This FREE utility is generally very useful as it frees up computer resources and only allows bare minimum to play games etc. I heard about this utility through Microsoft Flight Sim X and figured if they recommended anything that's third party then it must be ok? I definitely gained frames in that and it seems the same with rF2.. *have the rf2 launcher & anything else u need still running such as TS3 as you will not have a desktop once this process is complete though you can still run anything through task manager (ctrl-alt-del)* TO RUN: install, run from desktop.. click default vista profile hit start.. wait till see notepad appear alt-tab to the launcher or ctrl-alt-del to run anything from the task manager (file-run) TO EXIT: close notepad *services and desktop should all restart though if anything is missing everything will be back to normal after a restart* DESCRIPTION: AlacrityPC is a utility designed to help you get the most performance out of your computer when running resource intensive applications, like modern games. It does this by shutting down unnecessary services and programs before starting your application. When you finish your application, those services and programs can be automatically restarted. AlacrityPC also provides some additional optimizations, like memory defragmenting, removing your desktop background, shutting down the desktop shell and Vista Sidebar, and forcing background tasks to execute. AlacrityPC is the sequel to FSAutoStart. It is written in C# .NET 2.0. http://sourceforge.net/projects/alacritypc/ (the download button on this page is for 32BIT OS, below is 64BIT) 64 BIT OS : http://sourceforge.net/projects/alacritypc/files/alacritypc_x64_1.0.0.0.zip/download 1.0.0.68 UPDATE : http://sourceforge.net/projects/alacritypc/files/alacritypc_update_1.0.0.68.zip/download (unzip and place files in the install directory overriding original files to update to 1.0.0.68)
To restore your PC to it's normal state a simple restart is necessary to reload the services and programs shutdown by this utility.
Guide for AlacrityPC Found this guide for Alacrity PC. http://snomhf.exofire.net/alacrityPC.html Haven't used this program or guide, but it might be good food for thought. I'll give this a go when I get home. Let us know if any of you have used this.
lol I am sorry, but this "program" has no place for a modern PC. An old old one, ok, but nothing new. Meh. I remember trying this system optimiser years ago on XP... Trying to play GTA IV on a e6600... and 2 gigs of ram with a GTX680 or some such thing. I laughed then, I laughed now, good times
I am sorry too as this is different to a 'system optimizer' as unlike them it makes no registry changes, therefore nothing is permanently affected. It simply shuts down the services and programs not necessary to running games. How were you playing GTA IV on a GTX 680 "years ago"? That card is barely a year old (March 2012)
lol I meant 6800GTX, told you it's been a while.. Relax, I kina knew it when I typed it, but didn't bother to change it, lol.. All good now 6800GTX, then went to a umm 9800GTX? Then I went to a HD6950 . Get confused after a while, but yea. There ya go
Sorry, I'm not familiar with the 6800 or 9800 GTX series either.. The GT series yes? Thanks for telling us your GPU history too! Anyways we are off topic now due to the trolling.. I guess 'A troll's gonna troll'!
lol, i know you didn't mean it i just found it funny. out of interest, how much fps gain did you notice D!2T?
lol it isn't trolling... I am just typing man. I am not all into this trolling thing you are talking about. Since you mentioned not knowing of the GTX's, yes they existed. I had them. I think. You are welcome for my history in video cards, was just explaining the error I made. Go and do some laps buddy
No reference to GTX 6XXX series 6 seems to exist so I doubt that, maybe I am wrong. It was the 7XXX series that introduced GTX so it's likely your 9800 was. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_6_Series
Just use gamebooster man, simple, quick, and returns everything back on if you want it too at the click of a button or automatically
I never install these kind of apps that claim "memory defragmenting" or similar claims. Memory management isn't something I trust to a free app vs. the knowledge of the people that made my OS. Memory defragmentation is up there with messing with your Pagefile size... maybe was useful 10 years ago but now, just let the OS do its thing. That said, you can probably gain most of the claimed benefits by not installing crap of your gaming PC and selecting Disable Desktop Composition on the app's Compatibility tab (the latter alone gets me about 100 fps in rFactor 1, for example).
Gamebooster - 20meg & AlacrityPC - 1.5meg. Though I'm not familiar with gamebooster I know which I'd prefer
+1 Also to answer the question about download size. Game booster actually has a GUI. I believe that the performance enhancing software out there offers very little and is mostly spy/malware and is just junk. Do a quick google search for shutting down "services" and you'll be much better off. Just my $.02, Bryan
Most people here are going to have 4 GB or more of RAM. I have 16 GB. 20 MB vs. 1.5 MB... it doesn't matter. The days of caring about the size of a executable are long gone. Be more concerned about poor memory management when the application has been running for hours.
Alacrity has a GUI too. That may be true with other titles however not with this. I've been successfully using this software now for months and am not one to install new software onto my pc without first testing in a 'sandboxed' environment.