y Control the LED light effects and synchronize effects of your devices. y Manage network connection settings. y Use utilities to control special features. Important THE SOFTWARE FEATURES IN THIS USER GUIDE VARY BY PRODUCT. THE SCREENSHOTS FOR THE UI IN THIS USER GUIDE ARE FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND THE ACTUAL UI DESIGN MAY VARY.
How to use the Manual Fan control panel. Click the percentage to manually control the fan speed. setting. Fan Tune - click to automatically optimize.
Fan speed control panel provides Smart Fan and Manual Fan. You can switch the control mode by clicking the Smart Fan and Manual Fan tabs on the top of the Fan control panel. How to enter the fan speed control panel 1. On Home > User Scenario, click User setting. 2. Click the Fan > CPU/ PUMP/ SYS fan setting . Current fan speed
DRAGON CENTER User Guide 1 Contents About DRAGON CENTER........................................................................................ 4 Get Started............................................................................................................. 5 System Requirements ............................................................................................ 5 Supported Hardware .............................................................................................. 5 Installing DRAGON CENTER................................................................................... 5 Launching DRAGON CENTER................................................................................. 8 How to completely remove DRAGON CENTER....................................................... 8 DRAGON CENTER Basics....................................................................................... 9 Main Screen ............................................................................................................ 9 Information Bar ...................................................................................................... 9 Main Menu ............................................................................................................ 10 Sub Menu .............................................................................................................. 10 Game Optimization .............................................................................................. 11 Gaming Mode........................................................................................................ 11 Gaming Mode Option ............................................................................................ 11 How to Enable Gaming Mode ............................................................................... 12 User Scenario ...................................................................................................... 13 Selecting User Scenario ....................................................................................... 13 Setting User Options............................................................................................. 13 How to Adjust the Motherboard Voltage............................................................... 14 How to Use Game Boost ....................................................................................... 15 How to Adjust the GPU and GPU Memory Frequency .......................................... 17 How to Adjust the DRAM Timing .......................................................................... 18 How to Adjust the DRAM Voltage.......................................................................... 19 Adjusting the Fan Speed....................................................................................... 20 Monitor................................................................................................................. 22 How to Use the Hardware Monitor ....................................................................... 22 True Color ............................................................................................................ 24 True Color Preset Options .................................................................................... 24 How to customize screen color ............................................................................ 25 LAN Manager....................................................................................................... 26 Network Control Menu ......................................................................................... 26 Setting Network Speed......................................................................................... 27 Customizing Application Priorities....................................................................... 28 Mystic Light.......................................................................................................... 