Back in our day, overclocking one’s PC was equivalent to a superb art. It took skill. Precision. Effort. Cajones. In recent times, it’s pretty much so simple as blinking. Or winking. Or winking while blinking. MSI’s made the simplification of PC overclocking quite the concern during the last few years, with OC Genie and an updated Wind BIOS from last decade putting all types of power into the hands of mere mortals. At Computex this week, the outfit took things one step further with the Afterburner Android app. Purportedly, the GPU tool enables users to watch the temperature, voltage and fan speed in their graphics card via a WiFi connection, and if you are feeling froggy, which you could overclock and overvolt for your heart’s content. Details beyond which can be few and much betwixt, but we’re hearing that it’s going to soon work with GPUs from other vendors, and that an iOS variant is en route.
MSI displays Afterburner App for Android, the World’s First Android-based Overclocking Utility for Graphics Cards: Monitor, Overclock, and Overvoltage Graphics Cards Wirelessly with Android Phones and Tablets![Taipei – Taiwan] The leading graphics card and mainboard manufacturer, MSI, today display the Android version of its popular Afterburner overclocking utility for graphics cards at Computex 2011. The pioneering Android overclocking utility was co-developed by MSI and well-known software programmer “Nick Connors”. The recent Afterburner utility allows the Android-based smartphones and tablets to regulate or monitor Afterburner settings on PC over a Wi-Fi connection. Along with monitoring the temperature, voltage and fan speed, the utility may also be used for overclocking and overvoltaging! This year MSI is demonstrating easy methods to use the Android-based cellphone to overclock the graphics card with the Afterburner app from booth L607 within the Nangang Exhibition Hall; giving enthusiasts a bet to experience for themselves the most popular overclocking technology app for tablets and phones.
The Afterburner app enables Android phones and tablets to watch or overclock a graphics card by connecting to the Afterburner utility* installed on a computer over a Wi-Fi connection. For enthusiasts who desire to monitor the operation in their graphics cards, they could now accomplish that through their cellular telephone or tablet, even while playing the FPS games, while not having to exploit a separate display. For extreme overclocking enthusiasts, they may use their cell phone to observe frequency, temperature and voltage parameters in real time while their computer is running full-screen testing software. Key parameters may also be adjusted at the fly for specific testing scenarios to make breaking world records in performance even easier. You can also hook up with your own home computer and check how the graphics card is running when you find yourself away, an especially convenient feature when running scientific computing programs that utilize the GPU inclusive of Folding@Home.
MSI would be demonstrating the Afterburner app of Android version at booth L607 within the Nangang Exhibition Hall at Computex 2011. Enthusiasts are welcome to go to the booth to experience for themselves the convenient, powerful, and complete monitoring functionality you’ve got when overclocking with Afterburner using an Android phone or tablet PC.
*Wi-Fi connection and Afterburner remote server need to be available at the desktop PC to make use of Afterburner features.
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