Gaming Optimizer vs Razer Game Clips

Gaming Optimizer is a free, MIT-licensed Windows app for managing CPU affinity in games and background processes. It can assign games to fast cores and demote background processes, but CPU pinning is off by default and changes do not occur until it is enabled. The app says it restores altered processes and system settings when a game closes. Its dashboard shows CPU and GPU metrics, network activity, ping and jitter, bottleneck classifications and process zones. It detects game launches through WMI and scans Steam, Epic Games, GOG, Ubisoft Connect and EA App libraries. Per-game reports include average and peak CPU and GPU metrics and bottleneck breakdowns, with a cumulative sessions.csv file. An optional setting locks NVIDIA graphics clocks while a game runs and resets them afterward. The maker says there is no telemetry, analytics or update checking; the only outbound connection is a configurable latency ping. It requires Windows 10 version 1809 or Windows 11, an x64 processor and administrator rights. The README describes ZIP distribution without an installer, while the Releases page lists no releases.

Razer Game Clips is a gameplay recording feature in Razer Cortex for capturing and viewing highlights. It supports manual clipping with a hotkey and automatic highlight detection for selected titles, and saves gameplay moments in HD. Clips can be watched on a PC, synced to cloud storage at no extra cost, kept in a game clips library and shared to social platforms. The feature supports instant replay and multi-mode recording. Razer says background recording has minimal system impact alongside Cortex performance boosting. Listed supported games include Battlefield 6, Overwatch, Counter-Strike 2, DOTA 2, VALORANT, League of Legends, Delta Force and Street Fighter 6. The supported operating systems are Windows 10 (64-bit) and Windows 11. Game Clips is free. To enable capture, users need to download Razer Cortex and sign in with or create a Razer ID. The maker’s headquarters are listed in Irvine, California, and Singapore, and its founding year is 2005.