If you would get rid of all these useless utilities your FSX would run better than ever.

My experience is that, it helps when you have a tool that focuses the PC resources at the SIM rather than anyhting else.

 

I have never found this to be a disadvantage, considering the PC boots up expecting to be a PC not a flight simulator that has heavy CPU and IO resource demands.

 

Using the right tools such as Gamebooster and lasso in my case, is a way of telling the PC to become a flight simulator, rather than a web surfing word processor etc. This allows one to take a minimalist approach to fsx.cfg tweaking.

 

I have tried fsx with and without gamebooster, and  fsx is more responsives when tons of uneeded win7 serivces are closed.

 

I have tried fsx with and without lasso or similar tools, but the stutters are more cause somewhere along the way an app just decides it wants your flightsim to be a PC for while, i know this cause i check tools to see details of what really going on when stutters occur.

 

But then again each PC is unique, so some with very powerfull machine might be exempt.

 

I am running win7 i7990@ 4.74 Ghz, and after months of getting things balanced, cant complain.

 

I am finding more analytical/ control tools you have to let you see and control PC resources, the less you have to tweak FSx itself. But needs to start from fsx settings at lowest setting, then work your way up.

 

Also The right tool such as lasso is great to play with during cruise, by seeing what tasks are using resources at the wrong time and making permanent settings to give FSX more 

power wihtout it becoming the problem.

 

I am always watching youtube on second monitor during cruise, its nice to know flash player and web browser etc are strictly out of FSX resoource region. that is affinities, memory/ IO/task priorities etc.  The result a smooth flight where the PC is a flight sim till  you swithc off FSX and lasso returns the PC  from game to normal mode. 

 

Plus Lasso  does an excellent job on win7 task schedular if you enable the option, cause it effectivly replaces it with algorythm game mode.

 

So my verdict is, the right tool are not only usefull, but can be fun for those boring cruise periods.

 

Lasso is professional tool, seems to me designed by someone tired of the gimik task mangers that existed since windows was released. Lasso  is a professional hardcore task manager, should try it.

I like to set it and forget it.