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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.
Hint1:WhenGPUsettingssynchronizationmodeisenabledintabinadvancedproperties,any
changesappliedtothemasterGPUarealsoappliedtoallsimilarGPUsinthesystem.
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
changesappliedtothemasterGPUarealsoappliedtoallsimilarGPUsinthesystem.
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.
Hint1:WhenGPUsettingssynchronizationmodeisenabledintabinadvancedproperties,any
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.
Hint1:WhenGPUsettingssynchronizationmodeisenabledintabinadvancedproperties,any
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.