MSI Afterburner Settings Explained / AMD and NVIDIA!

[@Jayztwocents]

Time stamps have been added!

[@Pony375]

Great quality content as always Jay! I’ve never requested anything before but do you think you could take a look at undervolting as well? Could help a lot of the 3000 series owners mostly with temps while keeping great performance! 😁

[@Cliffgamerz]

Next up i wish you make an follow up video on Undervolting, this could help many users too for many reasons.

[@justsomeguywashwd_jbm821]

I have a non-gpu related request for you Jay. As a fellow Crosshair VIII Extreme owner, but 1 with way more experience than me & contacts @ Asus, could you maybe do a vid about the optional addons mentioned in the manual that have to be purchased separately, & where/how to get them. I looked on their site, both UK and international versions, & couldn't find anything. Edit: I don't mean SSDs, I mean stuff like the USB 3 headers on the motherboard, that the manual says you need to buy some sort of addon for. I'm familiar with the old straightforward USB2 headers that older mobos had, but I got the feeling that this is something new/different. 🤷‍♂️ (I mean more than just 1 to 1 port extension type things)

[@johnathonm7813]

@@Pony375 agreed. My 6800 xt I was able to undervolt and remove 100mhz and with the memory tuning I gained performance and dropped 21 degrees with my hotspot. This greatly improved the fan noise and made it go from noticeable to silent. Undervolt guide would help so many be happier with the noise output of their PC!

[@ZiggyPanda]

One thing I realised moving over from Intel to Ryzen 3700x is that the cpu temperature in afterburner is wildly inaccurate. Ryzen Master seems to be the most accurate reading.

[@DankoleClouds]

Look at all them beautiful timestamps in the description. Nvidia explanation: 2:03 AMD explanation: 18:25

[@eternalabyzz9386]

thx man

[@lazarsandor1684]

👑

[@pingbui8272]

They are just lacking at this point. They are just trying to pump out so many videos of the same thing already on KZbin and other websites just for the views...

[@lazarsandor1684]

@@pingbui8272 Nah man that’s false I mean they don’t have to upload every single day for a whole month, but they’re doing it anyways. This is nothing but extra content for us basically And you don’t earn shit from youtube views It’s all about merch and sponsoration

[@xero_zyx]

@@pingbui8272 bruh that's the reason of jaytober, to post videos everyday. Also, didn't you notice that some of the videos he uploaded are sponsored by him.

[@Jayztwocents]

So it should be no surprise that I forgot to do the timestamps. My wife and I are currently on a mini vacation for our anniversary but as soon as I can get back to a PC I will update them, sorry about that.

[@TheOmei]

Happy anniversary, from another old dude, thanks for that you do.

[@d34th6un3]

My power limit maxes out at 100% with an MSI RTX Ventus 3080. Had this same issue with my 2080 Ti, any explanation?

[@kaseyboles30]

No worries, you got your priorities right in this.

[@shaneeslick]

Happy Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. $0.02, hope you have a Wonderful Time together 🥰🥰

[@aaronhopkins7354]

Enjoy the time with the Mrs.

[@XeSoupX]

Would love to see a AMD 5000 series PBO2 guide using curve optimization, PBO limits for PPT, TDC, and EDC, how to find those optimal values, and how to make sure the BIOS sets those limits correctly!

[@TylerG1250]

Definitely would love to see an in depth video on these things!

[@casey22857]

I'll second that

[@jaredirvine4763]

3rd

[@cdoan7133]

4th

[@murraywebster1228]

5th

[@takco2596]

Can you please do an updated beginners guide on overclocking? Not talking about wanting to see a specific card's speeds, but a very detailed general guide targeted toward those that may have a more budget friendly build and are starting out. Last video i can find like that from your channel is from 6 years ago. And im guessing most of the principles haven't changed. But i dont think we need to know how to overclock with SLI in mind anymore.

[@TJPDmember]

look on his channel, he made plenty, as recently as last year :) hope that help.

[@Nick-ux5vr]

Do an undervolting guide! I undervolted my FE 3080 and am basically getting the same FPS for way less power and heat. Overall really happy with it. Saved 10-20C on my GPU temp while gaming.

