Gaming PC

Gaming PC is a seemingly difficult-to-work-with application which provides users with powerful tweaks to boost the PC performance to favor video games, by defragging the game folder and terminating other processes which slow them down, for example. The tool is actually simple to use even by beginners, since it applies the settings you define without thorough configuration.

Speedy installer and simplistic GUI

The entire setup procedure takes little time to finish and requires minimal supervision. As far as the interface is concerned, Gaming PC opts for a regular window with a simple structure, which immediately loads the installed video games at startup.

Add games and specify the processes to end before launching them

New ones can be added by pointing out the game folders or executable files. It is possible to set a game name, select the processes or services to stop before launching the game (or add the default set with commonly used items instead), as well as save the configuration to file in order to import it at a later time or another computer running Gaming PC. Editing this list is possible as well.

Defrag game folders and customize performance tweaks

Defragmentation is immediately performed by the program by clicking a button. Furthermore, you can customize the tweaks and settings when it comes to speeding up disk access by disabling the NTFS last access update for 8.3 file names, terminating non-responding programs automatically, speeding up menu display and system shutdown, and increasing total connections used by Internet Explorer.
Additionally, the tool attempts to improve network performance during multimedia playback, prevent background apps from stealing focus, as well as change the Windows color depth to 16 bit and elevate the game priority to the highest possible level to boost performance.

Evaluation and conclusion

The tool froze during a game folder defragmentation job during our tests. Otherwise it worked well, without crashing or popping up error messages. It runs on low CPU and RAM. Although Gaming PC is not as powerful as other similar tools dedicated to boosting gaming performance, it contains some useful options under the hood.