Overclocking Is In Danger As of MSI Afterburner

If you enjoy overclocking your graphics card, we have some bad news for you: MSI Afterburner is in jeopardy. The MSI Afterburner creator claims that there is no money for the software and that it may not be able to continue. There is optimism, though; MSI wants to continue working on the project. Undoubtedly, the most well-liked program for optimizing a graphics card is MSI Afterburner. Undervolting and overclocking are examples of this. Even for novice overclockers, it's a decent alternative because it's efficient and generally accessible despite its learning curve. Similar software is offered by some GPU manufacturers in their own versions. Even MSI has its own exclusive product, the MSI Dragon Center. However, Afterburner's appeal hasn't diminished and it's still the preferred program for GPU optimization. It's unfortunate to learn that it might be at danger for this reason. Photo Credit: MSI The data was obtained directly from the source, who is not MSI but rather the program's developer, Alexey "Unwinder" Nikolaychuk. The creator declared that the "MSI Afterburner project is probably gone" on the Guru3D forums. Also Read: Nvidia Cancels Low-Cost Graphics Card, Leaving Only Expensive Then Nikolaychuk continued, "War and politics are the causes. […] It has been close to a year since MSI stopped fulfilling their responsibilities under the Afterburner license agreement because of the "political circumstances." Throughout the last 11 months, I made an effort to keep up with my responsibilities and work on the project alone, but all that happened was disappointment. Despite not being able to uphold its half of the bargain, MSI still advises Afterburner for all of their newest graphics cards, including the recently unveiled Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="2000"] Photo Credit: Tech Radar[/caption] The situation is much more complicated than just MSI not paying the developer; it's a result of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the fallout that Russia has endured as a result. As the beginning of the war, it has become considerably more difficult to send money internationally to Russia, and since Nikolaychuk is headquartered there, he hasn't received compensated for his work on MSI Afterburner since these sanctions began.