GameGain for Windows

I'm sorry I installed it.. It stole my sound and neither a reinstall of the driver nor a system restore has worked. Pros: Nothing Cons: It needs to stop stealing the sound from my computer.

About 98% Useless. I just checked what it actually does using Sysinternals ProcMon and NirSoft's RegFromApp on an AMD Machine running Windows 7 Ultimate 64. Here's what it did not do -- anything worthwhile, at all.So what does it do?Change a few registry values...and some of those aren't even used anymore (Source: MSDN).Others like "Win32PrioritySeparation" are exposed through the ordinary windows interface anyway.Basically the whole application is just useless. Pretty much every "Windows Registry Tuning"-guide will yield better results. My guess is that - even tough there is 64bit support (the app knows about the 32bit "redirect" on 64bit systems) - its out-dated. It seems very robust and the "Restore" option did what it promises, restore everything to how it was before -- without fail.Note: That's my experience on a Windows 7 system, older setups could very well have more encouraging results. Pros: Will not harm your system. Cons: Will not speed up your system.

Not convinced. I'm not a big fan of programs that claim to instantly speed up your computer and as usual, this one didn't do muce to change my opinion. If you are going to squeeze performance out of your system then surely there are a huge number of variables that must be considered. With GameGain you choose your OS, your CPU and whether you want your performance to be Fast or Fastest...d'uuuuh. Oh and then hit the all powerful GO button and through the magic of a progress bar, your system, the very one that has seen too many programs installed and uninstalled, too many spyware invasions, too many crappy utilities that start-up with windows will suddenly be handed a new lease of life and you'll finally be able to play Oblivion at full res without performance issues.....not Pros: Simplistic doesn't do justiceMay have a slight effectAt least the help file explains what is affected Cons: Probably doesn't do anythingNot very informative about what actually goes on