For a time now, I've been using Razer Cortex (formerly known as Razer Game Booster) with most, if not all of my games, including Trainz. Supposedly they help free up system resources by killing all processes that aren't necessary to gameplay or system operation, supposedly causing an increase in game and system performance, and also requiring administrator permission upon every single system boot. The big question here is, do these tools actually work as intended, let alone work at all?
I noticed, every time I start Trainz, or any game configured in Cortex, a small popup appears in the bottom-right corner of my screen, showing three bars: RAM Freed, Processes stopped, and total boost percentage. This usually causes a pause of 5-15 seconds (depending on how long it takes to "free" the resources). The problem I see, there's the possibility that these utilities are nothing but pure bloatware that clog up your system even more. Do these boosters actually free system resources like they say, or are they just gimmicks? Or worse, do they actually hurt game performance?
Do any of you guys use game boosters? If so, what are your opinions on them?
Matt
I noticed, every time I start Trainz, or any game configured in Cortex, a small popup appears in the bottom-right corner of my screen, showing three bars: RAM Freed, Processes stopped, and total boost percentage. This usually causes a pause of 5-15 seconds (depending on how long it takes to "free" the resources). The problem I see, there's the possibility that these utilities are nothing but pure bloatware that clog up your system even more. Do these boosters actually free system resources like they say, or are they just gimmicks? Or worse, do they actually hurt game performance?
Do any of you guys use game boosters? If so, what are your opinions on them?
Matt
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