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The most popular tool for overclocking modern graphics cards is facing licensing issues. Due to sanctions, companies like MSI are unable to fulfill their obligations under the agreement signed with the creator. Aleksey, who lives in Russia, is now continuing the project without the support of MSI.
The developer confirmed that the project has been dead for over 11 months. The current situation, he explains, does not allow MSI to fulfill its obligations. Now the project is supported by Alexey only in his spare time.
The software is the spiritual successor to the RivaTuner software that was used to overclock GPUs many years ago. Users may find it difficult to find an alternative that natively supports all of the many GPU vendors. Most brands now include their own monitoring and simple overclocking software that also manages GPU functions like lighting or fan speed control. MSI also has such a tool called MSI Center.
I have been trying to keep up my commitment and have been working on the project on my own for the past 11 months, but it has resulted in nothing but frustration. I have a feeling that I’m just “pushing water in a mortar” and wasting energy on something that the company no longer needs. In any case, I will try to continue to support the project on my own while I have free time, but I will probably have to abandon it and switch to something else that will allow me to pay the bills.
A little later, an MSI representative was quick to reassure and stated the following:
Our marketing and accounting team is now addressing this issue.
Recently, cases of fake MSI Afterburner software that contains malware have appeared on the network, and MSI has warned users about this.