game booster, shuts down aspects of windows etc.... that are not needed for gaming to cut down on the amount of resources that are used
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But you are installing yet another program. Shutting down programs can be done easily.
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Old Jul 24, 2009, 09:10 PM   #3
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Yeah but then its one click to renable them.. time saving...
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So, when in your system tray, how resource hungry is this program. I imagine it's KBs!!

Anyone give examples of what it shuts down... just programs in the background or services too?
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you have 6b of ram though, if you had like 1gb I could see the need for something like this if you were unsure of what apps to close but with your setup it might be kinda useless to you
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Meh, it doesn't really matter anymore in the age of dual and quad core processors, 4GB or more RAM and muscle car esque gpus
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you have 6b of ram though, if you had like 1gb I could see the need for something like this
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Meh, it doesn't really matter anymore in the age of dual and quad core processors, 4GB or more RAM and muscle car esque gpus
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True but it is useful when you are using older rigs in your house when your hosting a lan party... or is that just me..
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Here is a review of it and it's a good review: http://gamepyre.propagation.net/revi...pc/1115_1.html

I just wish I could find some information on what it specifically shuts down/optimizes.
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And no i dont use it on my system....

Well it shuts down windows services which arent used/ needed like group policy bollucks... and closes items in your system tray, they are all returned when game booster is shutdown so you dont have to reboot.. renable
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can give more info and screenshots dude if you want??
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To the OP, I was thinking there is no way he needs this. This sounds like a gimmick for an old slow computer like a dial-up booster, but the review says other wise? (Haven't looked yet)
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I use this on my lil bro's system
E series dual core 2.66
and 7900 gs
4 gig ram ddr2

yeah i know needs upgrading its on my to do list

gets more than a few fps so why spin over it.......
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I used game booster on my old P3 and Geforce 4 i didn't really notice any difference but i also had 1gb of ram(that was alot at that time )
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hey, a few FPS is a few FPS... I mean more is always better thanks for this.
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I wounder if this helps games like GTA4, i know defraging the GTA 4 folder can give 1-5 FPS extra by using contig more in some cases..

Might even help some with games like Arma 2 as well. And because you have a kick ass comp don't mean you can not more reasonable performance out of it.

Will give it a try now and if i get the time tomorrow i'll post some differences...
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Very nice! A lot of the programs I already have permanently disabled but there are a bunch in there that aren't. Going to give it a try.
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give it a go later with Prototype & see
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lol ... I never really use it....I was messing with it and Wprime and had interesting result which swayed toward the app does indeed work...but as far as gaming , not even a once.



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lol ... I never really use it....I was messing with it and Wprime and had interesting result which swayed toward the app does indeed work...but as far as gaming , not even a once.
Might be a good program for the bencher's. Now I have to try WPrime.
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I just disable most of that stuff in services.msc anyway.
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this is great - because alot of services being disabled are great for games and crunching apps, but sh*T if you're just trying to use the OS - and using office programs that depend on some of these services.

this toggle is perfect.
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Reminds me of amd fusion and game xp looks decent. iobit also make smart defrag one of the best defrag progs imo
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you could just stop the services yourself using windows and restart them soooooo. . .
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