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The Launcher Rematch Takes Six Hundredths of a Second
· New York time
Epic's commissioned third-party Windows testing also compared restoring launchers from background system-tray states. Its preview reportedly took 0.36 seconds, versus Steam's 0.42 seconds, a gap of six hundredths of a second. That is a different condition from the cold-start comparison behind Epic's 46 percent claim. People who leave a launcher running encounter a different waiting period from those opening it afresh. The distinction gives the benchmark practical texture. In this particular rematch, both competitors finish before a user can deliver a properly theatrical sigh. The stopwatch still finds employment, but the drama department has been downsized.
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