29 Gaming Gear........................................................................................................ 37 2 Contents Product Registration ........................................................................................... 38 Live Update .......................................................................................................... 39 Notices ................................................................................................................. 40 Copyright............................................................................................................... 40 Revision History .................................................................................................... 40 Contents 3 About DRAGON CENTER yyOptimize game settings and enjoy a high quality gaming experience. yySystem performance tuning, you can choose overclock or silent. yyMonitor system information. yyAdjust the color of the screen display and enjoy better visual effects. yyRegister your MSI products. yyControl the LED light effects and synchronize effects of your devices. yyManage network connection settings. yyUse utilities to control special features. Important THE SOFTWARE FEATURES IN THIS USER GUIDE VARY BY PRODUCT. THE SCREENSHOTS FOR THE UI IN THIS USER GUIDE ARE FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND THE ACTUAL UI DESIGN MAY VARY. 4 About DRAGON CENTER Get Started System Requirements yyOperating System: Windows 10 64-bit Supported Hardware yyMotherboard: MSI X570 series motherboards or newer yyGraphics card: MSI GeForce RTX 20 & GTX 16 Series graphics cards or newer Installing DRAGON CENTER 1. Go to MSI Website download DRAGON CENTER. 2. Extract the downloaded file. 3. Double-click on the extracted Dragon Center setup program. 4. Click Install to continue the process. 5. Select the Start button, then select Dragon Center . Get Started 5 6. Click OK. 7. DRAGON CENTER will open the web browser to download OneDC_SDK.exe file. 8. Execute OneDC_SDK.exe and click Next to continue the process. 6 Get Started 9. Select I accept the agreement and click Next to continue the process. 10. Click Finish to complete the process. 11. Please wait while UI is installed. Get Started 7 12. You can start to use DRAGON CENTER. Launching DRAGON CENTER Select the Start button, then select Dragon Center . How to completely remove DRAGON CENTER 1. Select the Start button, then select settings . 2. Select Apps. 3. Uninstall Dragon Center. 4. Uninstall OneDC_SDK. 8 Get Started DRAGON CENTER Basics Main Screen Important The screenshots for the UI in this user guide are for reference only and the actual UI design may vary. Main Menu Sub Menu Information Bar Information Bar Operation Panel Change Your Picture/ Login/ Logout Display MSI product currently in use. Click to enter the control page. Display Gaming Mode Status. Display mode currently applied. Switch between different mode by selecting a mode from the drop-down menu. DRAGON CENTER Basics 9 Main Menu Home My Device Support Tools Setting Sub Menu Collapse Button 10 Get Started Game Optimization The Gaming Mode feature will optimize the computer system, monitor, cooler and other peripherals to provide the best gaming experience. Gaming Mode Select Gaming Mode in the sub menu to enter Gaming Mode control panel Gaming Mode main switch Refresh software list button Applications Optimized by Gaming Mode Applications have not been installed or optimized by Gaming Mode Important Gaming Mode doesn't support PRO Series Motherboards. Gaming Mode Option Game Mode switches and option settings are available in the upper right corner of each game icon. You can choose whether the game applies Game Mode such as System Performance, True Color, Nahimic and Touchpad disable while playing the game. Gaming Mode switch Option Settings Game Optimization 11 How to Enable Gaming Mode You can enable the Gaming Mode for System Performance, True Color, Nahimic and disable Touchpad while playing the game. 1. Select the installed game icon in Home > Gaming Mode. 2. Check Gaming Mode Options. 3. Enable Gaming Mode switch. Gaming Mode switch Option Settings 4. Enable Gaming Mode main switch Enable Gaming Mode main switch 5. Play the game. 12 Game Optimization User Scenario Selecting User Scenario The DRAGON CENTER has default scenarios and customized preset options. 1. Go to Home > User Scenario. 2. Select one of the options. Extreme Performance - Provides ultimate performance for overclocking. Balanced - return to system default settings. Silent - Reduce noise by lowering the performance where possible. User - allows you to customize the settings. Setting User Options Under User icon, click the gear icon to customize user options. Click to set User Options User Scenario 13 How to Adjust the Motherboard Voltage 1. On Home > User Scenario, click User setting. 