How to Download CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS

1. Click on the CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS download button below.
2. Choose "Install" to install the game on the windows steam client.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts
4. Let it download the Full Version.
5. Once a game is downloaded, use the Windows Steam Client to play the game.

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This guide describes how to use Steam Proton to play and run Windows games on your Linux computer. Some games may not work or may break because Steam Proton is still at a very early stage.

1. Activating Steam Proton for Linux:
Proton is integrated into the Steam Client with "Steam Play." To activate proton, go into your steam client and click on Steam in the upper right corner. Then click on settings to open a new window. From here, click on the Steam Play button at the bottom of the panel. Click "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles."

Alternatively: Go to Steam > Settings > Steam Play and turn on the "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles" option.

Valve has tested and fixed some Steam titles and you will now be able to play most of them. However, if you want to go further and play titles that even Valve hasn't tested, toggle the "Enable Steam Play for all titles" option.

2. Choose a version
You should use the Steam Proton version recommended by Steam: 3.7-8. This is the most stable version of Steam Proton at the moment.

3. Restart your Steam
After you have successfully activated Steam Proton, click "OK" and Steam will ask you to restart it for the changes to take effect. Restart it. Your computer will now play all of steam's whitelisted games seamlessly.

4. Launch Stardew Valley on Linux:
Before you can use Steam Proton, you must first download the Stardew Valley Windows game from Steam. When you download Stardew Valley for the first time, you will notice that the download size is slightly larger than the size of the game.
This happens because Steam will download your chosen Steam Proton version with this game as well. After the download is complete, simply click the "Play" button.

Windows Pc Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit
  
• Processor: Any dual core CPU or higher. Low/Medium/Medium-High 2/4/6 core CPU systems preferred.
  
• Memory: 1 GB RAM
  
• Additional Notes: CPUCores was designed for system ranging between medium-low to medium-high end PC systems. CPUs that are in the 2 core (dual core) to 4 core (quad core) range, as well as some 6 core CPUs, This systems that have the best results would typically be (low end) E8400/Q9600, AMD FX, Core2Duo, and medium-high end i5 and i7s.

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit
  
• Processor: Any dual core CPU or higher. Low/Medium/Medium-High 2/4/6 core CPU systems preferred.
  
• Memory: 1 GB RAM
  
• Additional Notes: CPUCores was designed for system ranging between medium-low to medium-high end PC systems. CPUs that are in the 2 core (dual core) to 4 core (quad core) range, as well as some 6 core CPUs, This systems that have the best results would typically be (low end) E8400/Q9600, AMD FX, Core2Duo, and medium-high end i5 and i7s.

Linux Requirements

No minimum requirements!!
No maximum requirements!!

Mac Requirements

No minimum requirements!!
No maximum requirements!!

Maximize your FPS :: Use CPUCores to isolate and constrain OS + non-game processes and dedicate CPU resources to be used exclusively for your games! CPUCores fully integrates with all Steam games!

CPUCores is a cutting-edge Windows based software built by gamers, specifically for gamers, with 1 thing in mind: INCREASE YOUR FPS! CPUCores does this by micromanaging your Windows OS and non-essential applications to delivery maximum CPU to your game!


1) DIRECT STEAM INTEGRATION

• CPUCores automatically detects all of your Steam games.

2) OS OPTIMIZATION

• To start, CPUCores will isolate your entire OS to your first core.
  
• Secondly, CPUCores examines and constrains key Windows services that are not essential and known to hog CPU resources.
  
• Third, CPUCores examines and isolate key Windows processes to ensure a perfect balance of CPU savings without starving key Windows processes.

3) GAME OPTIMIZATION

• CPUCores will isolate and dedicate processing cores to be exclusively used by your game.
  
• CPUCores will allow game-specific hyper-thread disabling/enabling.

4) BACKGROUND / NON-GAME OPTIMIZATIONS

• CPUCores examines what non-OS and non-game operations your PC is running. It will do things such as constrain non-game programs to your first processing core.

5) EXTRAS

• Ability to "START RANDOM GAME" with 1 button click!
  
• Fully supporting VR games!
  
• Support for non-Steam games
  
• Support for general, non-game applications like video editing, graphic design and more!
  
• Convenient game sorting options makes large Steam libraries manageable
  
• Incredible community surrounding the software!
  
• Direct contact with the developer for suggestions on feature updates!

The impact of how CPUCores will help with FPS depends on essentially 2 things:

#1 Your PC Hardware
#2 The game itself

Here are some benchmarks we've recently seen from our test system:

• ARMA III - 17.5% FPS Increase!
  
• Team Fortress 2 - 58% FPS Increase!
  
• TombRaider - 6.3% FPS Increase
  
• Left4Dead2 - 14% FPS Increase

The CPUCores application identifies dozens of Windows programs, background processes, and non-gaming applications, and immediately controls and isolates them to a subsection of your total CPU resources.

CPUCores will then free up a block of CPU resources and dedicated it specifically for a game. You can then launch a Steam game, or any game/program, directly via the CPUCores application. This enables CPUCores to control the processor usage for that game/program and ensure it has dedicated usage to processing cores. Your game no longer has to share resources with the OS / other applications.

SCREENSHOTS

“OMG best 16 dollars i have spent in years. EVERYTHING is faster smoother and just plain better! Awesome software!”
Thumbs-Up – Tarnis

“I just wanted to let you know that this works amazing for me on most all of the games I have tested so far, and Some of them I get a pretty big FPS boost... Thank you for this amazing tool :-)”
Thumbs-Up – Akiba

“This little utility has the potential to boost your FPS by a significant amount. The benefit will always vary but it WILL make your game run better if you're not a Windows user with the black belt in Optimization.”
Thumbs-Up – Six Of Saturn