
The creator of MSI Afterburner, Alexy Nicolaychuk dubbed "Unwinder" on the software's development forum, has confirmed that the software will see a new update close to the retail launch of Nvidia's RTX 5080. For context, the latest stable release dates back to April 2023, almost two years ago. The new update promises independent fan monitoring on triple-fan GPUs. Alexy also hints that MSI's upcoming slew of RTX 5080 offerings might integrate individual per-fan controllers for more granular control.
Controlling the speed of each fan individually requires some underlying changes on the GPU's PCB. Even across premium high-end triple-fan GPUs, many AIBs choose to connect all fans to a single header or two. So, while it is possible to independently adjust the speed of the first two fans, the third fan is fixed in relation to them.