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Can I use the MSI Gaming App OC settings in Afterburner then uninstall Gaming App?

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August 9, 2014 6:37:33 AM

Hello all,

I finally bought an MSI GTX 760 TF OC Gaming Edition GPU last week. Unfortunately the OC isn't programmed into the BIOS and to get the highest Factory OC I need to use the MSI Gaming App. The problem is it does not start with Windows or remember your last Clock Selection.

I know Afterburner can start with Windows and apply your last selected profile.

So can I......

1. Open Gaming App and select OC.
Open GPU-Z and see how much the Clock Speed has increased.
Restore the default Clock (Gaming).
Open Afterburner and apply the same increase to the clock value as the Gaming App gave me.
Save the profile.
Tick the 'Start with Windows' box.
Uninstall the Gaming App.

2. Will the above effectively apply the same OC as the gaming App and therfore make the Gaming App obsolete?

3. Also I've read on some forums that Afterburner will only OC the MSI card if the gaming App is installed. I'm away from home so cannot test any of this. Maybe this was the case with the original version of the gaming app. can anyone confirm?

4. Also I've read people reporting that once the OC has been applied it is locked at this high clock and doesn't downclock when idle. From what I've seen the Gaming App does downclock depending on GPU demand. As does Afterburner. Can anyone confirm?

I don't know why MSI did things this way. It's a Gaming Edition card so there should be a way of applying the factory OC and leaving it set that way. The Gaming App is a nice simple little tool but as a bare minimum they should let us start it with Windows and automatically apply the last selected Clock profile.

Dragging the shortcut into the start-up folder doesn't work for me. And even if it did, the last profile selection is not remembered.

Many thanks in advance,

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August 9, 2014 6:41:13 AM

no you don't need the " Gaming app" with Afterburner. Both are standalone. Use one or the other or both setting may clash with each other.
Gaming App is for people who wants a simplified way of overclocking set by MSI themselves.
Just use Afterburner, you have more control of your overlocking.
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August 9, 2014 7:00:37 AM

Suztera said:
no you don't need the " Gaming app" with Afterburner. Both are standalone. Use one or the other or both setting may clash with each other.
Gaming App is for people who wants a simplified way of overclocking set by MSI themselves.
Just use Afterburner, you have more control of your overlocking.


Thanks for your reply. To be honest, the App is ideal for me but only if I can set it and forget it. There should be a box (like there is in Afterburner) that starts the Gaming App when Windows starts and applies the last Clock profile selected.

Now that would be simple. Afterburner is great and gives you lots of control. But I just want the OC that MSI have created. It should be set at BIOS level for a so-called OC Gaming Edition card.

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August 9, 2014 7:09:19 AM

Because the app is still software, you can't do that really at BIOS level.
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August 9, 2014 7:16:24 AM

Suztera said:
Because the app is still software, you can't do that really at BIOS level.


No, but MSI could have. And in my opinion they should have.
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August 9, 2014 8:12:52 AM

From the official Afterburner Guide on the MSI forum....




"Another thing which needs to be kept in mind is that maximum clockrates for the latest GeForce GTX7xx Gaming requires running >>Gaming APP<<. Switch to Gaming Mode (N770 TF 2GD5/OC (GeForce GTX 770 GAMING)) or OC Mode (N780 TF 3GD5/OC (GeForce GTX 780 GAMING)) to allow maximum boost clockrates."
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