Gamebooster

[Legato]

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Game_Booster_ ... l?det=6148

just browsing some tech forums for a few different games, and theres a lot of talk about this program? anyone used it or know about it? apparo it makes for smoother gaming?

[Slartibartfast]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10229569-1.html
Just reading this now

[JohnMcClane]

Used it for TF2 a while ago, it gave me about 40 extra FPS (I normally run loads of stuff in the background though)

[Legato]

hmm ill give it a go then see waht i get

[Gavac220]

Anyone who uses it, take a before and after figure, and keep us posted.

[IXL]

I havent tried it, but in the past this sort of thing was classed as a "sort of" glorified "overclocking" if I recall. If you do try it, take notes as Gavas says, and let us know if you think it helps improve your gameplay. Gotta say, 40 fps sounds really high... even with lots of stuff running....

[JohnMcClane]

What it does, is close all the programs you're not using (you get a check list) and if you're runing windows aero turn that off too. It then stores them to a file ready to re-open when you turn Game boost mode off.
Word of caution, i've heard of this crashing people's games (TF2 specifically, but I imagine it would apply to all source games) although i've been using it with no problems. I'll get some screenshots now.

[Stueh]

im always warey of downloading programs like this. It'd be safer me turning off the services manually or writing my own program. Not flaming it, but id be interested to see the results of it.

[Legato]

im always warey of downloading programs like this. It'd be safer me turning off the services manually or writing my own program. Not flaming it, but id be interested to see the results of it.

ive never had a problem with majorgeeks before tbh, but im not one of those overly careful sorta people lol, ill give everything a try, if it fucks up me pc its fucks it up everything i need is ran off an external HDD lol so i would never lose anything.

gonna give this a proper check tonight and will post my results


(my arcade stick for my 360 came today so that might take priority lol)

[JohnMcClane]

OOH! I took some screenies last night with the GB on/off

*Space reserved*

[Stueh]

im always warey of downloading programs like this. It'd be safer me turning off the services manually or writing my own program. Not flaming it, but id be interested to see the results of it.

ive never had a problem with majorgeeks before tbh, but im not one of those overly careful sorta people lol, ill give everything a try, if it fucks up me pc its fucks it up everything i need is ran off an external HDD lol so i would never lose anything.

gonna give this a proper check tonight and will post my results


(my arcade stick for my 360 came today so that might take priority lol)

ahhh i've learnt from that mistake... and don't wanna lose all my years work i have on my pc yea i have a backup... but it'll set me back about a day doing a re-install..

[JohnMcClane]

Ok so I thought I should run through exactly whats going on...
Hardware
AMD Athlon64x2 5000+ @2.8GHz
2GB DDR2 800mhz RAM
ATI HD 4870 1024mb
Windows 7 RC1 64bit edition

Software
I had the following programs running while gamebooster was OFF
Filezilla
HLSW
mIRC
WMP
Windows Aero

Counter Strike Source

Max settings + 4xAA
gg_churches

Team Fortress 2

Max settings + No AA
ctf_vikings

As you can see it made a fairly large difference to Counter Strike and a less of a difference in TF2 (although i've had better results in TF2 than that instance)

[Mseries3]

Big thumbs up from me!

Load times much improved and the game seems much smother Btw, this was on GTR2

[groinshot]

I havent clocked this yet, but I do notce that it makes some of the more recent games run a lile smoother, cos I like my graphics maxed out

[Legato]

Big thumbs up from me!

Load times much improved and the game seems much smother Btw, this was on GTR2

for once i find something fucking useful

well happy