Razer Game Booster vs CPUCores

[DragonH]

Diference?

Thanks

[🆂tartup🆃im]

I've never looked into Razer's software so you're best bet is to compile the list of what CPUCores does via the Steam page, the published videos, the screenshots, reviews of users, and compare that against what other software's do.

I essentially built CPUCores for how I would want a software made for when I'm gaming, as well as what my friends would like and be helpful for their systems, and then I tweaked things and released it to the greater public :)

All that said, CPUCores was meant for 1 thing: Gamers (and more specifically, Steam gamers!). CPUCores basically will safely limit how much CPU your OS and non-game applications use, and allow your game to have the best case scenario for using CPU on your system. If the game relies on CPU (vs heavy GPU games) then this is where some nice benefits come in!

I generally point people to reviews as that gives a good impression of how the software works for the zillions of combinations of PC hardware (cpu/gpu) and particular games and play styles.

[Latharion]

I use both on occasion (CPUCores far more often), and I think I can help clear some stuff up concerning Gamebooster.

Gamebooster stops certain processes from running while it is active (like HP printer services, apple streaming services, etc...) When Gamebooster is deactivated, it starts the services back up. It also clears the RAM of old reserved sections that should have been released but were not for what ever reason (this happens quite often). It can also end the Windows Explorer service if needed.

CPU Cores is completely different. It migrates any services not directly associated with the game you are currently running to a single core. It also allows you to specify which core or cores the game will run in if you prefer that. It will also perform some CPU specific tweaks to squeeze every bit of power out of the processor. It does some other user-specified things as well, like optimizes twitch streams, etc.

They CAN be used together because they do not counteract one another. Gamebooster can end a lot of extraneous processes that are eating away at precious processor time, and CPU Cores can optimize the processes that remain.

[DragonH]

But the game im playing ,Rust i think uses more GPU, will it make difference? does the cpucore will make more fps on rust?

[skmcconnell361]

just tried Razer game booster with ETS2 and could not tell a difference with or with out.
with CPUCores there is a difference in how offten the FPS drops, I counted 6 dropes in a 30 min test without CPUCores running and only 3 may be 4 with CPUCores runing

[DragonH]

Originally posted by skmcconnell361:

just tried Razer game booster with ETS2 and could not tell a difference with or with out.
with CPUCores there is a difference in how offten the FPS drops, I counted 6 dropes in a 30 min test without CPUCores running and only 3 may be 4 with CPUCores runing

So if i buy this i might get better fps on RUST?

[🆂tartup🆃im]

Originally posted by skmcconnell361:

just tried Razer game booster with ETS2 and could not tell a difference with or with out.
with CPUCores there is a difference in how offten the FPS drops, I counted 6 dropes in a 30 min test without CPUCores running and only 3 may be 4 with CPUCores runing

This sounds like something a LOT of people are saying, that CPUCores helps against FPS drops/bottoming out. So yea, that makes sense :)

For Zu: It really is hard to say for specific games as I can't test with all :)

[DragonH]

Originally posted by StartupTim:

Originally posted by skmcconnell361:

just tried Razer game booster with ETS2 and could not tell a difference with or with out.
with CPUCores there is a difference in how offten the FPS drops, I counted 6 dropes in a 30 min test without CPUCores running and only 3 may be 4 with CPUCores runing

This sounds like something a LOT of people are saying, that CPUCores helps against FPS drops/bottoming out. So yea, that makes sense :)

For Zu: It really is hard to say for specific games as I can't test with all :)

I heard you made some tests, and i saw your videos from the tests, is there any chance you can test rust too?

As well if you see Rust System requirements, can you tell me if it is more depending on CPU or GPU? If it depends more on CPU i might really buy it.

[skmcconnell361]

Sorry, I do not have Rust at this time.

[DragonH]

Originally posted by skmcconnell361:

Sorry, I do not have Rust at this time.

but if i tell you RUST SPECS and my computer specs, cant you tell if CPUCores will be profitable?

[Kandor1978]

considering steam offers refund quiet easy why not just test it your self and if it helped keep cpucores if not refund it?

[DragonH]

Originally posted by Kandor1978:

considering steam offers refund quiet easy why not just test it your self and if it helped keep cpucores if not refund it?

Im not sure if they always refund it

[🆂tartup🆃im]

Check your Task Manager and see how CPU usage is in the game, and see what people think if it is GPU only. That's really the only way to see for **ANY** specific game, as PC hardware can be so unique, and game design can be so unique as well!

[Kandor1978]

If you used the game in this case app less than 1h
They always refund

I have refunded at least 10 different times and never been an issue, only thing to remember is that it takes 24h to couple of days for you to see the money again
But they will send email that they have refunded you within 24h

And they have even a choice it was not fun as a reason so yes you can always refund anything you dont like if you did not use it too long

Now to another note
I can tell you for example Call of duty black ops 3 on my system with and without cpucores is not big difference in fps, I get about 110-120 fps with everything maxed out on my system
My system is a overclocked Intel i7 5960x at 4ghz per core (8 cores total 16 threads)
Even though the game runs 110-120fps it still feels a bit stuttery
With cpucores setup this way that I use core 3-16 for games the game runs flawlessly
CSGO same, I have a gsync monitor so I fps limit to 140fps to not get into regular vsync mode
and the game has some stutters here and there (not really fps drop) but with cpucores when all the cores for csgo runs only csgo it runs absolutley fantastic
So yea I would give this tool a 10 out of 10 in score
So I suggest just try it, if it works for you keep it if not then just refund and no issues
Battlefied 4 is same deal, running 90-110fps never lower than 80 in ultra setting yet with cpucores it runs better

Best,
Kandor

[Kandor1978]

Ohh forgot to mention I bought it just yesterday so its not like I have done extensive testing or anything, but to me it does what it says :)

Best,
Kandor

[Latharion]

Originally posted by skmcconnell361:

just tried Razer game booster with ETS2 and could not tell a difference with or with out.
with CPUCores there is a difference in how offten the FPS drops, I counted 6 dropes in a 30 min test without CPUCores running and only 3 may be 4 with CPUCores runing

That was what many users of Gamebooster have noticed in the past. Gamebooster had more of an impact when CPUs had less cores and ran less efficiently. Today, CPUs handle threading efficiently, run faster, but with less heat, and are more able to handle high loads. All that results in less need to end unneeded services. It's still a good idea to check the services for anything that may be grabbing large amounts of CPU time though.