[@SoftyCup94]

Did same as you ! 👍

[@badnewsbruner]

Undervolting really is the new OC. At least with AMD CPUs and the RTX 30xx series.

[@SoftyCup94]

@@badnewsbruner ive also undervolted my i9 9900k

[@bradleybatt1401]

@JayzTwoCents do a video on this please some of us just want cooler and quieter systems :)

[@mitchellbush1727]

Settings to give me a starting point ?

[@casedistorted]

I know Jay said in his last msi afterburner video he didn’t like how the overlay wouldn’t put names next to the different stats for diff categories, etc. But you can do that. Takes a little fiddling but you can name each individual stat or setting on the overlay so they all have their own lines and names, if you want. Think he should make a video on how to do that.

[@connorjohnson4402]

yea you can do alot through setting up a profile on rivatuner and their profile editor but its not super simple and it can clash sometimes with the AB overlay

[@NorokVokun]

I have it set up so it says "GTX1080" instead of gpu, "R5 3600" instead of CPU, "SYS MEM" for the RAM and "GPU MEM" for the vram. Got the font changed aswell and all, except where it says what the graphics api is and the Frametime one (I have the graph) are a nice ocd friendly block due to equal lettercount (including the spaces). All native msi internal settings, and no profile set up anywhere.

[@pocpc1788]

True to that! Afterburner FTW!

[@badnewsbruner]

You can also set multiple items to show up under the same name. For example RTX 30xx : (temp),(usage%),(fan speed),(etc.)

[@Thephysiquemechanic]

i did these recently and it looks amazing on screen now. fonts colors and lines

[@WildkatPhoto]

Just want to say I appreciate the work Jaytober takes. Thanks for doing this!

[@patchwrk]

Sidenote as a photographer/videographer... the lighting on this and the previous video is absolutely top-notch. Using the kicker almost as key provides a near-cinematic look, and it adds a whole new layer of professional appearance. It's also THE best way to shoot a live subject in-frame with a flat panel display.

[@thecouchyeti]

Been following you for several months, honestly so glad to have made the discovery. Your content is -always- worth it. We appreciate you Jay

[@krzysiekj2522]

this is exactly what I was looking for years back when setting up my 1st gaming pc :D Godsend Jay to help all clueless newcomers. Keep it up

[@Wisconsin4eyes]

Thank you so much! Ive struggled to fingure out how to tell if fan "auto" was the "user defined" fan curve! Bless you Jay!

[@ShiroNoFune]

I'd love to see a video explaining how to undervolt with a curve on MSI sometime

[@uncanny_mac4660]

Optimum Tech has a good tutorial with undervolting.

[@badnewsbruner]

I think there is definitely higher gains to be had undervolting the RTX 30xx series than attempting to OC them. They're pushed as hard as they're going to go out of the box. Unless you're on GOOD water cooling, you're not going to get anything gainful out of them. Good thing about undervolting is you not only get better temps, but since GPU boost uses temperature as a variable, you can even get higher boosts because the cards running cooler.

[@Amarushaya92]

@@badnewsbruner Yep, i get a higher average fequenzy when beeing undervolted on my 3080@ 937mv for 2055mhz in curve ( could go a little higher but it is 100% stable like that). before that undervolt i could reach 2100 mhz but frequency was swinging all over the place due to powerlimitations. so the average frequenzy was lower as with an undervolt. so was the performance. Also that Optimum Tech tutorial was realy good. just dont be as conservative as him. can get higher clocks and lower powerdraw over stock at the same time with 30-series

[@badnewsbruner]

​@@Amarushaya92 Very nice!!

[@vinnytucks87]

I want to throw this out there as well. Undervolting your GPU is also something you can do in Afterburner. I did it because I wanted to lower my temps. Weirdly my frames went up slightly.