2. Click the MB > Voltage setting . Click here Back Click / to adjust voltage value. You can also fill the value in the input box with your keyboard. Current voltage value Range 14 User Scenario Apply changes Default values How to Use Game Boost The GAME BOOST feature allows you to overclock your computer. 1. On Home > User Scenario, click User setting. 2. Click the MB > Game Boost setting . Click here For Motherboard with Game Boost Click the On/Off button to enable/disable the Game Boost feature. Apply changes Function description User Scenario 15 For Motherboard with Game Boost 8 Stages Apply changes Function description Click 0~11 number to select a stage from number 0 (default) to number 11 (extreme) for overclocking the processor. DRAGON CENTER provides the software interface instead of GAME BOOST knob on the motherboard. You can click on the center button to switch GAME BOOST control between software (SW) and hardware (HW). 16 User Scenario How to Adjust the GPU and GPU Memory Frequency 1. On Home > User Scenario, click User setting. 2. Click / to adjust GPU Frequency and GPU Memory Frequency. You can also fill the value in the input box with your keyboard. 3. Click the Apply button to apply change. User Scenario 17 How to Adjust the DRAM Timing 1. On Home > User Scenario, click User setting. 2. Click the DRAM > DRAM Timings setting . Click here Back Select the DRAM Channel Click to select an available value from the drop-down menu Apply changes Default values 18 User Scenario How to Adjust the DRAM Voltage 1. On Home > User Scenario, click User setting. 2. Click the DRAM > Voltage setting . Click here Back Click / to adjust voltage value. You can also fill the value in the input box with your keyboard. Current voltage value Range Apply changes Default values User Scenario 19 Adjusting the Fan Speed Fan speed control panel provides Smart Fan and Manual Fan. You can switch the control mode by clicking the Smart Fan and Manual Fan tabs on the top of the Fan control panel. How to enter the fan speed control panel 1. On Home > User Scenario, click User setting. 2. Click the Fan > CPU/ PUMP/ SYS fan setting . Click here How to use the Smart Fan control panel The Smart Fan control panel contains 4 dots which allows you to drag and adjust the Smart Speed slopes. The fan speed will change along with the Smart Speed curve. Fan Tune - click to automatically optimize the smart fan setting. Current fan speed The white dot will create strip chart in real time. Default setting 20 User Scenario How to use the Manual Fan control panel Fan Tune - click to automatically optimize the smart fan setting. Current fan speed Default setting Click the percentage to manually control the fan speed. User Scenario 21 Monitor Monitor feature provides a custom hardware monitor gadget to display the system status. Select Monitor in the sub menu to enter Monitor page How to Use the Hardware Monitor 1. Go to Home > Monitor. 2. Enable the Hardware Monitor switch in the upper right corner, and the Hareware Monitor gadget will appear. Click to enable the Hardware Monitor gadget 22 Monitor 3. Click the gear icon in the top left corner of the Hardware Monitor gadget to open the monitoring item menu. Click to open the monitoring item menu. 4. Select the item you want to display in the gadget. Select all items Select the item you want to display in the gadget Monitor 23 True Color True Color lets you adjust the color gamma, saturation, brightness and contrast of your screen for the best viewing experience. The Ture Color feature supports games in windowed mode. Select True Color in the sub menu to enter True Color control panel Select the quick screen color option True Color Preset Options When you click the preset option, the screen color changes quickly and immediately. The color settings for each option are as follows EyeRest - reduces blue light of your computer screen for eye care. Gaming - enhances the contrast of the screen. Movie - enhances the dynamic contrast of the screen. Customize - allows you to adjust gamma, contrast and color balance of your computer screen. Please refer to the instructions below. Default - uses the system default setting. 24 True Color How to customize screen color The True Color control panel has a Customize feature that allows you to customize your own colors. 1. Click the gear icon at the bottom of the Customize icon. Click the gear icon 2. Click and drag the sliders to adjust the Gamma, Level, Brightness and Contrast on Red, Green and Blue tabs. 3. Click the Apply button to save the settings. True Color 25 LAN Manager LAN Manager is applied to Windows 10 network traffic shaping. It keeps your internet speed during heavy uploads/downloads and reduces the ping value of online games. If your motherboard has a Wi-Fi module, it can also provide virtual access point functionality for your mobile device for traffic shaping. To use LAN Manager: 1. Install the LAN driver. 