http://store.steampowered.com/app/520840/ 40% off in the Steam sale.
Has anyone tried this? I saw DJ-RK mention it in a thread and bookmarked it.
Seventh Knight also offers Seventh Knight, PC Security + Gaming Accelerator 2
http://store.steampowered.com/app/518690/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbiOKZ5MboI
Well, I can't comment on this product, I haven't tried it. It does have a trial though, but I don't want to install it, if it's garbage.
I used to use a similar app that was free from AMD back in 2005-2007, with Windows XP. You could list programs to shut down with just the click of a button prior to gaming. It worked well.
There are a number of free apps that do the same thing, I know Razer has one or two.
If I'm playing anything resource intensive, I shut down unnecessary processes prior to playing, but not all of them stay closed.
hit ctrl+alt+del, open task manager, select the processes tab, click the "show processes from all users" option down at the bottom, at the top you see "Image Name", User Name", "CPU", Memory"
Left click "Memory", this will rearrange the processes to show which ones are using the most resources. Looking down the list, you'll see a lot of things running that will not be needed at any time during your gaming session.
Click the "Performance" tab in task manager, it will show your memory being used. Check it at idle, with no browsers or apps open, other than what is running after a normal boot. Now, start disabling unneeded crap prior to your gaming session and recheck memory usage, you might be surprised at how much was being used and how much you freed up.
Playing some old game, sure, it doesn't matter.
But playing a new release, it's nice to have as much resources available as possible.
Well, I can't comment on this product, I haven't tried it. It does have a trial though, but I don't want to install it, if it's garbage.
I used to use a similar app that was free from AMD back in 2005-2007, with Windows XP. You could list programs to shut down with just the click of a button prior to gaming. It worked well.
There are a number of free apps that do the same thing, I know Razer has one or two.
If I'm playing anything resource intensive, I shut down unnecessary processes prior to playing, but not all of them stay closed.
hit ctrl+alt+del, open task manager, select the processes tab, click the "show processes from all users" option down at the bottom, at the top you see "Image Name", User Name", "CPU", Memory"
Left click "Memory", this will rearrange the processes to show which ones are using the most resources. Looking down the list, you'll see a lot of things running that will not be needed at any time during your gaming session.
Click the "Performance" tab in task manager, it will show your memory being used. Check it at idle, with no browsers or apps open, other than what is running after a normal boot. Now, start disabling unneeded crap prior to your gaming session and recheck memory usage, you might be surprised at how much was being used and how much you freed up.
Playing some old game, sure, it doesn't matter.
But playing a new release, it's nice to have as much resources available as possible.
I don't think is garbage but for sure is not worth any money as long as you have free options.
I use Razer cortex and it really helps with games I'm limited by the CPU, like Battlefield 1 by stoping unnecessary processes and services, switching power profiles.
All this can be done manually but it is easier this way.
I don't think is garbage but for sure is not worth any money as long as you have free options.
I use Razer cortex and it really helps with games I'm limited by the CPU, like Battlefield 1 by stoping unnecessary processes and services, switching power profiles.
All this can be done manually but it is easier this way.
Intel i7 8086K
Gigabyte GTX 1080Ti Aorus Extreme
DDR4 2x8gb 3200mhz Cl14
TV LG OLED65E6V
Windows 10 64bits
I used Cortex and Razers Surround Sound I liked both, except that they were always, almost continuously scanning my hard drives. I have several hard drives for Media Center recording that like to sleep and are good that way, they do not need to be pestered by Razers crap.
Razer's virtual surround is absolutely awesome and emphasizes center channel clarity for surround systems. Great for headphones as well. If you look in the folder, you'll find a DLL that is from the place that they license the technology. Unfortunately, the licensor does not have a consumer version themselves.
I absolutely hate Razer Synapse and the fact that they limit offline mode to a single profile for their devices, I use a Tartarus reluctantly.
I used Cortex and Razers Surround Sound I liked both, except that they were always, almost continuously scanning my hard drives. I have several hard drives for Media Center recording that like to sleep and are good that way, they do not need to be pestered by Razers crap.
Razer's virtual surround is absolutely awesome and emphasizes center channel clarity for surround systems. Great for headphones as well. If you look in the folder, you'll find a DLL that is from the place that they license the technology. Unfortunately, the licensor does not have a consumer version themselves.
I absolutely hate Razer Synapse and the fact that they limit offline mode to a single profile for their devices, I use a Tartarus reluctantly.
It's pretty useless if you've got half a brain towards PC maintenance. I saw this when it came out, contacted the dev and they gave me a 30 day trial for their entire package (Security and Gaming Accelerator). Installed it, gave it a whirl with some synthetic benchmarks and also Quantum Break (which is known to be pretty heavy), and to be honest, I noticed about a 1-2% REDUCTION in performance. This was on a relatively new/clean install of Windows 10, mind you. I think it *might* be helpful for someone running a relatively bloated OS or malware bogging your system down.
It's pretty useless if you've got half a brain towards PC maintenance. I saw this when it came out, contacted the dev and they gave me a 30 day trial for their entire package (Security and Gaming Accelerator). Installed it, gave it a whirl with some synthetic benchmarks and also Quantum Break (which is known to be pretty heavy), and to be honest, I noticed about a 1-2% REDUCTION in performance. This was on a relatively new/clean install of Windows 10, mind you. I think it *might* be helpful for someone running a relatively bloated OS or malware bogging your system down.
