In a press release, Hypertune founder Austin Copeland wrote that the team was "not trying to build a tool for overclockers," suggesting it's aimed toward users who may not know about specific settings (i.e., the Balanced power plan on dual-CCD X3D CPUs, or HAGS for DLSS Frame Generation). Copeland was previously a coach for eSports organization TSM, coaching Valorant teams under the name "Apex."
Hypertune works through Intel's XTU SDK, and the company says its optimizations are non-destructive and fully reversible. The software is mainly targeted toward competitive titles (naturally, given Copeland's background), but it can apply optimizations globally across the system. Hypertune says it's safe to use with anti-cheat software, including Riot Vanguard, Easy Anti-Cheat, and BattlEye.
Although there are plenty of free tools that claim to optimize your system, Hypertune isn't among them. It's a subscription service, available for either $9.99 per month or $59.99 per year. In addition to software, Hypertune offers its "expert tuning" service for $80, where a technician will remote into your machine and manually tune it. On the subscription front, Hypertune offers a 7-day free trial .
Hypertune looks like one of the more robust automated overclocking tools we've seen, but it's worth highlighting that, in most cases, these tools don't do anything you can't accomplish yourself. If you're looking for a starting point, make sure to read our guides on how to overclock your graphics card and how to overclock your CPU .
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thestryker While this certainly falls in the "not for me" category I'd really like them to be transparent about what specifically their system is changing. Without knowing that it's pretty hard for someone to make a judgment call before spending money. I do like the general idea of bring this type of optimization to the masses, but it being solely a subscription service I very much don't like. Reply
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usertests derekullo said: https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q5motgb7kz8WCJ96Dt8LxZ-1200-80.png.webpThe moral of the story is disk clean reduces fps! Margarine of error! Reply
derekullo usertests said: Margarine of error! With those changes Fps is buttery smooth ! Reply
overclockedamd 60% fps increase? Yeah I have heard these kind of claims with various tech over the years. You know how many delivered close to those numbers? Zero. Exactly Zero. Reply
Trake_17 All that, and not one claim of using AI. Now how about that… Reply
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