MSI says Afterburner isn’t abandoned, despite its developer’s doubts

guest · Jan 9, 2023

By Jon Porter @JonPorty - January 9, 2023

The future of popular overclocking utility MSI Afterburner has been called into doubt after developer Unwinder claimed MSI has “semi abandoned” the project and has “stopped performing [its] obligations.” Unwinder, who TechPowerUp reports is Russian national Alexey Nicolaychuk, suggests that MSI hasn’t been paying him for the better part of a year and that he may need to drop development of Afterburner “and switch to something else, allowing me to pay my bills.”
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But in a statement, MSI says it intends to continue developing the software. A spokesperson for the company tells PC Gamer that it “fully [intends] to continue with MSI Afterburner.” They added that MSI has been working toward a solution and expects it to be resolved “soon.”

Doubts were raised after Nicolaychuk wrote that the “MSI Afterburner project is probably dead” on the Guru3D forums, where he provides development updates for the project.
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Although he’s indicated his desire to move on from MSI Afterburner, Nicolaychuk says he intends to continue working on RTSS, a closely related application often used alongside Afterburner to display information about hardware performance while playing games.

One noted MSI Afterburner competitor is EVGA’s Precision X1 app, but with EVGA exiting the graphics card business, it’s unclear how long its overclocking software will continue to be supported.
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plat · Jan 22, 2023

He (Unwinder) hasn't been paid by MSI in a year. Why should he continue? I understand he's done.

MSI should develop a replacement and hand it to someone else, with whom they can maintain better contact. I stopped using Afterburner like two years ago but continue to use (and rely upon) RivaTuner Statistics Server by itself. Fortunately, this wonderful software is not in any immediate danger of falling by the wayside.

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-afterburner-software-without-msi-support-project-is-probably-dead

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