2. Connect your computer to the Internet. 3. Go to Home > LAN Manager. Select LAN Manager in the sub menu to enter LAN Manager control panel LAN Manager main switch Network control menu Network Control Menu There are menus in the LAN Manager Control Panel that allow you to access the relevant Network Control function. Priority - customizes application network bandwidth priorities. Usage - displays the application network usage status. Network Test - allows you to setup bandwidth control. Advanced Setting - allows you to expand RWIN to accelerate download speed. You can also block IP address and setup virtual access point. Information - shows version information. WiFi Analysis - shows the Wireless network around you. 26 LAN Manager Setting Network Speed 1. Select the Network Test control panel. 2. Click Test Network Speed. 3. cFos Speed Test web page will be opened. 4. Click to test Upload speed, and click to test Download speed. 5. Fill in the speed test results in the Upload speed and Download speed input boxes. 6. Check the Enable Bandwidth Control checkbox. LAN Manager 27 Customizing Application Priorities The Priority control panel displays currently using network bandwidth applications. 1. Test and set the network speed as described previously. 2. Select the Priority control panel. 3. Use the category bar to filter the displayed applications categories. 4. Click the drop-down menu next to the application name to select the priority of the application. Note: To stop some applications from using bandwidth, you can click to block the application. 28 LAN Manager Mystic Light Mystic Light feature allows you to control LED light effects of MSI & partner products. For some earlier products, you can go to product download page to download the applicable LED control software. When you click the Apply button, the LED effect settings can be saved to Profile1~3, and you can switch to different settings by clicking Profile1~3. Game Sync Third party control setting Device synchronization All Synchronization Mystic Light main switch Click to access Ambient Link LED item dropdown menu DYNAMIC DASHBOARD button Apply button Light effect, LED color, speed and brightness lever selectors Mystic Light 29 y Device synchronization - In this section, you may synchronize LED light effect to your devices. All synchronization - click the big chain icon in the upper right corner. Click the big chain icon To synchronize devices - click the chain icon under device icon, when the brokenchain icon changes to the chain icon, the device has synchronized the LED effect settings with the other devices. Chain icon - indicates the device Broken-chain icon - indicates the has been synchronized. device is not synchronized. Individual - You can also change settings for single device. To do that, click the chain icon and turn the color to gray as below. Device icon - click it to enter the device LED effect setting screen. When it is turn red, it indicates the device you're currently setting. y LED item dropdown menu - Click to select the LED item on the device. The LED effects vary depending on your LED item selection. 30 Mystic Light y Light effect dropdown menu Click to select LED light effects. Please note that for light effect, the option would be more or less depending on the devices you have, it will only list the light effects which are available for all included devices. y LED Color selector - In this section, you may select the color for single light effects (Stack, Breathing, Flashing etc.). The outer arc is a custom color picker and the inner arc is the default color picker that cannot be changed. You can simply change the LED color by clicking on the color on the outer or inner arc. To store a custom color, click one of the color slots on the outer arc to store the color of your choice. You can specify a color by editing an RGB (red, green, blue) value between 0 and 255. Drag the brightness slider up to increase brightness or drag down to decrease brightness. Use the Hue Circle to choose the color you want. The color you choose will be displayed on the center circle. y Effect speed and brightness level Drag the sliders to adjust the LED light effect switching speed and light brightness. Please note that these function will only be available if your device supports it. Mystic Light 31 DYNAMIC DASHBOARD Control Panel (optional) Click DYNAMIC DASHBOARD button to open the DYNAMIC DASHBOARD control panel. Enabled DYNAMIC DASHBOARD Select all item Items selection panel Preview Click to restore MSI default animation Upload animation Display custom animation Display game boost status Display hardware status Click to apply changes Disabled DYNAMIC DASHBOARD Selecting Display Items 1. Select Enabled in the upper left corner of the control panel. 