3D Gaming Rig: CPU: i7 7700K @ 4.9Ghz | Mobo: Asus Maximus Hero VIII | RAM: Corsair Dominator 16GB | GPU: 2 x GTX 1080 Ti SLI | 3xSSDs for OS and Apps, 2 x HDD's for 11GB storage | PSU: Seasonic X-1250 M2| Case: Corsair C70 | Cooling: Corsair H115i Hydro cooler | Displays: Asus PG278QR, BenQ XL2420TX & BenQ HT1075 | OS: Windows 10 Pro + Windows 7 dual boot
Yeah... these things.
I used to be really meticulous about going through all my systems and disabling unneeded processes and Windows 10 is pretty bloaty when it comes to that, we all know.
Back in the day you used be able to get pretty good benefit from doing this sort of thing and all these products just basically saved that manual work but these days I don't really see enough performance impact due to the systems we are running.
I shut down memory resident programs and keep startup as clean as possible, and it seems to do just as much performance wise as these process shutdown things seem to achieve I feel they are there just to take advantage of people who do not know what they are doing and can't be bothered doing a few manual tweaks.
I used to be really meticulous about going through all my systems and disabling unneeded processes and Windows 10 is pretty bloaty when it comes to that, we all know.
Back in the day you used be able to get pretty good benefit from doing this sort of thing and all these products just basically saved that manual work but these days I don't really see enough performance impact due to the systems we are running.
I shut down memory resident programs and keep startup as clean as possible, and it seems to do just as much performance wise as these process shutdown things seem to achieve I feel they are there just to take advantage of people who do not know what they are doing and can't be bothered doing a few manual tweaks.
i7-4790K CPU 4.8Ghz stable overclock.
16 GB RAM Corsair
EVGA 1080TI SLI
Samsung SSD 840Pro
ASUS Z97-WS
3D Surround ASUS Rog Swift PG278Q(R), 2x PG278Q (yes it works)
Obutto R3volution.
Windows 10 pro 64x (Windows 7 Dual boot)
Has anyone tried this? I saw DJ-RK mention it in a thread and bookmarked it.
Seventh Knight also offers Seventh Knight, PC Security + Gaming Accelerator 2
http://store.steampowered.com/app/518690/
I used to use a similar app that was free from AMD back in 2005-2007, with Windows XP. You could list programs to shut down with just the click of a button prior to gaming. It worked well.
There are a number of free apps that do the same thing, I know Razer has one or two.
If I'm playing anything resource intensive, I shut down unnecessary processes prior to playing, but not all of them stay closed.
hit ctrl+alt+del, open task manager, select the processes tab, click the "show processes from all users" option down at the bottom, at the top you see "Image Name", User Name", "CPU", Memory"
Left click "Memory", this will rearrange the processes to show which ones are using the most resources. Looking down the list, you'll see a lot of things running that will not be needed at any time during your gaming session.
Click the "Performance" tab in task manager, it will show your memory being used. Check it at idle, with no browsers or apps open, other than what is running after a normal boot. Now, start disabling unneeded crap prior to your gaming session and recheck memory usage, you might be surprised at how much was being used and how much you freed up.
Playing some old game, sure, it doesn't matter.
But playing a new release, it's nice to have as much resources available as possible.
I use Razer cortex and it really helps with games I'm limited by the CPU, like Battlefield 1 by stoping unnecessary processes and services, switching power profiles.
All this can be done manually but it is easier this way.
Intel i7 8086K
Gigabyte GTX 1080Ti Aorus Extreme
DDR4 2x8gb 3200mhz Cl14
TV LG OLED65E6V
Windows 10 64bits
Razer's virtual surround is absolutely awesome and emphasizes center channel clarity for surround systems. Great for headphones as well. If you look in the folder, you'll find a DLL that is from the place that they license the technology. Unfortunately, the licensor does not have a consumer version themselves.
I absolutely hate Razer Synapse and the fact that they limit offline mode to a single profile for their devices, I use a Tartarus reluctantly.
3D Gaming Rig: CPU: i7 7700K @ 4.9Ghz | Mobo: Asus Maximus Hero VIII | RAM: Corsair Dominator 16GB | GPU: 2 x GTX 1080 Ti SLI | 3xSSDs for OS and Apps, 2 x HDD's for 11GB storage | PSU: Seasonic X-1250 M2| Case: Corsair C70 | Cooling: Corsair H115i Hydro cooler | Displays: Asus PG278QR, BenQ XL2420TX & BenQ HT1075 | OS: Windows 10 Pro + Windows 7 dual boot
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I used to be really meticulous about going through all my systems and disabling unneeded processes and Windows 10 is pretty bloaty when it comes to that, we all know.
Back in the day you used be able to get pretty good benefit from doing this sort of thing and all these products just basically saved that manual work but these days I don't really see enough performance impact due to the systems we are running.
I shut down memory resident programs and keep startup as clean as possible, and it seems to do just as much performance wise as these process shutdown things seem to achieve I feel they are there just to take advantage of people who do not know what they are doing and can't be bothered doing a few manual tweaks.
i7-4790K CPU 4.8Ghz stable overclock.
16 GB RAM Corsair
EVGA 1080TI SLI
Samsung SSD 840Pro
ASUS Z97-WS
3D Surround ASUS Rog Swift PG278Q(R), 2x PG278Q (yes it works)
Obutto R3volution.
Windows 10 pro 64x (Windows 7 Dual boot)