MSI Afterburner was left on the ropes after the company stopped paying the lead developer of the tool, which is widely used for monitoring, managing and implementing security techniques. overclocking for graphics cards. The origin was apparently due to the obstacles that arose as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 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 between us. the latest version of the tool.

MSI Afterburner 4.6.5 She is roughly in charge of updating the support offered. To begin with, 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 newer NVIDIA RTX 40 series and Radeon RX 7900 series incorporated among supported graphics. As for processors, there is support for the thirteenth generation Intel Core and AMD Ryzen 7000 in the experimental phase.

Another thing to note is that the CPU usage data sources in the hardware monitor module have been changed to an alternative implementation based on SystemProcessorIdleInformationfrom traditional downtime reporting in SystemProcessorPerformanceInformation they do not work on current builds of Windows 11 22H2.

Following on from MSI Afterburner 4.6.5, a fix was made for AMD GCN graphics cards when using Red Giant driver version 22.5.2 or later; switch has been added to the configuration file disable the native reliability voltage control API on GeForce GTX 900 graphics cards and force the use of the P-State 2.0 API legacy listed hardware that requires NVIDIA driver version 515 or later; the correction formula analyzer has been improved with data format conversion, rounding and min/max functions; except for the monitoring plugin SMART.dll It has been enhanced to support NVMe device temperature monitoring.

It’s 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 management for RX 6700 XT Radeon series reference graphics cards; new MSI skins adapted for Windows 11; fixing the missing temperature sensor on RX 5700 graphics cards and its XT variant; system tray icon with DPI support; Rivatuner Statistics Server 7.3.3; among other things.

After being on the brink a few months ago, MSI Afterburner seems to have 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 better to get the software from the official media to avoid problems.