A new automatic overclocking program developed in partnership with Intel is now available to try on your system, with claimed potential speed gains of up to 60%. Dubbed Hypertune, this tool encompasses tweaks to your CPU, GPU, operating system, network and game settings, but none of these enhancements come free.
Some of Hypertune’s bones stem from Intel’s longstanding Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) SDK, a favourite of Intel CPU owners looking for an easy way to overclock their chip, but the application can also boost AMD CPU performance. Rather than applying general profiles to identifiable hardware, the program assesses each component individually through stress tests and applies unique tweaks based on the capabilities of the silicon in play.
Hypertune is also specifically endorsed by Intel. The tool is “built directly on Intel’s Extreme Tuning Utility SDK, following close collaboration between us and the team,” said Dan Ragland, Sr Principal Engineer at Intel. “Performance tuning has been locked behind expertise for too long, making it less accessible for many players. Software like Hypertune brings that capability to every gamer on an Intel platform. That’s exactly the kind of experience we opened the XTU SDK to enable.”
This is all in an effort to increase frame rates in games, with a particular focus on competitive titles. Importantly, Hypertune’s developer claims none of its changes to both hardware and Windows are permanent, and won’t upset any anti-cheat measures. As such, your performance boost won’t result in any bans and you can change it back with just one click.
The company provided examples of performance gains on two systems, one with a Core Ultra 9 285K and GeForce RTX 5090 and the other featuring a Core i7-14700K and GeForce RTX 3080. Neither came close to reproducing Hypertune’s 60% ceiling, with Tomb Raider netting the biggest win at +28.2% and Marvel Rivals setting the floor at +4.3%.
However, Hypertune’s developer doesn’t adequately disclose the resolutions or settings used in these games to achieve these gains. As such, I’d treat these claims with due scepticism.
More importantly, though, Hypertune isn’t free, nor can you outright own a licence to the application. Instead, you’ll need to pay $9.99 a month or $119.99 a year (once the 50% discount expires) for the pleasure of all these tweaks.
