exe so it no longer shows an unknown publisher. Pass the -no-adjust-power-profile command line parameter if you prefer not to adjust the power profile (eg if you're gaming with a laptop on battery).Īdded version information to the. Now sets the Windows power plan to "High Performance" when a game is detected, and back to the original state afterwards. Workaround a Windows feature that shows a busy cursor for up to two seconds after starting the program.įixed a crash on startup that could occur since v1.3 due to a bug in the command line parsing. NOTE: The exe is no longer digitally signed as my code signing certificate has expired. Please report the false positive to your anti-virus vendor's customer support if you are affected by this. Note: Some antivirus software may incorrectly flag the download as malicious, presumably because GameBoostHD opens handles to other programs. No additional files are needed, just unzip and run. The program will work on 32 and 64 bit Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10. If you want it to run when you start your PC (recommended), make a shortcut to it in your Start / Programs / Startup folder or set up a scheduled task. It's written in C / Win32 API so it's extremely lightweight and will use minimal resources running in the background. It will work continuously until a shutdown / reboot. exe file and the program will be running. GameBoostHD has no installer or user interface. For example, after running GameBoostHD, the launcher will never be allowed to "steal" CPU attention from Overwatch, but if there is spare CPU power it is still allowed to use it. Using GameBoostHD won't reduce the CPU usage percent - it only alters the scheduling priority.
The idea behind this came about when I was playing Overwatch and noticed the launcher was using up to 12% of my CPU due to the animated GIFs and javascript and whatever else it was running.
This will hopefully improve performance of the game (increased FPS and fewer stutters) as it won't be competing for timeslices with other processes. The system power profile will also be set to "High Performance" while a game is running. This includes things like game launchers (Battle.Net, Steam, etc) and web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, IE). When a game is detected, GameBoostHD will lower the priority of common background apps that often use CPU. GameBoostHD is a tiny application that will watch for various game launches. Dynamically adjust process priority of background applications to maximize game performance About
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