Posted on Monday, January 19 2009 @ 22:22 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
AMD released version 1.0 of its Fusion for Gaming application, you can download it
over here. This tool is intended for gamers and aims to boost performance by temporarily shutting down background processes to give Windows a smaller footprint.
Designed to help optimize your PC for smoother, more responsive game play in the latest PC games with the touch of a button, the AMD Fusion for Gaming utility helps achieve the performance edge previously only available to highly technical enthusiasts. It works by temporarily shutting down background processes and intensifying processor performance with AMD Boost. That means you can keep all the features of Microsoft® Windows Vista® ready for when you need them, but turn them off when you are ready to get down to serious business – gaming.
Made with simplicity in mind, we still let you behind the curtains and into the advanced interface to change how the utility works. You can customize with user selectable profiles which optimizes your PC for gaming. Also, you can easily build your own profile and choose exactly what you want disabled for a leaner footprint. Want to squeeze every bit of performance from your system? Engage our most advanced acceleration technologies such as Auto-Tuning and Hard Drive Acceleration. Push the limits of how lean and mean you can make your Gaming PC.
However, be aware that AMD Fusion for Gaming may disable your security and antivirus software and that there are still lots of bugs:
The system may hang when running profiles utilizing AMD OverDrive cpu
tuning on Windows Vista 64-bit and XP 64-bit operating systems, requiring a
reboot
The system may hang when engaging a profile from the simple mode
(button) interface, if the mouse click is held and the mouse is moved off of
the application, on Windows XP systems, requiring a reboot
The system may hang when a profile is disengaging if the user is moving
and/or clicking the mouse, requiring a reboot
It may not be possible to create custom profile with ATI Catalyst
Auto-Tune GPU tuning enabled on Windows XP 64-bit systems
In Windows XP 64-bit and Vista 64-bit operating systems, there may be a
long delay waiting for a profile to engage
When AMD Fusion for Gaming is disengaged, the system may not be fully
restored to its previous state, requiring a reboot
Valve’s Steam online gaming platform will be shut down when engaging a
profile
Some applications that are shut down will not automatically start back
up when AMD Fusion for Gaming disengages
Some applications may not shut down as intended when AMD Fusion for
Gaming engages
AMD OverDrive upgrades may not install properly with AMD Fusion for
Gaming installed on the system
Some special characters in custom profile names do not save correctly
A message that states that ATI Auto-Tune has not yet been performed may
not display when running profiles utilizing GPU tuning
When editing or creating a profile, the Enter key will cancel the
operation without a warning message
Profiles with leading or trailing white space characters may cause
multiple profiles to appear to have the same name
On the status screen, the font appears to change from top to bottom
Profile names can not be changed
The application window will not remain on a secondary display when
switching between the simple and advanced views
A new profile will overwrite an existing profile with the same name,
without a warning message