Razer Launching System Tweak Utility Called Game Booster
Razer is calling on PC gamers to beta test an upcoming system tweak tool called Game Booster.
Razer announced on Thursday the launch of a closed beta for Razer Game Booster, a system tweak utility based on IObit's Game Booster software. The tool 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 Game Booster takes what Razer is all about and supercharges it," said Robert "RazerGuy" Krakoff, president of Razer USA. "We are huge fans of IObit’s Game Booster software and we are dedicated to providing gamers with the absolute best experience possible. To that end, we are committed to everything that adds performance and fun to gaming, which includes software and the systems they run on."
Razer said that with the click of a button, gameplay becomes faster, smoother and easier to launch. To make that happen, the upcoming tool 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of setting up your PC’s performance by conveniently providing you with the option to tweak, defrag, or update any outdated drivers.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.
"Razer did extensive research and testing in partnership with IObit during the development of Razer Game Booster, improving and updating features to bring about the most intuitive and powerful application possible," the company said. "The software conveniently stores all games under one hub, and provides a unique boosting feature that enhances the functions of a PC for maximum game performance."
Although Razer Game Booster is currently in internal closed beta, PC gamers will have an opportunity to be a part of the testing. To participate, complete the beta signup form here. The FAQ and system/hardware requirements can be read here as well.
Can anyone provide any interesting benchmarks on this subject?
Yeah but thats not hard to do, the fact that I got up out of bed this morning is better news than EA's BF deal.
So far though from the description it almost sounds like it does what most of us do anyway. But if it simplifies it and is of use, good for them hopefully someone will find it useful.
Can anyone provide any interesting benchmarks on this subject?
Finished reading the article and found out it's based off the game booster from IObit.
Its true though, only poor people need this kind of programs.
Completely NOT true... a HUGE majority of desktop users run prebuilt systems & not all of them are cheap, but they aren't optimally configured for speed. A new, expensive PC (prebuilt obviously) will be filled with bloatware & have all the defaults still set. (I'm not great at explaining,sorry)
I liked the idea of AMD fusion but having an intel cpu, I cannot use
Hope all goes well, will be very interested in Razer's success. Much easier to click a button rather than disable one by one.
My desktop runs games incredibly, but my laptop (HP Pavilion g7 1150-us, i3-370m, Intel HD 3000 Graphics)... Let's just say gaming was the last thing on my mind when I purchased it. I try running SWTOR on absolute lowest setting possible, but trying to play in a group, WZ, when the light is seeping through a crack in the ceiling... I can go on, but anything other than solo questing is borderline impossible.
Will this program be able to distinguish between things such as MMO mouse drivers/AV software? Or is it "Kill everything except the OS and the game"?
shitalking aside, would be awesome if so. Guess looking towards future games optimising multiple cores is the least we can expect. Hope its possible for what you're asking though!
Although I don't have benchmarks, I can tell you from a long power-user-level gaming experience that things like this generally do more harm than good. Win7 generally does a decent job of not having system-slowing services unless you installed them yourself, like iTunes and whatnot. And even then, the performance gain is minimal unless you're low on RAM (these unnecessary services tend to hog memory, not processor cycles). However, using a tool like this will barely do a thing compared to an actual hardware upgrade, and probably be 100% placebo if there is any improvement.
The only actually useful feature I see is driver updating, which I prefer to do manually. My driver already alerts me when there is a new version, though, so that's not needed either.
The big question is however... why spend money on software when that money could be spent on the hardware and do the tweaks manually to get twice the results!