As processor cores multiply, power management becomes more complex. Many hardware configurations depend on it to improve efficiency and save battery, but for a desktop PC that must render every frame without errors, that management can become a nuisance, generating latency. The ParkControl app seeks to optimize your PC cores by disabling the concept of CPU parking and creating a new power plan for the operating system.
It's not the same to play on a desktop PC as on a laptop; that's for sure. Beyond any similarities in specs, laptops use very different power profiles. Obviously, the priority is to save energy and reduce temperature without sacrificing too much performance, but over time we've learned that the operating system isn't that smart and sometimes makes mistakes.
This brings us to the concept of parking, a deep sleep mode that dynamically disables cores when they're not in use. The good news is that parking helps reduce power consumption, but the bad news is that sometimes the act of waking and sleeping cores results in latency.
If you think that's causing problems and you want to optimize your PC cores, give ParkControl a try.
How to optimize your PC cores with ParkControl
The process is very simple: Once ParkControl introduces the new power plan in Windows (you need to use the Install option first), you select it and click Make Active. That's it! The parking and scaling values will go to Off, with their values at 100 percent. This profile guarantees maximum performance on your processor. If you want to experiment with the parking/scaling combo and create a more customized configuration, modify the values and click Apply.
ParkControl's three additional options add parking parameters to the advanced power plan settings (in the Control Panel), show tray notifications whenever the plan changes, and enable Dynamic Boost, a dynamic management that alternates between high performance and Power Saver when the computer is idle.
ParkControl starts with your computer, and all changes are reversible. Why do we say this? Because optimizing your PC cores has been declared a placebo by some users, while others swear on the performance differences and stuttering reduction. Give it a try! Official site and download: Click here
