Afterburner User Manual

8/6/2019 Afterburner User Manual

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MSIAfterburner

UserManual


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Catalog

1.TheIntroduction.P.2

2.Get

MSI

Afterburner.P.3

3.SoftwareInstallationP.7

4.OverclockingFeatures..P.11

41.

Graphics

Card

&

Driver

VersionP.11

42.InformationP.12

43.CoreVoltage(mV)P.13

44.CoreClock(MHz)P.13

45.ShaderClock(MHz).P.13

46.MemoryClock(MHz).P.14

47.FanSpeed(%)P.14

48.ProfileSlot1~5..P.14

49.Applyoverclockingatsystemstartup..P.15

410.

Apply

&

Reset

&

SettingsP.15

5.MonitoringWindow..P.17

6.AdvancedProperties.P.18

61.General.P.18

62.

FanP.19

63.Monitoring.P.21

64.OnScreenDisplay.P.23

65.Profiles.P.24

66.UserInterface..P.25


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1.Introduction

CodevelopmentbymsiandRivetuner,MSIreleasestheultimategraphicscardutilityAfterburner.This

utilityenablesallMSIgraphicscarduserstoboostperformanceandtomonitorallkindsofcriticalinformation

onthefly.Afterburnerisakindcompletefreeutilitywhichiscompatiblewithalmostallgraphicscards.


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2.GetMSIAfterburner

TheMSIAfterburnerCDwillbebundledwitheveryMSIgraphicscard.Ifyouwantanewerversion,You

canalsovisittheMSIAfterburnerofficialwebsite(http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/ )todownloadit.

Step1:RunyourWWW

browsersoftwareandvisittheMSI

Afterburnerofficial

website

(http://event.msi.com/vga/afterb

urner/).Clicktoenterthe

mainpage.

Step2:Afterenteringthe

mainpage,

click

the

buttontoenterthe

Download&DiscussionPage.


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Step3:IntheDownload&

Discussionpage,clickthe

buttontodownloadthelatest

versionofMSIAfterburner.

Step4:Whenthedownload

dialoguewindowappears,clickthe

buttontodownloadtheMSI

Afterburnerzipfile.


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Step5:SelectafoldertosaveMSIAfterburnerzipfile.

Step6:Thedownloadprogress

starts.Itwillspendsometimeto

downloadit.


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Step7:Afterthedownload

progressiscomplete,youwillsee

theMSIAfterburnerzipfileinthe

folderyouselected.


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3.SoftwareInstallation

Step1:Runthe.exefileinthezipfile.

Step2:Clickto

continuetheinstallation,or

clickthebuttonto

cancelit.


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Step3:Ifyouagreewith

theLicenseterms,choose

theandclick

thebuttonto

continuetheinstallation.

Step4:Click

toselectanotherfolderto

installtheMSIAfterburner,or

justclicktoaccept

thedefault

value.


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Step5:ChooseaStart

MenuFolderfortheMSI

Afterburnershortcuts,or

enteranametocreateanew

folder.Thedefaultfolderis

MSIAfterburner.

Step6:Afterfinishing

theseselectionsbefore,the

MSIAfterburnersetup

programwillstartinstalling.

Clicktosee

whatthe

installion

does

in

yoursystem.


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Step7:

When

you

see

thispage,itmeanstheMSI

Afterburnerinstallationis

complete.Clickto

closethewizard.Youcan

uncheckRuntheMSI

AfterburnerandShow

Readmeifyoureallydon't

wanttodothesetwothings.


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4.OverclockingFeatures

41.

Graphics

Card

Display

master

GPU

graphics

card

model.

DriverVersionDisplaymasterGPUdriverversion.


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42.

InformationDisplayinformationaboutyourgraphicshardwareandsoftware.InamultiGPUsystem,

userswillseetheinformationlistedasGPU1,GPU2and,etc.Thedifferenceisjustasbelow:

SystemInformation(SingleGPU) SystemInformation(2GPUsorabove)


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43.

CoreVoltage(mV)AdjustmsterGPUcorevoltage.Dependingongraphicscardmodelthevoltagecanbe

representedeitherexplicitlyorasanoffsetaddedtobasevoltage.Singedvaluesrepresentedtheoffsetwhilst

unsignedvalues

represent

absolute

voltage.

Drag

the

bar

left/right

to

decrease/increase

the

GPU

voltage;

or

inputthecustomvaluedirectlyinthefinalcolumn.YoucantrytoadjusttheGPUvoltagetogethigher

overclockingcapability.

Hint1:WhenGPUsettingssynchronizationmodeisenabledintabinadvancedproperties,any

changesappliedtothemasterGPUarealsoappliedtoallsimilarGPUsinthesystem.

Hint2:Voltagecontrolisavailableonlimitedsetofgraphicscardmodelsequippedwithprogrammable

voltageregulationmodule.Pleaserefertodocumentationtogetfulllistofgraphicscardmodelssupporting

voltageadjustments.

