The Opera GX Gaming Browser Lets You Tweak CPU and RAM Usage – E3 2019 - IGN

Game mode comes to Opera

By Kevin Lee

Opera is rolling out what it’s calling the world’s first gaming browser with Opera GX.

Opera GX is an offshoot of the brand’s regular browser that adds in performance turning controls, which should be somewhat familiar to PC gamers. By popping open the sidebar, users can access GX control and limit how much memory and the CPU usage their system is allocating to the web browser. As we all know browsers like Chrome—if left unchecked—will devour every last gigabyte of memory you have in your system.

Of course, limiting the amount of RAM available to Opera GX will have some adverse effects like slower page loads and limiting the amount webpages you're able to store to cache.

Another feature of this Opera GX sidebar is Twitch integration, which allows users to see whether all their favorite streamers are currently going live or not. And just like the regular Opera browser, users can pop out a Twitch or YouTube video into its own picture-and-picture window to keep watching even while playing a game in fullscreen.

Opera GX also features a curated page of information for gamers called GX Corner. At the top of the page is a row of upcoming titles followed shortly by another row of games currently on sale or are available for free. Lastly, GX Corner also aggregates daily news on games, entertainment, and technology.

Unfortunately, Opera GX’s title of being the "first gaming browser" doesn’t mean it’s also specially tuned for streaming gaming—at least not yet anyway. So far the company has only expressed that it’s very interested in what Google Stadia and other services like it can do to grant gamers access to their games wherever they are.

This new gaming browser will be available to download as an open access beta for now with an official launch planned for later this year.

For more on IGN's E3 coverage, stay tuned to IGN's E3 2019 hub. Be sure to also check out the list of confirmed E3 2019 games and the list of games that won't be at E3 2019,

Kevin Lee is IGN's Hardware and Roundups Editor. Follow him on Twitter @baggingspam

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