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MSI Afterburner dev says the overclocking app is “probably dead"Though MSI want to continue with it
Though MSI want to continue with it
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In a statement toPC Gamer, MSI confirmed that “economic regulations” had scuppered past attempts to pay into Nicolaychuk’s bank account, and that they intend for Afterburner’s development to continue. “MSI have been working on a solution and expect it to be resolved soon”, the statement reads.
Afterburner is a great tool as it is. I use it regularly for benchmarking, and for my money (zero pounds, it’s free), it’s the best utility available for easilyoverclocking a GPU. However, like most software, it will need updates to stay both useful and safe to use, with support for new graphics cards like theNvidia GeForce RTX 40 seriesandAMD Radeon RX 7000 seriesneeding to be added with each launch.
Despite MSI’s optimism, it does seem that such updates might not come anytime soon. It’s not like it’s easy to jump to a competitor either: Afterburner’s closest rival, EVGA Precision X1, also faces an uncertain future afterEVGA quit the graphics card businesslate last year. Though at least that was just down to business disagreements with Nvidia and not, well, a war.
Nicolaychuk also clarified that he will continue working on RivaTuner Statistics Server (RTSS), another project that’s technically separate from MSI Afterburner, though is vital to the latter’s overlay feature.
