How to use
To use the program, you must first download, install and configure it.
Let's consider all these points. First you need to download the program.
To do this, go to the official MSI Afterburner website and scroll down the site to the download section:
How to install MSI Afterburner
After you have downloaded the archive, unzip it, go to the unzipped folder and run the installation file “MSIAfterburnerSetup.exe”. Where to install is up to you, but it is advisable to use standard system paths - C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner - this is for Windows 10.
Click “next” everywhere.
Having reached the point “select program components to install”, uncheck the “Riva Tuner Statistics Server” checkbox.
Then click “next” and wait for the installation to complete.
After installation, launch MSI Afterburner.
MSI Afterburner is very easy to use. In order to understand how the program works, let's study the parameters and what they are responsible for.
Why is Undervolting needed?
Undervolting
(undervolting) - reduction in voltage.
Ideal undervolting
- reducing voltage without losing FPS. This is what we will do. If overclocking the RTX 2070 Super did not bring a significant increase, then why not try to make the video card run at factory frequencies, but with less heat.
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Setting up MSI Afterburner
- Gpu Clock
is an indicator of the clock speed of the video card. If you have a farm of several cards, the selected video card will be shown. - Core Voltage (mV)
– this slider is responsible for the power consumption of the video card. You can either overclock or lower this indicator. The lower the Core Voltage, the lower the energy costs: lowering this indicator will allow you to save on electricity, and if you hit the ceiling on energy consumption, this function will reduce the current consumption of video cards, and will make it possible to install additional cards if you are a miner . - Power Limit
– is responsible for the power consumption of the card. With greater overclocking, that is, if you want to greatly overclock the video card, then power consumption must be added, otherwise the card will not maintain frequencies and reset them to factory settings. The indicator is often blocked. Below we will tell you how to unlock it. - Temp.
Limit – slider responsible for the critical temperature of the video card. If this (set by you) indicator is exceeded, the video card will reset the frequencies (go into throttling). - Core Clock (MHz)
- This is overclocking the GPU (graphics processing unit) frequency of a video card.This overclocking is necessary to increase the hashrate of your video card during mining or to increase performance (FPS) in games.
- Memory Clock (MHz)
– This is overclocking the video card memory. Usually this gives a small increase in games, but in mining the increase is noticeable.Especially in the ethash algorithm.
- Fan Speed
– a slider responsible for the rotation speed of the video card fans. Where 100% is the maximum rotation speed, and 0% is the minimum speed. If Fan Speed is blocked, then you need to unlock it by clicking on the word “Auto”, which is located next to it. In the “Auto” mode, the fans will automatically set the load percentage, depending on the GPU temperature. But when mining in the “Auto” mode, this figure will almost always be 100%, since the mining process itself greatly heats up the video card.Fan Speed – if your video card gets very hot, we still do not recommend setting the speed to 100%, since this will exhaust the cooler’s life faster (and this is one of the most common breakdowns).
- Button that opens advanced settings
. - Video card core temperature.
If there are several video cards in the farm, the last selected video card and its temperature are displayed. - Start Up
– will allow you to add msi afterburner to startup. If the icon is circled (in this case in red, but it can also be a different color, since you can install a different theme), then MSI Afterburner will automatically launch when you turn on the computer (farm). - Profile
– These are indicators from one to five. They are responsible for saving your configuration. That is, you can set the desired overclocking (memory, core), the desired fan speed, and so on, and save it to any number from 1 to 5. If the “Start Up” function is active, then when you reboot or turn on your farm, it will immediately apply all settings to the video cards you specified.
When increasing the overclocking of a video card in memory and core, it is best to add 10 units each.
- Name of the selected video card
- When you click on the word “GPU”, a list of all video cards will appear. Select each card in turn and set its overclocking and cooler rotation speed.
- Reset all overclocking settings to factory settings.
You can also overclock video cards directly in miners. See overclocking examples:
How to overclock and reduce card voltage in PhoenixMiner
How to overclock and reduce voltage in Claymore Dual Miner
Conclusion
The Power Limit parameter in MSI Afterburner is needed to control the power consumption of the video card. You need to increase it when overclocking the video card, and decrease it to slow it down and reduce operating temperatures.
Good day to everyone, dear friends, acquaintances, readers, admirers and other individuals. Today we’ll talk about how to overclock a video card and at the same time about the MSI Afterburner program.
It's been a while since we've had something from, so to speak, hardware optimization, or more precisely from the sphere of overclocking using improvised means. Previously, we wrote an introduction to this topic, talked a little about the practical side of overclocking a processor, as well as setting up ATI drivers.
Today we decided in the form of a short article to tell you how to quickly and without unnecessary labor costs increase your capacity, as they say for free, without SMS and registration
