CPU Foreground Boosting of Applications: Helpful?

[ifacedown]

Hello.

Several programs offer the ability to boost programs (esp. the launch times) by controlling the CPU by creating more threads to the foreground application on focus. Some examples:

ProcessLasso (this feature can be enabled but disabled by default. In fact ProcessLasso discourages it)
Ashampoo WinOptimizer
MZU CPU Optimizer

Is this ability needed? Is it helpful or could cause trouble? Is CPU handling by Windows enough? Thanks/

 

[Deleted member 178]

what you gain somewhere is lost somewhere else

 

[ifacedown]

what you gain somewhere is lost somewhere else

Will it affect system stability then? Like WinOptimizer, it will also dictate to the CPU on how to handle Windows services.

 

[viktik]

Yes the application you boost benefits. But other processes and services suffers. So i never go for it.

 

[Deleted member 178]

it was a feature useful for Win98-XP but modern OS handle it quite good by themselves, no need for it.

 

[Nico@FMA]

it was a feature useful for Win98-XP but modern OS handle it quite good by themselves, no need for it.

On top of that Windows will allocate the resources for a task as it is, the performance gain by foreground tasks is so small that its virtually non existent, and IMO it only screws up the balance.
My advise would be DO NOT change it unless you 100% know what you are doing.

 

[ifacedown]

On top of that Windows will allocate the resources for a task as it is, the performance gain by foreground tasks is so small that its virtually non existent, and IMO it only screws up the balance.
My advise would be DO NOT change it unless you 100% know what you are doing.

Okay, thanks much. Does it also apply to those CPU programs who try to catch CPU eaters to prevent lags? Like the ProBalance of ProcessLasso? Or ProcessLasso good in this? I've been using ProcessLasso since June 8 and noticed that my system is more stable, lags are somewhat efficiently handled.

 

[Deleted member 178]

You are lucky because when i used Process Lasso ling time ago it hanged my system

 

[WinXPert]

I believe it's not needed. Even in my underpowered WinXP I don't use it.

 

[Handsome Recluse]

Several programs offer the ability to boost programs (esp. the launch times) by controlling the CPU by creating more threads to the foreground application on focus. Some examples:

ProcessLasso (this feature can be enabled but disabled by default. In fact ProcessLasso discourages it)

Any link?

 

[mekelek]

I use ProcessLasso but for assigning certain threads to games that are poorly optimized for multi-threading (1st world problems), it can help with an additional 10-20 fps overall.

From the features and how Pro Balance works, I'm sure it helps with lower end computers to focus resources where it's needed.