MSI Afterburner is the most famous graphics card overclocking utility. Most often, advanced users change the core frequency and memory frequency to increase or decrease the performance of their GPU. The second case may be relevant for weak laptops.
The program consists of several components: the main utility for changing important parameters of a video card, auxiliary tools and a plug-in for synthetic testing. Auxiliary functions include: monitoring the current state of the video card, recording video from the screen and capturing screenshots. To run the testing module, you will need to install separately.
On the graphics card management screen itself, you can see 6 characteristics: core frequency, video memory frequency, cooler speed, temperature limit, core voltage and power consumption limit. For some users, most of these options may simply be blocked. It has to do with the type of video card. Many manufacturers simply do not want customers to overclock themselves. Also at the bottom of the interface is a menu of additional settings. If you need to manually adjust the cooler speed, then you need to use the corresponding tab from this menu.
The MSI Afterburner installer contains another utility, RivaTuner Statistics Server. After installing it, you can observe various parameters of our video card, including FPS, directly in the game or in a test full-screen application.
If desired, you can change the shell of the program through the settings menu ("Interface" tab). You can also save overclocking settings to different slots to load them when Windows starts.
Key features and functions
- a complete set of tools for overclocking a video card is presented;
- allows you to monitor the status and the most important parameters of the video card through the OED option (monitoring);
- you can independently change the speed of rotation of the cooler;
- full support for all utility functions for 64-bit systems;
- there is a convenient means of displaying all the important characteristics of the video card directly in the game or any full-screen application.
What's new in this version?
4.3.0 (27.10.2016)
- Added support for AMD Ellesmere and Baffin GPU families;
- Added support for Overdrive N (Overdrive 7) technology for AMD cards with Polaris architecture;
- added the ability to control voltages for "reference" models AMD Radeon RX 480, AMD Radeon RX 470, AMD Radeon RX 460 with SMC controller;
- Added memory usage graph for AMD graphics cards;
- added power usage graph for AMD graphics cards;
- added option "delete automatically saved autorun options".
After the browser has been installed, the first step is to configure it "for yourself". This must be done for further comfortable work. This article will discuss how to properly configure the Google Chrome browser.
First, go to the settings, and to do this, click on the button with three horizontal stripes and select the item Settings.
The browser menu has four categories: History, Extensions, Settings, Help. We are interested in the selected section, since all the others are a separate conversation.
What is there to set up?
The first thing to do is sign in to your account if you haven't already. If you have already used a Google account before, then after logging in, the following synchronization will be performed:
- applications installed in Google Chrome (if you used the browser and Google account from another computer or reinstalled the browser);
- extensions;
- browser settings;
- autocomplete;
- omnibox cache;
- bookmarks;
- passwords
- open tabs.
If you do not have an account, the browser will offer to create one. We do not advise you to refuse, since synchronization alone costs a lot.
The second thing to do is set up the start page. Here you can choose a quick access page, restore the last session, or enter the address of the site you want to see as the start site.
The third thing to do is to set the default search engine. Of course, before your settings, it will be Google, but if you are used to using the same Yandex, then select it from the drop-down menu.
The fourth thing to do is set up saving passwords. If the browser is used by several people under the same account, or you fundamentally refuse to save them for security reasons, then turn off the offer to save passwords, since this feature is enabled by default. To do this, click Show advanced settings and uncheck Offer to save passwords for websites. You can also disable auto-completion of web forms here.
The fifth thing to do is set up the path for downloads. If your preferred place is, say, the desktop, then in the line Download location click Change and select Desktop. Optionally, you can specify any location except for protected folders. Check the box next to the setting Ask for a location to save each file before uploading if you prefer to sort downloads as they download.
Ad hoc settings: if you have previously used another browser in which you have bookmarks, you can import them into Chrome by clicking the button Import bookmarks and settings.
As the name implies, if you wish, you can transfer not only saved pages, but also your browsing history, sites with saved passwords, and search engines.
If you use a proxy server for work, then you can make all the relevant settings by clicking on the button Change proxy settings.
If the appearance of the browser plays a big role, then the appropriate settings section will help you install the appropriate theme. There is a decent selection, so be sure to pick something suitable.
Here you can also set / remove the icon with the home page (marked with a red square) and make the bookmarks bar non-disappearing.
Google Chrome is a powerful and functional web browser that has a lot of fine-tuning options in its arsenal. However, not all users know that the "Settings" section contains only a small part of the tools for working on improving the browser, because there are also hidden settings, which will be discussed in the article.
Many web browser updates add new features and functionality to Google Chrome. However, such functions appear in it far from immediately - at first they are tested by everyone for a long time, and you can access them in hidden settings.
Thus, hidden settings are Google Chrome test settings, which are currently under development, and therefore can be very unstable. Some options may suddenly disappear from the browser at any time, and some remain in the hidden menu without getting into the main one.
Getting into the hidden settings of Google Chrome is quite simple: to do this, using the address bar, you need to go to the following link:
chrome://flags
The screen will display a list of hidden settings, which is quite extensive.
Please note that mindlessly changing the settings in this menu is strongly discouraged, as you can seriously disrupt the browser.
How to use hidden settings
Activation of hidden settings, as a rule, occurs by pressing the button next to the required item. "Turn on" . Knowing the name of the parameter, the easiest way to find it is using the search bar, which can be called using a keyboard shortcut ctrl+f .
For the changes to take effect, you will definitely need to restart the web browser by agreeing with the program's suggestion or by performing this procedure yourself.
Below we will consider a list of the most interesting and relevant Google Chrome hidden settings for the current day, with which the use of this product will become even more comfortable.
