MSI Afterburner was left on the ropes after the company stopped paying the main developer of the tool, which is widely used for monitoring, management and implementation of security techniques. overclocking for graphics cards. Apparently the origin was in the obstacles that arose as a result of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, but after a few months it seems that these obstacles have been resolved and we already have MSI Afterburner 4.6.5 and 4.6.4 among us. , the latest versions of the tool.
MSI Afterburner 4.6.5 It is roughly in charge of updating the support offered. For starters, we find overlay support for DirectX 12, the latest version of Microsoft’s graphics API. Rivatuner Statistics Server (RTSS) support has been updated to version 7.3.4 and new incorporated NVIDIA RTX 40 series and Radeon RX 7900 series among the supported graphics. As for processors, in the experimental phase are the supports for the thirteenth generation of Intel Core and AMD Ryzen 7000.
Another thing to note is that the CPU usage data sources in the hardware monitoring module were changed to an alternative implementation based on SystemProcessorIdleInformationsince traditional legacy downtime reporting in SystemProcessorPerformanceInformation they do not work on current builds of Windows 11 22H2.
Continuing with more from MSI Afterburner 4.6.5, a fix has been applied for AMD GCN graphics cards when using Red Giant driver version 22.5.2 or later; a switch has been added in the configuration file to disable the native reliability voltage control API on GeForce GTX 900 graphics cards and force the use of the P-State 2.0 voltage API legacy of said hardware, which requires NVIDIA driver version 515 or later; the correction formula parser has been improved with data format conversion, rounding, and min/max functions; in addition to the monitoring plugin SMART.dll It has been enhanced to add support for monitoring the temperatures of NVMe devices.
It’s over there too MSI Afterburner 4.6.4, which adds experimental support for 11th Gen Intel Core, 12th Gen Intel Core, and AMD Ryzen mobile processors; voltage control for Radeon’s reference design RX 6700 XT series of graphics cards; new MSI skins adjusted to Windows 11; fix for a missing temperature sensor on RX 5700 graphics cards and its XT variant; a system tray icon with DPI support; Rivatuner Statistics Server 7.3.3; besides other things.
After being on the edge of the abyss a few months ago, it seems that MSI Afterburner has come back to life. One detail to keep in mind is that only MSI and Guru3D are authorized to distribute the tool, although it is usually preferable to obtain the software from official media to avoid problems.
