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How to Safely Power Limit Your GPU in MSI Afterburner
Prevent overheating with the Power limit feature in MSI Afterburner
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Excessive power usage on your GPU can lead to overheating and reduce the lifespan of your graphics card, and one way to prevent that is by setting a power limit in MSI Afterburner.
This is fairly simple to do, but before you can do it, you need to know a few things about how to safely set it up, and this guide is going to help you with that.
What does the power limit mean in MSI Afterburner?
The power limit represents how much Thermal Design Power will your GPU utilize. You can experiment with this value in order to overclock or underclock your graphics card.
How do I set my GPU power limit in MSI Afterburner?
Understanding GPU Power Limits
Adjusting your GPU’s power limit in MSI Afterburner
Troubleshooting MSI Afterburner power limit issues
Your graphics configuration software can also cause issues, so make sure it’s not overclocking your GPU.
Adjusting the power limit will prolong the lifespan of your GPU, and since it’s perfectly safe to use, you should give it a try.
Do keep in mind that the software has its share of issues and many reported theycan’t change the core voltageor that thefan speed is not changing in Afterburner.
You can also encounter issues such asGPU temperature not showing in Afterburner, and if that happens, you might want to try using a differentoverclocking software.
How do you use the power limit feature? Share your tips with us in the comments section.
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Milan Stanojevic
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Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.
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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.
