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I've been using AB for years now and I'd like to keep doing so. I'm currently on the "Final" release version from 2023 (shame this thing doesn't seem to get developed any longer 
). Not sure I should try the beta, but I'm thinking about it as I ran into some weirdness last night when I installed a new GPU on my system.
So my first question is: Is the Afterburner beta stable/generally fit for everyday use?
I went from a Gigabyte 4070 Gaming OC to a Gigabyte 4070 Super Gaming OC, so it's not like I went from the Stone Age straight to the Atomic Age or something. The problem is:
User fan control via Afterburner doesn't seem to work reliably on the new card - and it always had on the older one. I generally don't like that zero-fan RPM stuff, and I want my fans to run all the time, even when the card isn't under load.
And I do know that the new card is capable of it just like the older one was. I installed Gigabyte's "Control Center" just to see if they had ditched or downgraded the fan controller or something, but when I set a fan curve in the GB-SW, it totally worked. It even comes with a dedicated switch to enable/disable that zero-RPM stuff. Closing that GB control center after applying a custom curve in there and then opening Afterburner will also result in Afterburner *now* being able to apply a custom curve - so I'm pretty sure the hardware on the card is capable of supporting a custom fan-curve.
Which means, as a work-around at system start, I have to close Afterburner (probably - it's set to open at system start), then open GB Control Center (which is not set to start with Windows) to get the card out of it stock fan-curve, close GBCC, then re-open AB and check if my fan-curve is now getting applied. Which is kinda annoying.
I tried de- and re-installing Afterburner, but that didn't help and I double-checked that the card's BIOS switch was set to "OC", not "Silent". AB *is* set to apply settings at Windows start and my manual OCs (core and VRAM) are getting applied reliably when I boot the PC.
Am I missing something here - or could this be an issue with AB "Final" being too old or something?
S.
). Not sure I should try the beta, but I'm thinking about it as I ran into some weirdness last night when I installed a new GPU on my system.So my first question is: Is the Afterburner beta stable/generally fit for everyday use?
I went from a Gigabyte 4070 Gaming OC to a Gigabyte 4070 Super Gaming OC, so it's not like I went from the Stone Age straight to the Atomic Age or something. The problem is:
User fan control via Afterburner doesn't seem to work reliably on the new card - and it always had on the older one. I generally don't like that zero-fan RPM stuff, and I want my fans to run all the time, even when the card isn't under load.
And I do know that the new card is capable of it just like the older one was. I installed Gigabyte's "Control Center" just to see if they had ditched or downgraded the fan controller or something, but when I set a fan curve in the GB-SW, it totally worked. It even comes with a dedicated switch to enable/disable that zero-RPM stuff. Closing that GB control center after applying a custom curve in there and then opening Afterburner will also result in Afterburner *now* being able to apply a custom curve - so I'm pretty sure the hardware on the card is capable of supporting a custom fan-curve.
Which means, as a work-around at system start, I have to close Afterburner (probably - it's set to open at system start), then open GB Control Center (which is not set to start with Windows) to get the card out of it stock fan-curve, close GBCC, then re-open AB and check if my fan-curve is now getting applied. Which is kinda annoying.
I tried de- and re-installing Afterburner, but that didn't help and I double-checked that the card's BIOS switch was set to "OC", not "Silent". AB *is* set to apply settings at Windows start and my manual OCs (core and VRAM) are getting applied reliably when I boot the PC.
Am I missing something here - or could this be an issue with AB "Final" being too old or something?
S.
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