MSI Offering iOS App for Overclocking GPU
MSI has released an iOS version of its Afterburner app for remotely overclocking a compatible MSI graphics card.
Back in June, MSI launched an Android app that allowed users to safely overclock their MSI graphics card without having to crack open the case. Named after the popular Afterburner overclocking utility, the app installs on any Android-based smartphone and tablet, and connects via Wi-Fi to a PC with the Afterburner software installed. It's currently listed on the Android Market here.
"For enthusiasts who like to monitor the operation of their graphics cards, they can now do so through their mobile phone or tablet, even while playing the FPS games, without having to use a separate display," the company said during Computex 2011. "For extreme overclocking enthusiasts, they can use their mobile phone to monitor frequency, temperature and voltage parameters in real time while their computer is running full-screen testing software. Key parameters can even be adjusted on the fly for specific testing scenarios to make breaking world records in performance even easier."
"You can even connect to your home computer and check how the graphics card is running when you are away, a particularly convenient feature when running scientific computing programs that utilize the GPU such as Folding@Home," MSI added.
On Wednesday MSI launched the Afterburner app for iOS 3.2 and later. As with the Android version, this new Afterburner utility allows iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices to adjust or monitor MSI Afterburner settings on PC over a Wi-Fi connection. In addition to monitoring the temperature, voltage and fan speed, the utility can also be used for overclocking and overvoltaging.
To use MSI's app, enthusiasts will need the following:
1. A Windows XP SP3 (with .NET 2)/Vista/7 system with an MSI-based discrete graphics card and is able to connect to internet/intranet.
2. An iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad with Wi-Fi function. (the O/S should be higher v3.2)
3. The system and iOS device can connect to each other over internet or intranet.
4. The RemoteServer utility which can be downloaded separately from MSI.
5. Afterburner 2.1.0 or above installed and running on the PC.
To learn more about MSI's Afterburner software and the compatible graphics cards, head here.
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Did anyone else think this was an app for overclocking the GPU in the iPhone?
Did anyone else think this was an app for overclocking the GPU in the iPhone?
Of course not. It's Apple. The term "GPU" is blasphemy; customer must NOT know about tech side of their device.
Umm..... wasn't that app around like since ever??? It was included with my MSI 560 Ti, I think... oh no wait, I think that was Asus' app for the mobo control/CPU OC from the phone
Ultimate LAN weapon? Hack it and use it to burn out anyone playing against you running a MSI card and afterburner. Muhahaha.
Overclockers use iOS devices?
Wow, very cool. Hope they can support other manufacturers also.
This has been out for android for sometime now.
It works well, but some parts of it are buggy.
Overclockers use iOS devices?
... i do! ... the built in calculator...
Hmm... This could come in handy to quickly change fan speeds instead of alt+tab-ing to change it.
Did anyone else think this was an app for overclocking the GPU in the iPhone?
Yes, I did. What a let down!
I mean, cool idea I guess, why not? - but come on!
Awesome.. now I can overlclock my already overclocked GPU while at work.. -_-
Of course not. It's Apple. The term "GPU" is blasphemy; customer must NOT know about tech side of their device.Umm..... wasn't that app around like since ever??? It was included with my MSI 560 Ti, I think... oh no wait, I think that was Asus' app for the mobo control/CPU OC from the phone
Yet oddly enough the iPhone 4s has the most powerful GPU of any smartphone currently on the market.
wow, useless app of the year award goes to:.......
I mean really, change your clock settings from remote?
Are you all that lazy?
Dammit i wanted to OC the GPU in my iTouch 4 for Infinity Blade 2
Dammit i wanted to OC the GPU in my iTouch 4 for Infinity Blade 2
There is no such thing as an "iTouch".
... i do! ... the built in calculator...
Too dumb to do the maths in your head?
Yet oddly enough the iPhone 4s has the most powerful GPU of any smartphone currently on the market.
It took them a while; before that, Android phones had the first place in that for a loooong time.
Overclockers use iOS devices?
i do...
Dammit i wanted to OC the GPU in my iTouch 4 for Infinity Blade 2
There is no such thing as an "iTouch".
exactly.
i do...
It took them a while; before that, Android phones had the first place in that for a loooong time.
Well yeah they release a new iPhone once a year, Android has a new phone every other week.
Though the iPad2 has a much better GPU then what you get with an Android tablet and it's been out for quite awhile now, and will continue to have the best gpu until probably Asus gets its Tegra 3 tablets out this month or next.
1. A Windows XP SP3 (with .NET 2)/Vista/7 system with an MSI-based discrete graphics card and is able to connect to internet/intranet.
So wait a minute, you are using iOS to overclock a system, that is not supported on Mac OSX?
What about the Android version, can it be used to overclock on Linux?
Little weird that the peripherals that run specific operating systems can not function on compatible operating systems.
Linux and Mac OSX support? yes please!
Did anyone else think this was an app for overclocking the GPU in the iPhone?
Nope
Yet oddly enough the iPhone 4s has the most powerful GPU of any smartphone currently on the market.
Qualcomm MSM8960 is going to beat it, current testing information says it has same row computational power as iPad2. But don't forget that PowerVR SGX processors are not Apple's product but Imagination Technologies'.
Ultimate LAN weapon? Hack it and use it to burn out anyone playing against you running a MSI card and afterburner. Muhahaha.
Actually, it works with a lot of recent cards, MSI or not. I had a MSI Geforce 210 in here and used it, then put in a EVGA Geforce 550ti and it worked just fine with it. I tried it on a machine with an ati x1300 and it didn't work though.
Everybody should run fold@home on their GPU @CPU when they aren't using it. Compute for science
Everybody should run fold@home on their GPU @CPU when they aren't using it. Compute for science
I've looked into those, but there's no proven benefit to running such programs. Besides, it'll make my components run harder, hotter, and wear out faster, as well as wear out my fans faster because they have to work more. No thanks.
Do they have something like this for the Symbian?
lol dude. i got my ipod for free, that's why.
make it android or I'll never buy an MSI product ever again
Seeing you missed vast chunks of the news item I'm sure MSI wont mourn the loss of a brain as sharp as yours.
Why is this site called Tom's Hardware? It should really be retitled Tom's Kindergarden of silliness.
Why is this site called Tom's Hardware? It should really be retitled Tom's Kindergarden of silliness.
This made me laugh, significantly.
Can't wait to see my neighbour install afterburner so I can hack into it through open ports offered by afterburner and burn his gpu.