Razer Game Booster Now Open for Public Testing
Now anyone can check out Razer's new tweak utility, Game Booster.
Razer said on Tuesday that Game Booster, its optimization software for streamlining PC gaming performance, has been pulled out of closed beta and is now available for public testing. Users looking to squeeze every framerate out of Black Ops II and Diablo III can give the new open beta a test run by downloading a copy from here.
"Tens of thousands of users were granted closed beta access to Razer Game Booster in September and much of the submitted feedback was incorporated into the latest version," the company said. "Among its many features, the program now supports several additional languages, allowing for users around the world to give their games a boost."
The tweak utility, which is based on IObit's Game Booster software, optimizes a user’s system settings, thus improving PC game performance while also providing the ability to share "favorite moments" with friends in the process. Razer said it did extensive research and testing in partnership with IObit during the development, improving and updating features "to bring about the most intuitive and powerful application possible."
That said, with the click of a button, gameplay should become faster, smoother and easier to launch thanks to the new tool. To make that happen, the upcoming utility includes the following modes:
Game Mode
Focus in on your game by temporarily shutting down unnecessary functions and applications, concentrating all of your resources purely on gaming. Applications shut down prior to gaming are restored when user exits the game.
Calibrate Mode
Simplify the process of setting up your PC's performance by conveniently providing you with the option to tweak, defrag, or update any outdated drivers.
Share Mode
A bonus feature where you can show off your skills, create tutorials, and more, with the ability to record real-time audio/video and capture screenshots.
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"We got tremendously positive feedback from our initial Razer Game Booster testers and we're happy to welcome everyone to experience the award-winning software to optimize their systems and enhance gameplay," said Robert "RazerGuy" Krakoff, president of Razer USA. "This is just another step in providing the best gaming experience possible to the community and our dedicated fans."
To give Razer's tweak utility a try, download a copy by heading here.
Kevin Parrish has over a decade of experience as a writer, editor, and product tester. His work focused on computer hardware, networking equipment, smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles, and other internet-connected devices. His work has appeared in Tom's Hardware, Tom's Guide, Maximum PC, Digital Trends, Android Authority, How-To Geek, Lifewire, and others.
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mayankleoboy1 arent utilities like this a dime-a-dozen ?Reply
All they do is put the background processes on the disc cache, 'freeing' more RAM. -
burritobob It's free but i dunno how much it affects performance, my favorite feature is probably it tell you temps of your parts.Reply -
jessterman21 I've tried several versions of Iobit's GameBooster, and it has never made any difference in any games I've played.Reply -
crabdog This kind of program is only really useful to noobs who have 25 icons in their system tray. I would have loved it 10 years ago when I didn't know squat about computers but nowadays I keep running processes to a minimum by habit. Right now the only background things I have going are my antivirus and torrent client so I don't think Game Booster would make much difference at all.Reply -
iobit gamebooster worked great. the best tool was the defrag for just the game directory. got about 30% boost. all I'm saying is that its not snake oil.Reply
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mayne92 So Razer partnered with IOBit, known Chinese software firm blatantly caught stealing MalwareBytes' malware engine and definitions years ago, that IOBit? The IOBit that hosted Chinese pron on a sub-page around the same time; that IOBit? /sReply
Yeah, no thanks.
Game boosting hardly does anything significant with computer hardware today, that of course unless you install everything under the sun that runs as a service and you have less than 500MB of RAM available. Try reading the years-old articles around the Net that demonstrate you barely get 1-2 FPS more from using such software. Ending services you don't need works much the same.