5 Hidden Tweaks to Improve Google Chrome
1. "Smooth Scrolling". This mode will allow you to smoothly scroll the page with the mouse wheel, greatly improving the quality of web surfing.
2. "Quick closing tabs / windows." A useful feature that allows you to increase the response time of the browser for almost instantaneous closing of windows and tabs.
3. "Automatically delete the contents of the tabs." Prior to the adoption of this feature, Google Chrome consumed a huge amount of resources, and also spent significantly more battery power due to this, and therefore users of laptops and tablets refused this web browser. Now everything is much better: by activating this function, when the memory is full, the contents of the tab will be erased, but the tab itself will remain in its place. Opening the tab again will reload the page.
4. "Material Design at the top of the Chrome browser" and "Material Design in the rest of the browser interface." Allows you to activate one of the most successful designs in the browser, which has been improved in Android OS and other Google services for several years.
5. "Creating passwords." Due to the fact that each Internet user registers on more than one web resource, special attention should be paid to the strength of passwords. This function will allow the browser to automatically generate strong passwords for you and automatically save them in the system (passwords are securely encrypted, so you can be calm about their safety).
We hope this article was helpful to you.
This article contains a detailed guide on how to reset settings, configure plugins, bookmarks, start pages, search engine, and other features of Google Chrome. The guide will primarily be useful to people who are far from working with a computer and specifically this browser, but experienced users will also be able to learn something useful for themselves.
By default, Google Chrome is set to search using the Google service. It is quite good and popular, but many users prefer competitors: Yandex, Bing, Mail.ru. In order to select a search engine, you need to go to the browser settings:
The changes will be automatically applied and saved to your profile. Now you can use the Yandex search service directly in the Google Chrome address bar.
Downloaded files
By default, the web browser saves files to the system drive in the user's personal folder. If you are using multiple HDDs, it is recommended that you download content from the network to a media other than the one on which Windows is installed. Setting up a download folder is easy:
Homepage
The home site is the resource that you will be redirected to when you launch your browser. It can be a news site, Vkontakte or other social networks, a page with a list of the sites you most visit, or just a tab with a search bar.
Open the settings, as in previous times. The required category is “On startup, open”. There are three items to choose from.
- New Tab - Opens a blank page with a search engine and a panel of your favorite resources.
- Previously opened tabs - will open all the pages that were open before the last shutdown of the browser.
- Preset pages - allows you to select a specific home page, for example, Vkontakte.
Plugins
Plugins, or extensions, are mini-programs that connect to Google Chrome and add additional functionality. This can be recognition of any formats, for example, FB2 or DJVU, a built-in text editor, ad blocking control, child protection, additional tabs from Yandex, and much more. Consider connecting the extension using the example of a plugin for additional Vkontakte settings:
- As in previous times, go to the web browser settings.
- In the menu on the left, you need to select the item "Extensions" - it is located immediately above the settings item.
Now that the application is installed, it will appear in the list of installed ones, and you can use it at any time. Unnecessary plugins can be easily removed by clicking on the trash can icon to the right of the name. Almost all applications that can be installed on the Yandex browser will also go to Chrome, which makes it very easy to switch between these two programs.
Hidden settings
Touching the additional hidden settings of Google Chrome is recommended only for experienced users who understand what they are doing. Ordinary people here may only need to enable NNAPI. Let's take a look at this topic as an example:
If you have accidentally turned on something that makes it difficult to work, the best solution is to reset the settings.
Google Chrome, like any other program, has its own settings. Despite the fact that the Google browser is already very simple, changing some characteristics can significantly change the behavior of the application itself. Managing settings is very simple, but we will consider the main ones.
basic settings
First of all, let's define the tabs and what you will see when you open the browser. You can open both favorite pages and those that were opened during the last session. You can manage settings in Google Chrome in the Settings section. By the way, if you want to start logging into the browser with a clean face, you can.
After the tabbed browsing is set up to your liking, you need to figure out the folder in which the downloads will be placed. It is desirable that it is not located on the system drive. Then even when you reinstall the system, you will not lose the downloaded files. In order to do this, select the Advanced settings link. Here we find the Download line and click Edit. Select the drive on which the folder will be stored. By the way, here you can also make a mark so that each time before starting the download, the browser asks for a save location.
Those who are interested in how to customize Google Chrome should know that you can change the appearance of the browser. To do this, you can find a wide variety of topics on the Internet. In addition, they can be made independently from any images.
Setting up a search engine is an important point. A distinctive feature of the Google Chrome browser is that in it the address bar simultaneously serves as a search bar. In order to change these parameters, in the Settings window we find the Search section. The default search engine for the browser is Google, but you can, for example, . To change the situation, select Search engine management. In the required line, select a search engine either from the most popular systems presented, or add your own resource that is not in the list.
If you go to the Chrome Web Store, you will see quite a few different chrome extensions that you may need to set up as well. So, Select Search may well come in handy. This plugin allows you to quickly search for the information you need. After installing this extension, you just need to highlight the desired passage in the text. Above the selection will appear the names of the search engines that you want to use for your search. Click on any of them, after which the search process will start.
Google account
A Google account is a convenient thing, as many users know about. A Google account offers a lot of opportunities for those who cannot imagine their life without the Internet. Moreover, it can also be useful when setting up the Google Chrome browser. Google may save various browser settings, including appearance, bookmarks, passwords, etc.
This feature is very handy if you are going to reinstall the system. In addition, it is used by those who need several technical devices at once in their work. In other words, you do not have to manually transfer all Google Chrome settings, as they will be automatically saved.
So, we have examined the main Google Chrome settings that the user will need after installing this browser on the computer. Of course, there are other settings that can also be quite useful. Well, do not forget, after changing the browser settings, consider the plugins and that are offered for this Internet browser.
