MSI Afterburner

[Oufkiz]

I want to use MSI Afterburner for the riva tuner to display FPS and general stats in my screen. If i open it will it automaticly make adjustments?

[TatamiMatt]

3 minutes ago, Oufkiz said:

I want to use MSI Afterburner for the riva tuner to display FPS and general stats in my screen. If i open it will it automaticly make adjustments?

What do you mean adjustments?

[Mark Kaine]

2 hours ago, Oufkiz said:

I want to use MSI Afterburner for the riva tuner to display FPS and general stats in my screen. If i open it will it automaticly make adjustments?

no it wont. you just have to set up the monitoring,  which is actually done in both, afterburner and rsst, which is incredibly stupid, but that's how that works, and then leave both running in the background. 

 

but afterburner will not change your clockspeeds etc unless you change them. it may however alter your gpu fancurves - im not entirely sure but its pretty strange how it works, so check for that if you want, which incidentally is very easy with the afterburner overlay. 

[Oufkiz]

22 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

no it wont. you just have to set up the monitoring,  which is actually done in both, afterburner and rsst, which is incredibly stupid, but that's how that works, and then leave both running in the background. 

 

but afterburner will not change your clockspeeds etc unless you change them. it may however alter your gpu fancurves - im not entirely sure but its pretty strange how it works, so check for that if you want, which incidentally is very easy with the afterburner overlay. 

I suppose If i don't change the fan curve it won't affect temps much, right?

[Mark Kaine]

2 hours ago, Oufkiz said:

I suppose If i don't change the fan curve it won't affect temps much, right?

yeah it shouldn't. 

 

you should still control it, i mean you have to set up the OSD anyway, the default one is extremely minimal iirc.

 

the thing why it changes my fancurves is because i set one, but it just applies them when i start the app. afaik the curve even remains after closing afterburner,  i need to restart the pc to get the actual default fancurve of the card.

 

 

mind you my fancurve is far better than the default,  but there are obvious reasons you don't always want a custom fancurve (troubleshooting for example) 

[Oufkiz]

17 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

yeah it shouldn't. 

 

you should still control it, i mean you have to set up the OSD anyway, the default one is extremely minimal iirc.

 

the thing why it changes my fancurves is because i set one, but it just applies them when i start the app. afaik the curve even remains after closing afterburner,  i need to restart the pc to get the actual default fancurve of the card.

 

 

mind you my fancurve is far better than the default,  but there are obvious reasons you don't always want a custom fancurve (troubleshooting for example) 

For an MSI RTX 3060, do You have any recommandation in terms of cooling (like fan curve settings and stuff)

[TatamiMatt]

16 minutes ago, Oufkiz said:

For an MSI RTX 3060, do You have any recommandation in terms of cooling (like fan curve settings and stuff)

fan curves are entirely personal, if you want the best cooling 100% at all times, but it will be very loud and wear down the fans quickly, beyind this if you want a more aggressive fan curve than the normal just up the normal fan curve by a few percentage each step or reduce the temperature you need to hit at that level, so long as its above the original curve itll end up cooler overall, one thing i suggest is making the max fan speed more than like the 60% cap the boards are usually at as this will be the major factor as it usually hits this 60% decently quickly but just doesnt increase beyond this, the graphs usually look like this

 

[Mark Kaine]

44 minutes ago, Oufkiz said:

For an MSI RTX 3060, do You have any recommandation in terms of cooling (like fan curve settings and stuff)

no because its super low power i would just leave it at default tbh.

[Mark Kaine]

22 hours ago, TatamiMatt said:

fan curves are entirely personal, if you want the best cooling 100% at all times, but it will be very loud and wear down the fans quickly, beyind this if you want a more aggressive fan curve than the normal just up the normal fan curve by a few percentage each step or reduce the temperature you need to hit at that level, so long as its above the original curve itll end up cooler overall, one thing i suggest is making the max fan speed more than like the 60% cap the boards are usually at as this will be the major factor as it usually hits this 60% decently quickly but just doesnt increase beyond this, the graphs usually look like this

 

my fancurve is similar, but a lot steeper, tops out at like 72% tho iirc. 

 

is about good for 10c less than the stock curve.  but as said i don't think it's necessary for low powered card like a 3060. 

 

 

ps: it doesn't quite behave like you'd think looking at it, it only starts turning on at like 55c instead of what its actually set (45c) and indeed tops out at around 70%...

[TatamiMatt]

On 3/23/2024 at 11:54 AM, Mark Kaine said:

my fancurve is similar, but a lot steeper, tops out at like 72% tho iirc. 

 

is about good for 10c less than the stock curve.  but as said i don't think it's necessary for low powered card like a 3060. 

 

 

ps: it doesn't quite behave like you'd think looking at it, it only starts turning on at like 55c instead of what its actually set (45c) and indeed tops out at around 70%...

I have mine running decently aggressive, i think 15%@30C, 30% at 45C, 60% @60C then 100% @72 i believe? And with andrenalin i believe this runs off hotspot temps