Hint3:Whenthesliderisfocused,youmayusecursorkeysonyourkeyboardtofinetunetheclock.

Hint4:

You

may

click

the

adjacent

edit

field

to

directly

type

the

in

adesired

clock.

44.

CoreClock(MHz)AdjustmasterGPUcoreclock.Dragthebarleft/righttodecrease/increasethemaster

GPUclock,

or

input

the

custom

value

directly

in

the

final

column.

When

it

is

set

higher/lower,

it

will

increase/decrease the3Dperformance,andtheworkingtemperaturewillbehigher/lower.



Hint2:Whenadjustingcoreandshaderclocksindependently,pleaserememberthattheminimum

shadertocoreclockrationislimitedbyhardware.Attempttodrivetheratiooutofrangemaypreventthe

clocksfromapplying.

Hint3:Whenthesliderisfocused,youmayusecursorkeysonyourkeyboardtofinetunetheclock.

Hint4:Youmayclicktheadjacenteditfieldtodirectlytypetheinadesiredclock.

45.

ShaderClock(MHz)AdjustmasterGPUshaderclock.Dragthebarleft/righttodecrease/increasethe

GPUShaderClock,orinputthecustomvaluedirectlyinthefinalcolumn(NVIDIAGPUonly).

Hint

1:

When

GPU

settings

synchronization

mode

is

enabled

in

tab

in

advanced

properties,

any


Hint2:ShaderclockadjustmentisavailableonlyonNVIDIAGeForce8orhigherseriesgraphicscards.ATI


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softwarewillperiodicallydetectGPUtemperatureandsetsnewfanspeedaccordingtothefanspeedcurve,

definedinthetabinadvancedproperties.

Hint1:Youcanstilluse toswitchbetweenautomaticandmanualfanspeedcontrolmodeseven

iftheuserdefinedautomaticsoftwarefancontrolmodeisenabled.

48.

ProfileSlot1~5Savecurrentappliedvoltage,clockandfancontrolsettingstoProfileSlot1~5.

Hint1:Youmayclick button,thenclickeachprofileslotbutton( , , , ,and )

whileitisflashingtosavecurrentappliedsettingstotheprofileslotyouselect.ProfileSlotsofallGPUs

installedinthesystemaresavedsynchronically.

Hint2:Youmaysave/deleteaprofilebyrightclickingeachprofileslotbutton.ProfileSlotsofallGPUs

installedinthesystemaresavedsynchronically.

Hint3:

You

may

save/delete

aprofile

to

profile

slot

1/2/3/4/5by

pressing

+

/

+

/+/+/+onthekeyboard.ProfileSlotsofallGPUsinstalledinthesystemare

savedsynchronically.

Hint4:YoumayloadmasterGPUprofilefromprofileslot1,2,3,4,or5byclicking( , , , ,or

) button,orbypressing,,,,orkeyonyourkeyboard.

Hint5:Youmayloadandautomaticallyapplytheprofilesviatraymenuorevenassignglobalhotkeysfor

eachprofileslotviaadvancedpropertieswindow.

Hint6:

You

may

use

automatic

profiles

management

function

and

assign

different

profiles

for

2D

and

3D

applicationsviathetabin

49.

ApplyoverclockingatsystemstartupWhenitisenabled,itallowsapplyingcurrentvoltage,clockand

fancontrolsettingsatWindowsstartup.

Hint1:YoumaypressandholdkeyimmediatelyafterloggingintoWindowstobypassapplyingthe

settings.

410.

ApplyAppliescurrentsettingstothemasterGPU.


changesappliedtothemasterGPUarealsoappliedtoallsimilarGPUsinstalledinthesystem.

Hint

2:

Always

apply

to

the

changes

youve

made

before

switching

to

a

new

master

GPU.

Any

unapplied

GPUsettingsarelostonnewmasterGPUselection.


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ResetResetsmasterGPUtodefaultsettings.


changesappliedtothemasterGPUarealsoappliedtoallsimilarGPUsinstalledinthesystem.

Hint2:Youmaypress+keystoresetmasterGPUtodefaultsettingsfromyourkeyboard.

SettingsDisplaysadvancedproperties.


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5.MonitoringWindow

MonitoringWindowItdisplayshistorygraphforyourGPUtemperaturesandotherhardwarehealth

parameters.Ifyouclickthe button,itwillseparatefromthemainwindow,andbecomea

standalonemonitoringwidow.Itwillbeliketheexamplebelow:

Clickthe button


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CombineMode(default) DetachMode(separated)!

6.AdvancedProperties

61.General

Mastergraphicsprocessorselection

Throughthe

dropdown

list,

users

choose

the

master

graphics

processor

to

adjust

the

overclocking

configurationandmonitoringitstemperaturesandotherhardwarehealthparameters.