[@badnewsbruner]

Undervolting is definitely going to be more gainful than overclocking on the RTX 30xx series. They're already going as fast as they can out of the box. The reason you saw an improvement when undervolting is because temperature is one of the variables that GPU boost takes into account. If your card is running cooler, it will be allowed to boost higher, and for longer ;) This goes for the Ryzen 3xxx\5xxx CPUs as well. Overclocking will only raise temps with margin of error improvements. Undervolting is the new OC.

[@SharikhKhan138]

@@badnewsbruner, what about laptops? Is it possible to do the same for a laptop's dGPU?

[@ns_racing]

@@badnewsbruner Also helps to have proper air tunneling and cooling. My 3060ti sits at 63 degrees at 1080p high on most games and around 68 degrees on 1440p without boosting or undervolting. Case is a Corsair 4000D airflow. Great cases

[@3XZDgg]

quick tip as well as it wasn't mentioned in the vid. gpus operate on a "pull not push" typa logic. it will only take (pull) what power/voltage it needs to hit a certain speed. you generally speaking can't force feed (push) it power. so those voltage/power sliders are (generally speaking) safe to max out. the gpu will only take what it needs from what the sliders allocate. most of the time it won't use up those maxed out sliders. those sliders are effectively saying "the gpu can use 'up to' this much"

[@hpd_hero]

Duuuh

[@djhixson88]

Wouldn't mind seeing an undervolt guide/opinions video.

[@skuko1980]

same :)

[@drewjames8594]

Been watching your stuff for a long time and as a tech rookie I really appreciate these types of videos. Gives me confidence to actually try this stuff. Appreciate it!

[@farazalikhan5242]

I installed this software, couldn't figure out at first how to do benchmarking with it Finally Jay explaining, that's all i need

[@Mdh_Da_Snowman]

go watch the last video he uploaded literally explains how to use afterburner.

[@joshtheking1772]

As time goes on im really starting to like the AMD Master software. The fidelity is amazing. I've used both NVidia and Radeon cards and im really leaning toward the AMD cards more and more. The NVidia cards are really starting to get to the point of needing to tune the settings to such a degree that its getting tedious to do it all the time. The Radeon cards just do it better and seem to just feel better. Sure, NVidia cards are more advanced, but Radeon cards just, I dont know, feel more smooth. I dont know how to put it but I prefer and lean more toward the Radeon cards now.

[@Aavarius]

Dang, Jayz, your channel consistently teaches me stuff about tinkering with my computer I actually want to know how to do. Thank you.

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

I realize the video is meant to be Afterburner specific and accessible to a general audience, but if you want to remove the mystery of what's limiting the card, reading the PerfCap field from GPU-z's Sensors tab is a much better method than guessing and checking by changing sliders and looking at fluctuating figures.

[@orangecatdad]

brother you just helped me use the fans on the graphics card and unlocked such a huge tool for me. thank you very much my friend

[@weirdconnor]

Clarification on the Core Voltage and Power Limit helped me out a bunch, thanks!!

[@TOAGamer1]

Adding this to the list of videos that I need to watch after completing my build

[@heavymetalmixer91]

Great video, dude. You're one of the few people that really explain how the software works.

[@noahotte8212]

Most helpful guide to Afterburner I've found so far. In Jay we trust.

[@EfrainMan]

Afterburner is such a treasure. Related to this, I have a buddy who just got a 3080ti from the Newegg shuffle, but when he started using it, it would crash after only a few minutes of gameplay on any game. He was very upset of course and felt RMA was his only choice. Considering the GPU landscape at the moment, that made him even more upset. After lots of troubleshoot and research, we used Afterburner to see that his card was boosting all the way to 2100 and then crashing. We used it to limit the boost, and he's been stable ever since.

[@samuelm5140]

What's your friend's power supply brand/wattage?

[@xil3ntkha0s]

That’s good that it worked for him but it sucks when you can’t even use the card out of the box.

[@killerdoxen]

Yeah, I’d be looking at the PSU for that one. Either he has one that’s on the way out, or not enough wattage.

[@EfrainMan]

@@samuelm5140 He's got a Seasonic 850W PSU. Couldn't tell you how old or new it is.

