Click the chain icon to link / synchronize the Power Limit and Temperature Limit values.Ħ. On MSI Afterburner interface, click the AUTO and gear icon to enable the fan curve that we set.ĥ. Set the fan curve to steep curve maintain higher fan RPM at higher temperatures. Under Fan tab, check Enable user defined software automatic fan control option. MSI needs to be restarted to apply the changes on these settings.ģ. Check the Unlock voltage control, Unlock voltage monitoring and Force constant voltage options then click Apply and OK. Under General tab, uncheck Start with Windows and Start minimized options.

Open MSI Afterburner then go to Settings.Ģ. This program is designed to push your graphics card to its maximum performance to test its stability and thermals. MSI Kombustor is a free stress test utility for graphics card. The theme we used for this guide is MSI touch of Modern by Derek Design. You can download MSI Afterburner here and follow our guide on how to install and customize MSI Afterburner here. It is free, reliable, equipped with monitoring tools, and you can use it with any graphics card even if it is not from MSI. MSI Afterburner is the most popular overclocking software for graphics card. Having better cooling means you can manage the temperature better while adding more MHz on clocks. The card is equipped with two 90mm fan and aluminum heatsink with no heatpipes. Our graphics card for this overclocking is the Colorful BattleAx GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6 which has a base core clock of 1410 MHz and boost clock of 1590 MHz, and memory clock of 1500 MHz. But it is safer now compared a decade ago as graphics card manufacturer prevents users to completely killing off the graphics card. Depending on the design of the manufacturer, some cards will run without issues at insanely higher clocks, some will not. This will result to higher temperature and higher power draw. Overclocking is basically running the graphics card at higher clocks than what the manufacturer has set. Overclocking graphics card is the cheapest way to boost performance out of your graphics card – it costs absolutely nothing from the overclocking software to the process. When using links on our site to make a purchase, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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