MSI Afterburner is an all in one utility tool for MSI graphics cards.
Afterburner has a complete interface and a dashboard to show you the accurate information as to how each part of your graphic card is operating.
In terms of graphic card utilities, this utility tool holds the top position.
However, if you just need to see the basic information about Hardware and Software about your PC, you can get a application like Speccy.
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What is MSI Afterburner?
The primary feature of the application is to perform the overclocking adjustments for GPU, Shader, fan speed and GPU voltage control, Memory clock, temperature, voltage and so on.
More importantly, you will get the Realtime statics of the above data. So, it will help you to understand the Realtime situation rather than looking at historical stats.
So, when you are playing a video game or running a large application like Adobe Photoshop or GIMP, it will help you to measure the performance consumption for that particular video game or application in Realtime in the Windows Tray icon.
Further, If you are running applications like Cheat Engine in the background of video games, you can see if there is increase in the performance utilisation.
Also if the performance is consumed by applications while you are not using you can use CCleaner application find them and disable them.
Any adjustment that you do in the application can be saved under five profiles.
Further, you have the option to switch between different options using keyboard hotkeys.
MSI Afterburner supports many types of graphic cards.
So it supports for popular graphic cards like Nvidia Geforce 500 and AMD Radeon HD 6000 series of graphics cards as well as Predator in-game video capture function.
Therefore, it’s very good news for videos Gamers.
Because they now have the ability to record their videos gaming skills and share them with their friends or on YouTube.
Why MSI Afterburner is One of the Best Utility Software?
“Triple Over Voltage” one of the unique features in the afterburner.
Because it will give you a super control over Core, Memory and PLL voltages.
When it comes to custom fan profiles, it gives you the ability to control and customize fan speed curves to bring it into the best performance level.
In-Game FPS Counter comes very handily when you are playing games.
Because it comes in the corner of your screen and shows you the real-time status of your system.
Therefore, it allows you to closely monitor movements in the stats when you are playing different aspects of the game.
As opposed to previous older versions, the newer version supports the 64-bit operating systems as well. So it has widened the accessibility to the tool.
There are 15 types of various skin selection options available, and that allows you to get the best-suited skin for the interface of your tool.
Further multi-language support makes it more convenient for different users all around the world.
OC Scanner function will help you to auto detect highest overclocking settings while keeping your GPU stable. However this feature is available only for RTX 20 series graphic cards.
Application Package Information
| Application Name | MSI Afterburner |
| File Size | 48 Mb |
| Content Rating | 12+ |
| Supported Operating System | Windows 10, 8 ,7, Mac and Android |
| System Requirement | Drivers - NVIDIA Forceware 96.xx, AMD Catalyst 9.3 Upwards. GPU - NVIDIA GeForce 6, AMD RADEON HD 2000 or Latest |
| Category | Tool |
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How to Install MSI Afterburner for Android
This is one of the unique features in MSI Afterburner. Because with this utility application, you can monitor the performance of your system using an android application.
Therefore you do not always have to use the PC application as you can do it remotely with its android app.
Further, you can not only do the monitoring part in this app, but you can make the overclocking adjustments as well.
However, in order to use the MSI Afterburner app in your android device, you have first to install the MSI Afterburner Remote Server in your computer.
How to install MSI Afterburner Remote Server
Firstly, you have to download and install the remote server from the download section of this page.
Once you have downloaded the Zip file, then you have to extract it and double click on the .exe file to begin the installation process.
After the installation process is completed, you will see the successfully installed remote server program on the system tray.
After that, click it and open it. There you will see a specific IP address. So copy that IP address and keep it somewhere.
Because you will nee it when you are installing the Android App.
How to Configure the MSI Afterburner App
You have to first download the MSI Afterburner Android App from the download section of this page or Google Play Store.
Then install it on your android device by following the on-screen instructions.
Hope you have installed the MSI Afterburner remote server following the instructions above.
Ok. Now open the installed app form your Android device and go to settings.
There you will see an option called “Host IP Address”. Now you have to enter the IP address that you saved from the Remote server as mentioned in an earlier step of this guide.
So once you correctly enter the IP address that you got from the remote server, Android app will get automatically connected with your PC.
How to Overclock GeForce GTX with Afterburner
Sometimes you may fear that exceeding the limits and optimizing the performance of your VGA card.
However, it’s actually straightforward with the MSI Afterburner utility tool because it gives you simpler access for the settings of your video card.
Therefore, you will be able to find the perfect balance between performance and temperature by adjusting the GPU’s clock frequency and voltage.
