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Want to monitor your system's performance while you play? What's the best way to see what your hardware is capable of? Is it fully revealing itself or is something hindering it?

You may have already seen reviews of games with information about system performance right on the computer screen while playing and wondered: How did they do it?

This information presented in the upper left corner of the screen is called OSD or OSD and is one of the most frequently used functions in MSI Afterburner. It allows you to monitor the performance of your graphics card and other hardware while you play, and thus gives you important information on what can be improved to increase performance. Wondering how to get this information on your screen? Just follow our directions below!

First, you need to get the latest version of MSI Afterburner and Rivatuner Statistics Server. Both programs are included in the MSI Afterburner installer. ()

1. Launch MSI Afterburner

2. Click “ Settings"(Settings)

3. Click “ Monitoring”(Monitoring) and go to“ Active hardware monitoring graphs”(Monitor active hardware) and select the information you are interested in to display in the OSD (for example, we use“ GPU usage ”)

b. To display the information of interest on the screen, check the option “ Show in On-Screen Display”(Show in OSD).

c. In a collumn " Properties”” (Properties) you will see the inscription “ in OSD"(on the menu). Select other information to display on the screen in the same way. You can change the order of the information displayed on the screen by dragging the desired menu items up or down the list.

d. The text shown in “ Override group name”(Change group name) to display in OSD menu can be changed as you like. (Here we changed the name “GPU usage” to “GPU load”)

e. Remember to click OK to save your changes and exit to MSI Afterburner.

Now when you launch the game, you will see the OSD menu!

But that's not all! You can also customize appearance menu. You can easily customize the OSD with RivaTuner Statistics Server, which is automatically installed with Afterburner.

1. Click on the icon “ Riva Tuner Statistics Server”

2. In the menu that opens, you will see the settings that you can change. Here are some of the more interesting options to change:

a. On-Screen Display shadow (OSD Shadow Adjustment): When this option is enabled, the text will have a dark outline for better visibility.

b. On-Screen Display palette (Change OSD color): Here you can change the color of the OSD text. You can also change the color of the shadow.

c. On-Screen Display zoom (OSD Enlargement): Here you can change the size of the OSD text.

d. Position of OSD(Change OSD position): Drag the OSD text to any position on the screen.

3. After you are done with the OSD settings, launch the game and observe the result. The MSI Afterburner app is a very handy tool for any gamer, and not just an overclocker. You can use MSI Afterburner for optimal gaming performance! The app is constantly updated and guarantees excellent stability and compatibility with your hardware. As new versions come out regularly, make sure you use latest version the application, which is available for download from the link:

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RivaTuner is a small and at the same time powerful utility designed for tuning and overclocking (increasing the initial technical characteristics) of video cards based on GPUs manufactured by NVIDIA and AMD. The full name of the program is RivaTuner Statistics Server.

Despite the fact that the last update of this program was released back in 2009 and is no longer implemented, the use of RivaTuner is still relevant today.

How to use RivaTuner software?

The relevance of the RivaTuner utility lies in the fact that it works at a low hardware level. Those. software updates for video cards (drivers) and operating systems have practically no effect on the program's performance. It directly accesses the hardware of the graphics adapters, using the standard software shells that are present in both old and new versions of drivers and various system files.

Among the main functionalities of RivaTuner, it should be noted:

• There is a variety of graphics adapters, both when using software (drivers) and by low-level access to the hardware of devices.
• Possibility of fine manual adjustment of video parameters of the Direct3D and OpenGL libraries.
• The ability to control the cooling system of the video card (adjusting the rotational speed of coolers).
• Low-level settings for refresh rate, color, brightness, contrast and gamma.
• The ability to create a personalized driver for the used in this moment monitor based on the PnP information received from it.
• Monitor current clock speeds, voltage levels, and temperatures for the GPU, memory, and cooling fans.
• The ability to change up and down the values ​​of FPS (frames per second), the load of the GPU and memory in 3D applications and games.
• Full control over the AGP bus both through the video card driver and bypassing it (at the hardware level).
• The ability to create profiles with parameters for launching games / applications and quickly switch between them.
• Diagnostics of the graphics subsystem and creation of reports for further study by specialists.

All changes made using RivaTuner take effect immediately (no computer restart is required). When using this program, it should be borne in mind that overclocking a video card can negatively (up to a complete failure) tell on its performance.

RivaTuner Statistics Server compatibility with Windows

As noted above, RivaTuner works with both old and new versions of Windows operating systems, including Windows 10. Supported systems are x86 and x64 (32 and 64 bit). The interface and built-in reference materials for the program are fully translated into Russian. RivaTuner app is 100% free.