[@samuelm5140]

@@EfrainMan I know he's probably good now that the card is power limited, but if they ever want to fully unlock the power of the card, I know some types of PSUs out there are known to fail with 3080Ti cards. My 3080Ti (EVGA) had issues until I changed to another PSU brand.

[@gaberb]

im like really dumb when it comes to computer shit so thank you for the breakdown on everything love the way you explain everything in a timely matter thank you!

[@domagojbelic5772]

I would say this was another one of those videos that you think you do not really need, but then when you need it, it never exists so thank you Jay for giving us content that maybe won't be the most viewed one instantly, but will definitely be really useful over time and time stamps are really appreciated.

[@ARTala88]

I love how you always bring up these computerfacts all the time! My interest never die because of you. Thank you Jay

[@oShadowkun]

Another detailed guide for newcomers and experienced users alike, Loving this Jaytober. Thanks for your time here jay!

[@farazalikhan5242]

You always upload stuff we need the most 🙌

[@davidyoudontcare3562]

I think it would be interesting for many if you showed the "CTRL+F" graph of Afterburner in a seperate video. How you can configure the shown voltage/frequency range in the config files and how you can actually fine tune there to find your real top end of your specific GPU/VBios combo. IMHO in this diagram lies the real hint to properly understand how the settings in Afterburner actually work and how they apply considering the Nvidia log applied to the settings.

[@smarthousetech8593]

I remember your old MSI aftrrburner turtorial that was one year after completing my first build. Good times. Glad to see you do it again.

[@matthewgary6071]

Jay please do a video on undervolting your gpu please. The way you explain stuff resonates with me better than most others. Thx for the great videos, always entertaining and enlightening!

[@exactom6320]

Thanks for breaking this stuff down for a noob like me with minimal digression. Seriously, very helpful stuff.

[@themusesquad8554]

I think the limits is less thre boost and more the high segmentation of cards now days. Any card u used to have decent OC to is now turned into a TI Super super Sque

[@braydenbretzel]

Allright Jay i gotta ? for ya. I have a RTX 200 Super and the options i have in Afterburner are as follows..... Core Voltage %....... Core Clock MHz....... Shader Clock MHz (can't change this one"....... Memory Clock...... and the Fan speed slider......... What i'd like to know is why i don't have a POWER LIMIT slider?????

[@fluffyskrimp4107]

Hey Jay been a long time viewer and went from a console gamer to PC builder because of you! You helped me so much in building my PC... with that said a video request/ recommendation I have is how to safely deep clean hardware inside the computer. I would love to see how to deep clean graphics cards and the CPU cooler and the like. Or what NOT to do. Love the videos man thanks for all you do!

[@russellarnold6342]

One thing to note for AMD auto OC... what I've found is you can only do 1 of the three options. So say you set overclock gpu, then set overclock vram it will drop the GPU back down. I've just done through and done the auto, noted it down, then set both settings to what the auto oc showed.

[@MMariusz]

2 yrs old video and still useful. Thanks.

[@solemnsausage5514]

Love the videos! I keep up to date often and go straight to you for advice on new hardware. Can't help but notice that you don't link your related videos in the description very often. Would be a good way to make your videos even better 😉

[@EnriqueMartinez-xt8tv]

I'm a noob with computers still, so more videos like this would be awesome.

[@LordHojo]

Nice! I like this kind of stuff. Simple and yet informative. I've been using these programs for years and it's nice to catch a thing or two I didn't actually know yet.

[@walpurgoffnacht]

Was spending the last few days trying out undervolting cuz my laptop keeps throttling and this appeared Thanks jay

[@Xovnnas]

Super appreciate this video. I'm fairly new to this channel, also fairly new to learning about PC's and how GPU's work and such. Since i'm also playing New World, it helps to have some basic knowledge of this stuff.

[@fishburn7883]

Love all the content. Will always watch every video at least once. sometime in the future i want to do my first custom case and dabble into water cooling. i am going to wait so i dont mess up stuff i cant replace. I really cant stress enough how much all your videos have helped me with info and ideas. Thank you so much. Keep up the amazing content.

