“Before Opera GX, gamers often shut down their browsers to not slow down their gaming experience. But that doesn’t always work correctly, which is why gamers tend to close their browsers and not leave 100 tabs open in the background while playing games.
Windows is supposed to manage resources automatically, and your browser should get out of the way while you’re playing a game. It’s unclear whether you’ll get a performance boost from this, of course.
But if you’d rather not manually close tabs to free up resources for games, the limiters could perhaps help. Leaving it enabled all the time will make your browser slower, of course. GX Control: RAM and CPU Limitersīeyond the theme and Razer Chroma integration, the most interesting feature is something the browser calls “GX Control.”Ĭlick the GX Control button in the sidebar, and you’ll get a panel with a “RAM Limiter” and “CPU Limiter.” For example, you could force the browser to use only 3 GB of your system’s 12 GB of RAM or limit it to 10% of your system’s CPU resources. It’s a slick way to tweak your browser theme and RGB lightning all at once. Activate the “Razer Chroma” option here, and any color you choose in the browser will be duplicated on any Chroma-enabled accessories you own like Razer’s DeathAdder Elite gaming mouse or BlackWidow keyboard. This browser even features Razer Chroma integration. Customizable wallpapers are available, too. With a quick click on the “Easy Setup” icon at the top right corner of the browser, you can select one of a few pre-selected colors-or any color you like-for the browser’s highlights. The first thing you’ll notice is the theme: Opera GX takes “gaming browser” to heart, going for a dark theme and bright colors typical of gaming peripherals and PCs. A Gaming Theme (With Razer Chroma Integration) The core functionality has been carried over from the standard Opera browser, which already offers more than a lot of its rivals including Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge-this includes built-in free VPN, a video pop-out option and an ad-blocker.The only feature that could boost your performance is “GX Control”: Built-in RAM and CPU limiters that can restrict how much memory and CPU time your web browser will use.
Gamers will be able to switch between the Fast Action Button (FAB) and standard navigation options on the Opera GX browser on Android phones and the iPhone, with the former mode proving haptic feedback.
Brought over from the main Opera browser is the Flow functionality, which lets you connect the Opera GX browser on multiple devices allowing you to send links, files and notes across these devices. The Opera GX web browser not only integrates the gaming focused Discord and Twitch platforms, but you can also access Facebook Messenger, Telegram and WhatsApp from the sidebar. It also has new themes, music streaming add-ins for Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube Music and a built-in calendar for game releases. The core functionality embeds controls for limiting CPU, RAM and network bandwidth to reduce the performance footprint of the web browser and improve the gaming experience.
The new Opera GX web browser is now available for Microsoft Windows 10 and Apple macOS computing platforms, and also for Android phones and the Apple iPhone as well as the Apple iPad. The Opera GX, as it is called, is a web browser with specific tools to improve the online gaming experience, including Discord and Twitch integration as well as performance limiters. Opera has released its newest web browser, and this time around, it is a unique pitch for gamers.