There is nothing like a game for pushing the PC’s hardware to the max and if game frame rates are slow, games freeze or stutter, if they are unresponsive, Smart Game Booster is the solution.
Windows PCs are great for gaming, but they are not optimized for it by default. They come with a general configuration that is OK for most tasks, like work, education, media playing and gaming. A ‘Jack of all trades and master of none’ as the saying goes.
To optimize a PC to get the best gaming experience requires some quite technical changes under the surface, such as stopping unnecessary services from running, updating drivers, defragmenting hard disks, and more.
It is a complex process and even if you have the technical skills to do it, it is time consuming when all you want to do is have fun. A game booster for PC handles everything for you, optimizing Windows for the best game playing experience.
Smart Game Booster for Windows is utility that does everything for you, optimizing the system automatically before launching a game so that it runs at its best on the hardware you have. It takes seconds to launch, you can play for hours, then when you have finished playing, it automatically restores system settings to their original state.
The software can be downloaded and used for free. It provides a basic performance boost to games and it is well worth it. However, if you buy a reg code (check the website for discounts), it unlocks Pro mode which offers several extra features, including a Super Boost mode which offers even more speed gains when running gaming software on your PC. It is essential for those who want to max out the performance of their computer.
Boost and play
Start the Smart Game Booster app and it displays a simple, but nicely designed home view with a big BOOST button in the middle. Click it and it automatically stops unnecessary background activities to free up memory and reduce CPU activities so the maximum is available for games. It also makes tweaks to the system, like enabling Do Not Disturb mode. You can then start your game.
The BOOST button becomes RESTORE and when you have finished your gaming session, clicking it puts everything back as it was.
This makes the app very useful, but it offers even more. It is both a game booster and launcher. Install some games and they are automatically added to a game launcher bar at the bottom of the window as icons.
If you already have games, they may be automatically added, but they can also be manually added to the launcher bar if not. It can detect many games installed from gaming platforms like Steam, Origin, Epic, Uplay, and BattleNet. Smart Game Booster becomes your gaming center and the place to browse, launch and play games.
A great feature with the Pro edition is that games are automatically boosted when they are launched, which makes the booster and launcher even simpler. With the Super Boost switch enabled, you also get maximum boost when a game is launched and the app can overclock most Nvidia and AMD graphics cards.
A Configure link is at the bottom of the BOOST button on the home screen and it enables you to browse the processes, services and other items and see what will be disabled in boost mode.
It is not for novices, but if you have the technical knowledge, you can customize the settings and possibly get an even bigger memory and CPU boost for playing games. The default settings are good enough for most people and you can just click and play.
Additional tools
Game stability and to some degree, performance, is partly dependent on hardware drivers for the components in a PC. Out of date drivers for the video and audio components in the computer may be buggy or slow, and updating to the most recent releases is always a good idea.
On the Drivers tab of the app, you can examine the drivers necessary for gaming. It reports the current driver versions for versions video and audio and whether updated ones are available. Drivers can be downloaded and updated from within the app if necessary.
With a Pro license, drivers are automatically checked and updated without you having to do anything. Your PC will always be running the latest and best drivers. This is a handy feature than means you don’t need additional tools or to manually search for drivers on the web, which isn’t always easy.
On the Utilities tab is a disk defragmenter for those people still using hard disk drives and it offers an Analyze mode that reports fragmentation, a Fast Defrag and Deep Defrag. Windows has defragmenting built in, which is OK, but not the best. A deep defrag from Smart Game Booster is better and a defragged drive will load games faster so you can get to the action sooner.
The Pro edition of Smart Game Booster has an option to automatically defrag the disk when the computer is idle. After five minutes of doing nothing, it starts optimizing the disk, so when you return from a break, games load faster.
There is also a System Tweaks tool that provides a collection of small tweaks that can improve system performance. You can choose which system settings are changed and most are well known and are often applied by those that tweak the system for speed. Here, one click applies all selected tweaks.
Windows 10 has Xbox Game Bar for taking screenshots and recording games, but Smart Game Booster has these features built in too. Ctrl+Alt+S takes a screenshot and Ctrl+Alt+V turns screen recording on/off.
Check and monitor your system
If you are having problems with the audio in games or just generally, use the Sound test at the Smart Game Booster website. Microphone, webcam, keyboard and mouse tests are also available online.
Games work the PC’s hardware extra hard and it is normal for the temperature inside to rise. In fact, it can usually be felt if you put a hand on the case. Some rise in temperature is ok, but if it is excessive, it may damage components inside the PC.
Select the Metrics tab in Smart Game Booster and you can see the CPU, GPU, hard disk and motherboard temperatures over the last two hours. You can check that they are not too high by visiting this section in the app after a gaming session.
The app can also display a warning message on the screen and sound an alert if the temperature rises too high. There are recommended settings, but you can set your own maximum values if you want. For more information and help with temperature monitoring, see the CPU temp monitor at the website.
Will it run on your PC? Here are the system requirements:
- Windows 10 (all editions, including 64-bit)
- Windows 8 (all editions, including 64-bit)
- Windows 7 (all editions, including 64-bit)
- Windows Vista (all editions, including 64-bit)
- Windows XP (Home, Professional, Media Center, Tablet Edition, 64-bit)
Conclusion
If you play games on your Windows PC, you should at least get the free version of Smart Game Booster, but the Pro upgrade is recommended for anyone that needs to get the maximum performance out of their system. Use it as a launcher to start your favorite games in Super Boost mode with one click.
It could also be used as a general speed-up utility for the PC and if your system feels a bit slow, click the BOOST button and get a bit more performance out of the system.
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