said by Deschain:Is there a way I can have the GPU work from Afterburner, without having to open it every time?
Any settings you change in Afterburner require it to be open to be active--it's like any SW overclocking suite. I wouldn't worry about it.
I have heard that FurMark is no longer a reliable way to stress GPUs with the latest generation (it's possible this was Nvidia only, however), due to the dynamic
turboboost technology they are using.
How hot does it get while gaming?
Are you overclocking at all?
What sort of case/fan setup do you have?