Overclocking with Pascal GPUs
First of all, keep in mind that the old way of overclocking known as the Basic Mode is still possible to do by managing the sliders.
The first thing that you should do when it comes to overclocking is that verification and stabilizing the tested settings.
Many experts recommend that an increment of 25 Mhz on core and memory in the default base frequency.
Further, you have to overclock your GPU as the first stage and then overclock your memory.
After that, once you get the artifacts, make sure that you bring the previous 25 Mhz to 50 Mhz.
When it comes to the same room temperature, that will be the most stable result in the highest threshold.
Because the GPU heat and the surrounding heat play a significant role when it comes to overclocking.
When you are tweaking the heat in your GPU cooling system, you can increase the fan RPM towards GPU if you have no concern regarding the noise that produce by fans.
As you know, more cooling helps better overclocking.
No matter how better you have tweaked, the back of your graphic card will usually get some heat. Therefore make sure that you allow some airflow in that area.
Further, you have to make sure that your PC casing is well ventilated with a sufficient amount of airflow.
MSI Afterburner Features in the latest version.
The latest version has a separate voltage controlling unit for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20×0 SUPER series graphic cards and AMD RADEON RX 5700 cards.
So it will help you to monitor the voltage levels of such cards closely and make the necessary adjustments accordingly.
Further, there have been certain new updates taken place on Curve based tweaking, automated tweaking and RTSS.
It has also added some attractive features like MSI Steampunked, MSI Lightning Anniversary and MSI Mystic skins that have done by Drerex design.
There is also a re-engineered hardware monitoring module in place for AMD Ryzen 3X00 processors family.
So it will help you in monitoring the CPU temperature AMD Ryzen family processors..
Moreover, the developers have added an improved thermal offset hardware monitoring module.
So that module will allow you in monitoring CPU temperature on AMD Ryzen Threadripper 29X0 processors series.
Another newly added hardware monitoring module is the package CPU power and per-core CPU power monitoring for AMD Ryzen processors series.
Plugins architecture monitoring function for the supported graphic cards has also improved significantly by the developers.
Moreover, one of the newly introduced API functions is for the host application. So with this API, it allows reading hardware monitoring timestamp of the host application’s from the plugin.
Timestamp Updates
When it comes to updates of the timestamp, the host will update it on each hardware polling iteration.
Therefore, if the multiple data sources that have exported by the plugin uses the same physical sensor value, it allows the plugin to precache and reuse some sensor data as well.
So that this process is reflected in the updated CPU.dll plugin for duplicating the same temperature sensor value for all cores on AMD CPU.
Another essential feature is that the optional plugin unititialization callback function. The same was known as host before unloading the plugins.
Further, the newly added multithreaded Ping.dll plugin shows the ability to shut down the ping monitoring thread properly with the latest function usage.
Monitoring Plugins Improvements
Also, there are new monitoring plugins improvements, as well.
Plugins like Update CPU.dll shows the monitoring of AMD Ryzen CPU temperature implementation and optimal duplication of the same temperature sensor readback for all CPU cores.
With the newly added Ping.dll plugin, you can monitor the ping to the required server through the requests of ICMP echo.
Also, you have to keep in mind that the default configuration has set to monitor ping to www.guru3d.com.
Therefore, you have to decide whether to provide another specific server or IP address in the settings of the plugin.
Skin Engine Improvements
When it comes to skin engine, multiple overlapped animated indicators have used to improve skin rendering performance for skins.
Also, position smoothing support has been added to skinned indicators.
Therefore, If you wish you can disable indicator animation forcefully with the skinned applications.
There is a new update in place for the skin format reference guide as a result of the above-mentioned skin improvements.
So the more recent version of the documents is V 1.8.
Further, there is another upgrade for the RivaTuner Statistics Server.
Therefore the latest version available now is V 7.2.3.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please perform a full uninstall of RTSS and AfterBurner (with profiles removal) and then perform a CLEAN install of it.
Yes. It supports for Nvidia VGA cards.
No. You can use different types of VGA Cards like Nvidia, Radeon and so on.
Yes. The application is available free of charge.
Yes. We have verified it with Virustotal technology.
You may try to update the application and reinstall.
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It also supports for the latest version of direct x as well as OpenGL
You just have to close the application. Then it will be turned off.
Make sure that you have reboot your PC after the installation of Afterburner and graphic drivers. Also check whether your graphic card is detected in the Windows device manager.
Also make sure that you have updated the software to its latest version as well.
You will get update notification to your application as well as you can check this page for latest updates.