ASUS GPU Tweak III adds automatic PC shutdown if it detects overcurrent on your graphics card

Hardware manufacturers are launching solutions to protect everything from valuable graphics cards. Among them we find devices that connect between the source and the graphics card, with sensors capable of offering information in real time and reacting to extreme situations. GPU Tweak III also adds to this protection through softwareadding the option of Immediate shutdown if it detects an overcurrent situation.

GPU Tweak III adds automatic shutdown to protect graphics card

This software ASUS for overclocking and other options with your GPU has now been updated to version 2.1.9.5and add this new option overcurrent protection. The technology works with graphics cards that have Power Detector+expanding the functionality introduced in the previous version that allowed the equipment to be turned off when excessive energy consumption was detected. With the new version it is possible to configure a threshold that, if exceeded, will shut down the PC to prevent further damage.

Graphics cards ASUS with Power Detector+ allows you to monitor the power pins of the connectors 12V-2×6 independently. An option that is usually available in the high ranges of the manufacturer’s graphics cards, such as the ROG Astral and ROG Matrix.

Power Detector+ allows independent monitoring of the 12V-2×6 connector pins

In the last update of GPU Tweak IIIASUS allows you to establish a threshold that, when exceeded, will immediately turn off the PC, we can also establish a time in which one of the pins remains on. 12.5A to turn off the equipment. Power Detector+ has been expanding its functions as this software has been updated, which we see how it has protection systems result of the possibility of reading the information on each of the current pins.

In addition, other changes have been introduced such as Improved stability and fixed some bugs. If you have an ASUS card you can now update to the latest version to try all the new features that we leave you below.

• New immediate shutdown option: a checkbox is added in the automatic shutdown function Power Detector+ to turn off the equipment immediately when a certain temperature or consumption threshold is reached.
• Improved interface: Updated the interface layout in the configuration section Power Detector+ for ease of use.
• Greater stability: The overall stability of the software has been improved.
• Localization bug fixes: Fixed an issue that displayed text with incorrect characters “Don’t remind me again.” in the Power Detector+ warning window when the selected language was Korean.
• Fix on AMD cards: Fixed a localization issue that caused values “GPU Clock” and “GPU Voltage” of AMD graphics cards would always appear in English, regardless of the language selected