[@tropical8570]

Keep up the good work jay

[@mornewilliams2935]

Great video Jay... the follow up video is what to do when u press in the wrong number with the windows icon is active

[@Nareimooncatt]

I think I prefer the Nvidia offset way of doing things. Much easier to maintain a point of reference to know how high or low you are going. If I type in 2000MHz on memory clock, that tells me little. Going +200MHz tells me how much I'm overclocking without having to look up the stock speed.

[@jayd2230]

We need a GPU undervolting guide!!

[@xDraga]

this

[@KatDiesel25]

I have a 3080ti fe in a 5000d airflow and I'm sitting here in awe looking how cool Jay's is staying on his open bench.

[@OmarDaily]

I use the Radeon software for my 6900 XT Liquid Devil. 2660mhz Core, Fast timings on ram at 2150 and +15% power limit. It’s very stable, but I’m going to try and up that a bit more.

[@outlet6989]

Hi Jay. I noticed that you have an iCUE NEXUS mounted on your keyboard. Just added one to my keyboard. The fact that it monitors so many system parameters is incredible. I'm still playing with its features. The learning curve is somewhat high, but then so is the just plain iCUE. If you haven't made a video on how it works already, I'd like to see you make one.

[@dressdenblack]

I really enjoy these refresher tutorials.

[@TheoldKov]

Off work on Sunday definitely going to play with this

[@warithsalum1049]

Me being a car guy and u using car terminology justt helps me understand theseee soo much easier 😂😂😂❤️❤️

[@sonnyhelzer68]

Your tutorials are great; keep up the good work. You're helping a lot of us, thanks.

[@yaboydexter]

What an awesome video this just updated me years of experience!

[@Guitar4life99]

Thank you as always for being so informative and helping folks out :)

[@rajaryanigdncxhadk4090]

thanks for such simple and effective education😊🙏 i wish college professors were like you 🥺

[@corgizx]

This is great, wish I had this when I built my PC 1 year and a half ago.

[@sidney-on-yt]

If those tires in the background are for drifting this is going to be a double whammy!

[@MrSnacko]

Thanks for the video Jay! I also heard that when you adjust the clocks, the cards adjust in 15 points at a time. Is that true?

[@johnodei618]

My evga 2080 2 fan edition was hitting 80°C all day long, but i mounted the rajintek morpheous 2 and 2 noctua industrial 3000rpm fans and temps are in the 50s°C. Now i'm happy

[@Jules_Diplopia]

Really interesting, to actually see what those controls actually affect.

[@Sonickrunch]

You should have talked about undervolting and core curves and how they relate to power load. I know you talked briefly about voltage and trying to get a high freq if the voltage isn't enough but it would have been a more complete video.

[@michaelv1984]

Thanks Jay. Very good breakdown.

[@HedgehogY2K]

Dang it, I don't have boost and I'm on mobile. All this can do for me is adjust clocks. Well since I'm stuck at 900 millivolts (resets every time I apply), I might as well lower the clocks and monitor the temps.

[@SeminarChauffeur]

For the GT 1030, I can confirm that core voltage control is indeed a placebo. I slid it all the way to the right while I was watching GPU-Z but there was still no significant increase to the core voltage, even under full load. Edit: ok seems like I did not look hard enough lol! I slammed the voltage slider all the way to the right, and the "VRel" in perfcap reason in gpu-z went away at 100% gpu load, replaced by "Pwr", and more of the offset I dialed into the core clock slider is now actually manifesting in the clock counter.

[@sammy_wills]

I cranked mine up to max and I got some EXTREMELY terrifying screen tearing and I heard a POP sound come from the inside of my computer. I immediately reset the voltage slider, turned off my pc, and checked the inside of it. as far as I know, nothing was damaged and it's working fine now but I'm never touching that slider again lmao.

[@Robcomments]

When overclocking make sure you have two bios templates saved. One for summer months and one for winter months. I.T shop i was working at always had good business start of summer because new people leave winter overclock settings in the summer months which overheats and kills the system. If you have good climate control in the room then you don't need to do this.

