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    MSI Afterburner safe to leave on?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by adelleda, May 11, 2011.

  1. adelleda

    adelleda Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an ASUS G73JW notebook, just looking for knowledgeable opinions on if its safe to keep MSI Afterburner running in overclocked profile 24/7.

    I have had bad experiences with GPUs dying from overuse/heat so my main concern is reducing the life on the graphics card (and other components affected by heat created) when not gaming or does afterburner make no affect when non-gaming?

    Just getting tedious turning it on every time I want to play a demanding game.
     
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    Well, there are three different profiles, one for 2D, one for low power 3D, and one for Performance. Usually you just clock the performance 3D one which is only active when playing 3D games, or running other 3D content.

    Download nVidia Inspector which will allow you to create a profile to double click as an icon or have it start with Windows. Again, you only adjust the performance 3D profile so it will only overclock when playing 3D games.

    Not sure if MSI Afterburner is the same, but probably so.
     
    HTWingNut, May 11, 2011
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    Bobmitch Notebook Virtuoso

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    You can save profiles in Afterburner. Why don't you just create one that you are going to use to overclock for games and only activate it when you intend to play? Otherwise...let AB run with normal settings. Nothing is effected...until you activate the overclock
     
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  4. Bearclaw

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    Well if your card is working like it should, it will clock down to 2D clocks when you're not using 3d apps. The OC will only be there when you're actually using it to play games.
     
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    adelleda Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the replies, I hope it works like Bearclaw and HTWingNut are saying. Bobmitch, thats exactly the tedious process I don't want. I just want to set Afterburner to start with windows and forget about it.
     
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  6. HTWingNut

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    nVidia Inspector will create a shortcut with the profile you want. Just drag it into your startup folder and they will be set every time you boot up. If you only change performance 3D settings, then only the OC will take place when playing 3D games. Otherwise it won't affect you.
     
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  7. Bearclaw

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    Another method to use is to modify the vBIOS so the default 3d clocks are the ones you need. This way you won't need to do any overclocking at all.
     
    Bearclaw, May 11, 2011
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