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The Launcher Race Gets Much Closer in the System Tray
· New York time
Epic's commissioned Windows benchmark reports a smaller gap when its preview launcher and Steam are restored from background system-tray states: 0.36 seconds for Epic versus 0.42 seconds for Steam. That comparison measures a different operation from the widely advertised cold-start result. For a user who leaves a launcher running, the warm-return measurement may resemble ordinary use more closely. For someone opening it from a stopped state, the cold-start test addresses the relevant wait. The same two applications can therefore produce quite different-looking advantages without the stopwatch changing its principles. Epic commissioned the third-party testing of its current Preview build. The figures offer a snapshot of those conditions, not a complete assessment of either application or every Windows computer. The distinction also gives the AI-generated development claim a practical scale. Software can perform well in one timed action while the overall experience still depends on reliability, navigation and library management. Those duties begin after the timer has collected its applause. A six-hundredths-of-a-second advantage is still an advantage in the reported test. It is simply a rather different promotional animal from saving several seconds on a cold start. The lobby is faster either way, but sometimes the customer was already standing inside it.
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