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CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS vs Transmissions: Element 120

CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS is an FPS game from Smorb Software (2015) while Transmissions: Element 120 is an FPS horror game from Shokunin (2016).

CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS

2015 · Smorb Software

6.5GamingPickz Score

$16.99

Steam: Mostly Positive

Transmissions: Element 120

2016 · Shokunin

7.8GamingPickz Score

Free

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

What each one is

Steam files CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS under FPS. In contrast, it files Transmissions: Element 120 under FPS and Horror.

CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS

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!

Description from its Steam store page

Transmissions: Element 120

TE120 is a short single player experience set in the Half-Life Universe featuring a gravity defying weapon that allows you to jump buildings and sustain large falls. The story takes place at a mysterious date & location. Where are you? Why have you been sent?

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPSTransmissions: Element 120
GamingPickz Score6.5/107.8/10
Steam ratingMostly Positive (74%, 11,418)Overwhelmingly Positive (95%, 9,952)
Critic aggregateNo aggregateNo aggregate
Price$16.99Free
Install size0.49 GB4 GB
Steam DeckunsupportedUntested
Released20152016
DeveloperSmorb SoftwareShokunin

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS vs Transmissions: Element 120, point by point

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  1. Genre and premise

    CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPSFPS game
    Transmissions: Element 120FPS horror game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPSUtilities, Software, Gaming
    Transmissions: Element 120Free to Play, Action, Shooter

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPSScore 6.5 · 74% on Steam
    Transmissions: Element 120Score 7.8 · 95% on Steam

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS11,418 reviews · 0.49 GB
    Transmissions: Element 1209,952 reviews · 4 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS$16.99
    Transmissions: Element 120Free

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

Transmissions: Element 120 takes 2 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Transmissions: Element 120 (GamingPickz Score 7.8)
  • The cheaper right now: Transmissions: Element 120 (Free)
  • Lighter on storage: CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS (0.49 GB)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

FPSModSingleplayerIndieAction

Where they differ

CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS is also

UtilitiesSoftwareGamingHardwareDesign & IllustrationMouse only

Transmissions: Element 120 is also

Free to PlayShooterZombiesHorrorFirst-PersonMultiplayer

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Transmissions: Element 120 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS and 1 for Transmissions: Element 120. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS and Transmissions: Element 120 in scope?

CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS has drawn 11,418 Steam reviews and installs in 0.49 GB. Transmissions: Element 120 has drawn 9,952 Steam reviews and installs in 4 GB.

Is CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS or Transmissions: Element 120 better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Transmissions: Element 120 rates higher (7.8 to 6.5). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS or Transmissions: Element 120?

Transmissions: Element 120 is cheaper right now at Free, against $16.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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