
It’s a nifty tool that simplifies the process of setting up external devices, as you can download your saved settings easily every time you reinstall a Razer mouse or keyboard. One of them is Razer Synapse, a cloud-based program that lets you manage and store configuration settings for Razer peripherals. However, with boosting enabled, we got a much more playable 25FPS, which is surprising considering this is a regular boost rather than a tailor-made boost.Razer Inc., the company behind some of the most coveted PC peripherals, gaming laptops, and LED protection masks has now entered the software fray with a selection of apps. On Ultra settings, the older PC struggled immensely without the boost, pushing just 11FPS on average. Related: How to use Ryzen Master to Overclock and Monitor Your Windows PC This effectively just changes your in-game graphical settings, so it didn't have any effect here, as we were already playing on the lowest possible settings. We should point out that the tailored boosts come with a slider that lets you prioritize quality over performance and vice versa. However, we saw our frame rate drop from the low 40s to the mid-30s while using the zipline with the boost enabled, a considerable drop in performance. Our average FPS was 45 on Apex, with and without Cortex's Prime Boost mode.

Improvements were relatively minimal with the older PC. So we tested both machines on 2 games, Apex Legends, and Warhammer: Vermintide II, to cover both a regular boost and a Prime Boost game. As you can see, both machines aren't top-tier and could benefit from a boost to their gaming performance.
