Should I use razer cortex?

[Et-17]

Hello, I have a razer stealth 13 with the basic model. I can play games fine on it and it was a big upgrade from an old Lenovo idea pad, but in order to run most of my games (subnatica,tf2,csgo) at full settings, I need to run cortex so I dont lag. I was just wondering if it is harmful to my system to be unloading core processes and other things that cortex does. So, should I use it?

[Praesi]

No. But i doubt this tool is more than a marketing gag.

[LogicalDrm]

Is it harmful to your system to run software that tells Windows how processes should be prioritized? Ofc not. Your hardware is designed to be run at full utilization for 3-5 years. Cortex and other boosters do only software/OS level stuff. Prioritize processes, select which cores are used to run which stuff and so on. If anything, its better as CPU cores get equally loaded instead of 2 first ones being at full usage all the time.

[Et-17]

Thank you. I didnt think that it was bad, I just got a big worried as I am not used to having a laptop worth more than 200 dollars and I want to last forever.

 

[LogicalDrm]

18 hours ago, Et-17 said:

Thank you. I didnt think that it was bad, I just got a big worried as I am not used to having a laptop worth more than 200 dollars and I want to last forever.

Laptops age fast for gaming use. As GPUs overall age in 3 years. Longest time I had laptop was 7 years, going from midrange gaming to barely worth using. If you can get 5 good years out of laptop, then its good laptop.