2. Select items you want to show on the DYNAMIC DASHBOARD. 3. Click Apply to apply your changes. 32 Mystic Light Uploading Custom Animation Click the Upload icon and select a .gif animation file. .GIF File Restriction Dimensions: 256 x 64 DPI: 72 Size: 128KB 64px 256px Restoring MSI Default Animation Click the Dragon icon to restore the MSI default animation. Fan Speed/ Temperature/ Voltage State Available Items: Fan Speed : CPU fan / Water pump fan / System fan speed Temperature : CPU / System / MOS / PCH / PCIe / M.2 / Sensors temperature Voltage : CPU / Memory voltage Fan Speed Temperature Voltage Hardware Information CPU Information Memory Information Graphics Card Information GAME BOOST State When you use the GAME BOOST Knob, DYNAMIC DASHBOARD will display the CPU frequency information. Stage 0 GAME BOOST Disabled Stage 1~11 5.4 ~5.7 GHz Important Game Boost is only available on K CPUs and speeds may vary based on CPU model. Mystic Light 33 Ambient Link With the Ambient Link feature, it will provide visual color feedback on Philips Hue and Nanoleaf depending on what is happening in your game. To use Ambient Link, you need to follow the instructions below to complete the link setup. Supported Motherboards yyMEG Z390 GODLIKE yyMEG Z390 ACE yyMPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC yyMPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC yyMEG X570 GODLIKE yyMEG X570 ACE yyPRESTIGE X570 CREATION yyMPG X570 GAMING EDGE Wi-Fi Network Requirements yyThe router is broadcasting a 2.4GHz network. yyThe Wi-Fi network is using WPA/WPA2 security. yyThe router is configured for any of the Wi-Fi modes a/b/g/n. Philips Hue Setup (optional) 1. Plug in your Hue bridge and it will automatically power up. 2. Connect it to the router LAN port. 3. Wait for the two lights to come on and you are good to go. (Left is power light and center is local network Nanoleaf Setup (optional) yyThe router is compatible with Bonjour (mDNS). 34 Mystic Light Ambient Link Control Panel Game Mode and Ambient Mode can only be activated one at a time in the Ambient Link control panel. y Game Mode tab Click to synchronize/ nonsynchronize the game Synchronization main switch Click to access the game control panel Back Select Game Event, color and brightness Preview the effect Apply changes Mystic Light 35 y Ambient Mode tab Preview the effect ON/OFF background light & music Click to select an effect as background light Apply changes Drag the slider to adjust light brightness y Ambient Link tab Click to detect devices Click to switch to Philips Hue and Nanoleaf Status indicator Click to Re-synchronize Remove synchronize the device Adjust orientation or position 36 Mystic Light Gaming Gear This panel allows you to control MSI's gaming gear or supported third-party devices. Select Gaming Gear in the sub menu to enter Gaming Gear menu Supported devices will be displayed here. Click to enter the control panel of the device. Gaming Gear 37 Product Registration Register your MSI product to get exclusive updates, quicker service and product support. Select My Device in the sub menu to registrar your product Login to your MSI account on this My Device tab. If you don't have an MSI account, please click the Join MSI Member button or use Facebook, Google Plus to login. Click the Product Register button and fill in the product registration form. 38 Product Registration Live Update Live Update feature allows you to scan system and download the latest drivers, BIOS and utilities. With Live Update, you don't need to search the drivers on websites, and don't need to know the models of motherboard and graphics cards. Live Update will download the appropriate drivers automatically. To use Live Update: 1. Connect your computer to the Internet. 2. Go to Support > Live Update. Click to scan the system Select which item you want to update. Utilities and drivers list Click to install Live Update 39 Notices Micro-Star Int'l Co.,Ltd. The MSI logo used is a registered trademark of Micro-Star Int'l Co., Ltd. All other marks and names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners. No warranty as to accuracy or completeness is expressed or implied. MSI reserves the right to make changes to this document without prior notice. Copyright © Micro-Star Int'l Co.,Ltd. 2019 All rights reserved. Revision History Version 2.0, 2018/09, First release Version 2.1, 2018/09, Add Gaming Hotkey, Voice Boost Version 2.2, 2019/01, Add Mystic Light, Smart Tool, Super Charger, DPC Latency Tuner Version 2.3, 2019/02, Change to white background Version 2.4, 2019/07, UWP version 40 NoticesAdobe PDF Library 10.0.1 Adobe InDesign CS6 (Windows)