December 5th, 2008
'Tis the season for getting ready for gaming - Top gaming utilities
For me, the holidays is a time of year when I get a lot of gaming done, both alone and over the network with others. This means that systems normally used for work need to be readied for gaming - it’s a good excuse to clear up the year’s worth of detritus that the systems have picked up!
To help me accomplish this task quickly and easily (a task which sometimes means reinstalling the OS) I use a number of tools to test and clean up the OS. Here are some of the top tools that I use to get the system into peak condition and ready for gaming:
Fraps
When trying to make your PC run faster, it’s a good idea to have a baseline figure for that it’s like in the current state. This way you can find out whether your “tweaks” are actually achieving the desired goal.
I like Fraps because it’s one of those tools that carried out several different functions. Not only is Fraps a great benchmarking tool because it can give you an accurate frames per second count for DirectX or OpenGL graphics, but it’s also a fantastic screen capture tool and video capture tool. I love it.
Adrian is a technology journalist and author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology. He also runs a popular blog called The PC Doctor. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations
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