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Tried Mcafee Gamer Edition and I do not like it
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<blockquote data-quote="BVLon" data-source="post: 863631"><p>Are you guys still buying snake oil <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /></p><p>There are enough tools in Windows, nVidia and AMD Radeon drivers kit that a gamer can use to optimise gameplay. The rest is just Norton System Insight (I don’t mean to keep mentioning Norton, but it’s just impossible). Symantec launched the very same feature in 2008. Only difference, it doesn’t measure fps and even without System Insight, resource monitor and task manager both do the same + a lot more. The McAfee’s performance booster that is both in Total Protection and LiveSafe, and the gaming edition is merely a CPU priority manager, assigning higher priority to apps where user actively clicks. Nothing new and innovative here and nothing you can’t get with plethora of boosters/optimisers for Windows. When you give process a higher priority, a second GPU, CPU and Optane memory won’t magically appear. It’s not a scam, but it’s not gonna help either. If McAfee was a bit smarter, they could’ve partnered with Steam let’s say and bring some discounts or something... but nah... <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /></p><p></p><p>If you are looking to use McAfee product, Total Protection and LiveSafe both offer great firewall, web advisor and are still light. McAfee’s lightness is due to the fact that it adapts to your system. For example if you install it on an average laptop, McAfee will scan only on execution. If you put it on a powerful one, it will scan on read/write and execution. Also, for those of you who don’t know, McAfee has 4 scanning engines, using 4 different definition kits and depending on the available resources switches from engine A to engine B. MicroAV is hardly news. On-demand scans are very slow, but hardly load the system. You can do a full scan and watch 8k at the same time.</p><p>Although it visibly offers no settings, it manages itself in a smart way. Don’t waste your time with Gamer Security.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BVLon, post: 863631"] Are you guys still buying snake oil 😂😂😂😂 There are enough tools in Windows, nVidia and AMD Radeon drivers kit that a gamer can use to optimise gameplay. The rest is just Norton System Insight (I don’t mean to keep mentioning Norton, but it’s just impossible). Symantec launched the very same feature in 2008. Only difference, it doesn’t measure fps and even without System Insight, resource monitor and task manager both do the same + a lot more. The McAfee’s performance booster that is both in Total Protection and LiveSafe, and the gaming edition is merely a CPU priority manager, assigning higher priority to apps where user actively clicks. Nothing new and innovative here and nothing you can’t get with plethora of boosters/optimisers for Windows. When you give process a higher priority, a second GPU, CPU and Optane memory won’t magically appear. It’s not a scam, but it’s not gonna help either. If McAfee was a bit smarter, they could’ve partnered with Steam let’s say and bring some discounts or something... but nah... 😂😂😂😂 If you are looking to use McAfee product, Total Protection and LiveSafe both offer great firewall, web advisor and are still light. McAfee’s lightness is due to the fact that it adapts to your system. For example if you install it on an average laptop, McAfee will scan only on execution. If you put it on a powerful one, it will scan on read/write and execution. Also, for those of you who don’t know, McAfee has 4 scanning engines, using 4 different definition kits and depending on the available resources switches from engine A to engine B. MicroAV is hardly news. On-demand scans are very slow, but hardly load the system. You can do a full scan and watch 8k at the same time. Although it visibly offers no settings, it manages itself in a smart way. Don’t waste your time with Gamer Security. [/QUOTE]
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