BLOAT is killing your FPS

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Is your PC not like it used to be? Games, apps, and BLOAT could be robbing you of performance, so we’re gonna figure out just how much overhead is used to run all those background apps.

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:58 Test Methodology
3:17 Initial impressions
5:23 tasty SSD test
6:35 Benchmarks
7:49 Takeaways
8:55 Cleanup

[MaiNai]

"If we had been running 8 gigs of RAM and a quad core CPU, we might have seen very different results"
I see those results every day

[Dudae_]

Why this testing wasn't done with the "steam average computer" I'll never understand

[jeffschevelle]

You cannot do this test without focusing on the 1% lows. Average fps is never affected to the same degree as the frame drops

[BrilliantDesignOnline]

Closed multiple apps in task manager. Checks: they have all restarted themselves.

[DrunkenGolfer]

In the old days I had a .bat file that taskkilled a whole bunch of things I didn't need for gaming and I'd launch it before running my games - was actually pretty useful at the time

[VnowN]

you should do this test again with low end hardware and even the same ssd, but make differant partitions because even the ssd`s can have a slight differance on performance

[d_the_great]

As someone who grew up with a bad computer, I've mastered keeping my Windows running fast whist still being kinda cluttered. Even now as an adult with a good computer, I still regularly use the same tricks even though I don't have to.

[BigO]

"Is bloatware killing your gains!?" -AthleanX

[shangerdanger]

I get an "activate windows" popup that drops me from 144 to 120 or 90... not even a hardware issue.. and i have a license

[gabejacobs]

been watching you before I built my first pc. that was 2015 ever since have absolutely loved your content. throwback to whole room water cooling lol. I'm not NEARLY up to date on computer componets/tech anymore but always watch your videos regarding new gpu/cpu. Love you Linus!!! wont stop watching you untill you stop uploading

[Zebra_Paw]

CC Cleaner and McAfee should be included in the thumbnail they slow down your PC a lot more than they help, and so can be said about many other cleaning software or AVs...

[Vikushu]

"Oh no, my render takes 8 seconds longer and CSGO has 20 less FPS!"

I really think you should have tested this on a lower spec machine.

[FelipeZavan]

This reminds me of the legendary "Game Accelerator" which used to close every background process (including explorer, even your start menu disappeared) and changed the windows theme from the XP one to the Windows 95 one. It was the only way I could get acceptable performance in some games at the time. Good times.

[KPoWasTaken]

5:20 it says windows explorer but it's actually just explorer. It contains the desktop, taskbar including the programs on them and that is why it has the restart option instead of end task. It gives you the option to restart it if it glitched. In older versions you could end explorer and you would just have a black screen with all the program windows that were not minimized on screen, without the taskbar it is much harder to get access to minimized windows. If cmd was open you could start it back up by typing explorer

[clairifedverified]

I can definitely say, ending a few processes makes my pc go from being able to run games at to ultra smoothly, always worth giving task manager a check if you want the best performance

[Zasaramel]

The TLDR: With a high end PC you won't be able to really tell a difference. The lower the PC specs, the more you'll feel it.

[Nostalgia_Realm]

This video would've been more useful if the tests were done on the average Steam user's computer.

[likskirtspleetscreen]

0:57 Is there a BURP at the end of the jingle ?!?! 🤔

[ghosface]

I discover that I'm using almost 15 GB out of 16 GB Ram without even playing game, just using Firefox, Google Chrome and few other things. I'm using over 90% of my ram without playing a game, no wonder I have stuttering and freezing while I play games.

[commietearsdrinker]

The test feels rather pointless given this was tested in a setup that will tank anything you throw at it. Tests like these should be done in more grounded setups, mid or even low range computers, *there* is when even the most minor results make a difference.