PC Accelerate

Every running program reserves a little bit of space in memory, and usually discards it when closed. Because of faulty programming, some might not dump unused memory, which can lead to significant drops in performance. Luckily, PC Accelerate wants to help solve such issues and attempt to boost performance.

Custom, but somewhat confusing visual style

It doesn’t take long before you can see what the application is all about, because setup is over before you realize. When done and launched, a custom interface shows up, and it might be a little confusing at first, but there are different tooltips to get you out of sticky situations, including a help manual for more explanations.The general interface doesn’t really show many details, except for the number of running processes, processor load, as well as memory usage. Additionally, you might see the icon of a program you’re using, which means PC Accelerate has it under control, assigning a higher priority to its thread.

Handle process priority and flush memory

The application wants to keep everything under control through the memory. In this attempt, it wants to monitor running programs, knowing just where they’re placed in the memory so all temp data can be safely discarded when no longer used. This is usually performed automatically, but you can also choose to manually flush memory.Accessing the list of programs brings up somewhat of a slim version of the Task Manager, but without the options to kill processes. What you can do here, on the other hand, is view the default priority of each process, and even change it according to your demands.

In conclusion

Bottom line is that PC Accelerate comes with good intentions, but unless you’re using a pretty hungry program or an abundance of small ones, there’s little chance you notice any improvements in performance. Don’t expect to have your computer cleaned by this app, but it can make process priority handling a little better.