[@dylp1ckle629]

Hey! I have the same Radeon card ! The stock 6900XT looks so good honestly

[@GingerOnWheels]

Would be nice if you could add a 'card' for the upload around the 0:20 mark in this video that links your video you're telling me that I HAVE to watch first.

[@deejay3439]

its weird i literally just went back and watched one of jay's videos from last year about this today lol

[@Wayofthelao]

Mr TwoCents videos are the best around.

[@GROHOGG]

thanks bud! deff helped me understand the memory slider 🙏🏻

[@jmmyandreen5358]

Nice video that explained the settings in a good way. Thanks :)

[@Kciroy]

Glad someone finally explained the Core voltage % properly. I was always unsure on what it did exactly, even though i know it's fully safe now i'll probably only use on specific occasions. Update i'm rank 1 in 3Dmark in my specific hardware now (not that special but it's something) c:

[@SuperASHIK4u]

this series is amazing 💗

[@clintm4629]

Thank you so much jay I've been waiting for a video like this.. I do have to ask this though... radeon software seems like you have more control over tweaking the settings for amd cards and I'm just curious why you don't like it?

[@christ2576]

Seriously this guy is insane. Every new video I watch, I am thinking "now I know a lot of stuff", when he uploads a new video and starts going into details I am thinking "oh...I still don't know shit..."

[@kushalm.a3082]

great explaination ,easy to understand your advise ,thanks bro

[@fturla___156]

Nice video on setting video card performance parameters. I usually underclock my video card in the summer to reduce the chance of heating up my room when gaming. For the most part, I leave the defaults on, unless I think a game seems not ideal for the current options set from the video card.

[@R1jerome]

super useful Jay :)

[@geterdunn2733]

Great video, thanks for making/sharing.

[@straazz]

Would be interesting if Jay could guide us through undervolting with Afterburner. Free temperatur reduction @ same performance.

[@b0ne91]

Thank you for the explanation of ECC and how it presents when overclocking. I've been overclocking a lot of old Nvidia Tesla cards (they're cheap so they present great alternatives to gaming cards as long as you have another video output) and I was wondering why I saw such "weird" phenomena where the overall score sometimes dropped in Heaven if I pushed the memory too far and I saw random stutters.

[@MrMcGreed]

Oh, the first version of this video was the reason why I found JayzTwoCents :) ...

[@GameTesterBootCamp]

"Make sure you watch that other video first" Mind if we get a link to said video in the description of this one, please? Thanks!

[@Leo-ud9cn]

HWinfo OSD options, added to Afterburner, have a nice feature to show the usage of the core with the highest workload. I find that really useful to figure out why sometimes a game seems to struggle

[@phondekarvidhesh]

9 days left before the giveaway ends. Good luck everyone.

[@Linets.]

That nostalgia when I learned lot of this from jay 2 years ago 🥺

[@adamkorzon2972]

Just adjusting fan curve and voltage gave me boost

[@_np7]

Thank you so much, this was really helpful!

[@ProStar-Ghost]

good video, thanks for putting in the work for us to view it.

[@ethreal1]

@Jay NV also has an auto OC utility build into GeForce Experience. It’s just in the in Game overlay’s performance tab.

[@GBreadCreations]

That wayne Gretzky quote on every episode has been killing me lmaooo

[@jaitee3420]

I rock with an RTX 2060 and play at 1080p and was thinking of OC. Is it still worth doing even though it is only a little bit of improvement that you get from it?

[@ScaerieTale]

Jaytober, Jaysgiving... On the first day of Jaysmas JayzTwoCents gave to me, a brand new 3080? lol j/k :) I'm loving these holiday themes. I don't know how you don't burn out though. Get some rest in January!

[@egoexcmil]

Thanks for this Jay. I bought a new Aorus Master 3070 for 1049.99 CAD (849 USD, literally 50$ over original msrp for that card) in store yesterday, but the fans would max out at the slightest of load. I uninstalled Aorus Engine, installed Afterburner and it fixed my issue. Aorus engine would not adjust fan speeds, no mater what I did, it just wasn't working.