Opinions on Game Booster

So I was thinking about trying out Game Booster. Anyone have anything good or bad to say about it?

Do you mean Iobit game booster, Iobit products have a bad reputation of damaging the OS

In windows 7 it's pretty much useless. I've tried it, and didn't see any problems, nor any difference in game performance, but it is somewhat useful in xp machines with limited resources

yowanvista said:

Do you mean Iobit game booster, Iobit products have a bad reputation of damaging the OS

Yup that was the one. Good to know, and I guess I will avoid it.

Wishmaster said:

Theres simply software that can substitute for hardware.
Many of these types of things are just scams.

If you have issues running a game you have a few options
(provided all drivers are up to date)

1) Shut down any un-needed programs before starting your gaming session
2) Lower graphical settings in game to get things running a bit smoother
3) Upgrade your Graphics Card or other Hardware

Others may disagree, but this is how I see it

Exactly right.

Add more memory and/or get a faster HDD.. the easiest possible upgrades, but they can make a huge difference. Doubling the RAM usually makes the difference between an unresponsive system and one that snaps between a running game and the desktop. A faster HDD will almost always make programs load faster.

if your pc is very close to minimum specs for the game, then gamebooster might help claw back a few megs of ram and a processor cycle or two.

if your pc is already up to spec, then gamebooster would be a waste of time - all it does is temporarily disable selected services and defrag your game folders. you'll waste more time starting and stopping gamebooster than you gain in-game.