NVIDIA ShadowPlay vs Wise Game Booster

NVIDIA ShadowPlay is a free Windows companion app for PC gamers and creators, combining driver updates, game and application optimization, and recording tools in an in-game overlay. Manual recording supports up to 8K HDR at 30 fps or 4K HDR at 120 fps; NVIDIA describes the performance impact as minimal. Automatic Highlights captures key moments, and overlay metrics include FPS, GPU and CPU utilization, FPS 1% Low, and system latency. GeForce RTX 40-series GPU owners can record with AV1 encoding. The app also includes a GPU control center for graphics settings and tuning, Freestyle filters for supported games, and ways to discover and launch selected NVIDIA apps. Requirements include Windows 10 or 11, a GeForce RTX 20, 30, 40, or 50 Series GPU, driver 551.52 or later, 2 GB of system memory, and 600 MB of disk space. Signing in is optional; NVIDIA says login enables users to redeem GPU bundles and rewards.

Wise Game Booster is a free Windows utility for adjusting system activity intended to improve gaming performance. It can optimize system settings, processes, and services together with one click, or let users handle each area individually. Games can be added to My Games for management and to check game information. Advanced users can manually end processes or stop services, with suggestions available for those actions; a stopped service can be restored to its prior state. The product page also says the utility can tune up the network to help keep a PC performing well for games. Listed support covers Windows 11, 10, 8/8.1, and 7 in both 32-bit and 64-bit editions. Minimum requirements are a Pentium 1 GHz or above, 4 GB RAM or above, and 20 MB of disk space. The download page lists version 1.5.7, dated 2020-12-04, and offers a portable version. WiseCleaner says email support representatives respond within 24 hours.