(Credit: Screenshot by Dong Ngo/CNET)Normally, I am very skeptical of software that claims to make your computer faster or increase the speed of your connection to the Internet. I’ve never seen any of them actually deliver.
So when I came across Game Booster, released by IObit on Monday, I thought, “Ah! Another useless piece of junk. It won’t boost anything!” Curiosity made me try it anyway. And I have to admit that I was wrong, though not entirely.
First off, the app works. It improve your games’ performance by turning off other software and services that would otherwise run in the background the whole time. This helps free up the system resources, making them available for the game you are about to play.
The application is very simple. Once launched, it gives you a list of services running and software running in the background that it deems unnecessary for gaming. There’s also a big button labeled “Switch to Gaming Mode.” Pressing this button will stop everything on the list, making the system even more ready for the real action.
Once you are done with the gaming, you can click on the same button–now labeled “Back to Normal Mode”–and Game Booster will restart all the services it stopped earlier to bring the computer back to normal operating status.
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