SynchronizesettingsforsimilargraphicsprocessorsSynchronizeyoursettingsforsimilargraphics

processors.ItisusefulforasystemwithmultiGPUtechnologysuchasCrossFire/SLItosynchronizeits

overclockingsettingstoallGPUs.

Generalproperties

StartwithWindowsAfterloggingintotheWindows,startuptheAfterburner.

StartminimizedAfterloggingintotheWindows,startuptheAfterburnerandminimizeittothesystem


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tray.

62.Fan

Automaticfancontrolproperties

EnableuserdefinedsoftwareautomaticfancontrolAftercheckingit,theFanspeedcurvewillbeshown,

anduserscancustomizethefanspeedsettingsbyaddingandadjustingnewfanspeed/temperaturenode,just

asthe

example

below:

addingnewcheckpoints


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DefaultSettings CustomizedSettings

Hint1:Youmayperformthefollowingactionswhileeditingthecurve

Hint11:Clickthecurvetoaddnewnodeinthecursorposition.Itisallowedtoaddupto8nodes.

Hint12:Clickexistingnodetoselectitanddragitwithmousecursortoadjustthecurve.Selected

nodepositioncanbealsofinetunedfromthekeyboardwithcursorkeys.

Hint13:Presstodeletetheselectednode.

Hint14:Press+toresetthecurvetodefaultstate.

Hint15:

Double

click

the

edit

area

to

switch

between

liner

and

step

curve

modes.

Hint2:ThesoftwareautomaticfanspeedcurveisaglobalsettingforallGPUsinstalledinthesystem,and

isnotaffectedbytheprofiles.

Hint3:Ifthegraphicscardisnotequippedwithafancontrollerchipand(or)acontrollablecoolingsystem,

thefanspeedcontrolwillnotbeavailable.

Fanspeedupdateperiod(inmilliseconds)Whenthevalueissetincreased/decreased, theresponding

timeofFanspeedintheMonitoringWindowwillbeslower/faster.Thedefaultvalueis5000,andthemax/min

valuewill

be

60000/100.


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63.Monitoring

Hardwaremonitoringproperties

Hardwarepollingperiod(inmilliseconds)Whenthevalueissetincreased/decreased, theresponding

timeofmonitoringwindowwillbeslower/faster.Thedefaultvalueis1000,andthemax/minvaluewillbe

60000/100.

Activehardwaremonitoringgraphs

CheckeachitemlikeGPU1temperature,itwillbeshownintheMonitoringWindow.Ifyouwanttohide

it,youcanuncheckit.

GPU1temperaturegraphproperties

Show

in

On

Screen

Display

Check

this

to

display

GPU1

temperature

on

the

upper

left

side

of

the

screen

whenthe3Dgame/application isrunning.


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ShowinLogitechkeyboardLCDdisplayCheckthisoptiontodisplayGPU1temperatureintheLogitech

keyboardLCDdisplay.

ShowintrayiconCheckthistoshowGPU1temperatureinthetaskbar.

Afterthesettingsaredone,press toapplythesettingsandclosetheMSIAfterburner

propertieswindow.


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64.OnScreenDisplay+

GlobalOnScreenDisplayhotkeys

ToggleOnScreenDisplaySetahotkeycombinationtotoggleOnScreenDisplayinformationwhenthe

3Dapplicationisrunning.

ShowOnScreenDisplaySetahotkeycombinationtoshowOnScreenDisplayinformationwhenthe3D

applicationisrunning.

HideOnScreenDisplaySetahotkeycombinationtohideOnScreenDisplayinformationwhenthe3D

applicationisrunning.

Aftertheselectionisdone,click toapplythesettingsandclosetheMSIAfterburner

propertieswindow.


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65.Profiles

Globalprofilehotkeys

Progfile1~Profile5SetthehotkeysfortheProfile1toProfile5individually,userscansettheirownkey

combinationsforquicklyswitchingtheprofile.

Automaticprofiles

management

2DprofileChooseoneamongProfie1~Profile5,Afterburnerwillautomaticallyapplyitwhenthe

systemisinthe2Dmode,suchasInternetsurfingortextediting.

3DprofileChooseoneamongProfie1~Profile5,Afterburnerwillautomaticallyapplyitwhenthe

systemisinthe3Dmode,suchasplayinggamesorusingCADsoftware.

After

the

selection

is

done,

click

to

apply

the

settings

and

close

the

MSI

Afterburner

propertieswindow.


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66.UserInterface

Userinterfacehelpsystemproperties

ShowuserinterfacetooltipsShowtooltipswhenusersputthecursoronthefeatureitems.

Userinterfaceskinningproperties

Throughthedropdownlistinthebottom,userscanselecttheSkintypetheywant,andtheskinspreview

willbeshown.ThedefaultisMSIAfterburnerskin.Aftertheselection,click toapplythe

settingsandclosetheMSIAfterburnerpropertieswindow.

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