MSI Afterburner Download (4.6.4 Beta)

Last Updated: July 26th, 2022

What’s New

Like all software utilities, MSI Afterburner is constantly being bettered to keep up with user demand and the latest technology. Below are the latest version of the software and what they bring to the table:

Latest Versions:

4.6.4 Beta

• Added voltage control for reference design AMD RADEON RX 6700 XT series graphics cards
• Added experimental support for Intel 11th generation CPUs
• Added experimental support for mobile AMD Ryzen CPUs
• Fixed issue with missing memory temperature sensor on AMD RADEON 5700 / 5700 XT series graphics cards
• Increased memory overclocking limit for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30×0 series graphics cards
• RivaTuner Statistics Server has been upgraded to v7.3.2

Final 4.6.3

• Added NVIDIA Ampere GPU architecture support
• Added new fan control 3.0 API support
• Added new integrated OC Scanner API support, please read below to get more information about new OC Scanner implementation
• Updated bundled MSI Overclocking Scanner application:
• Starting from 455.xx drivers family, NVIDIA OS Scanner is no longer implemented as a separate software component redistributed with each AIC partner’s overclocking software.
• Old legacy implementation of NVIDIA OC Scanner via separate software components for NVIDIA Pascal and Turing architectures for pre-455.xx drivers family
• New integrated NVAPI based implementation of NVIDIA OC Scanner for 455.xx and newer NVIDIA display drivers

Version 4.6.2

• Added voltage control for reference design NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20×0 SUPER series graphic cards
• Added voltage control for AMD RADEON RX 5700 series graphics cards
• Added new MSI Steampunked, MSI Lightning Anniversary and MSI Mystic skins by Drerex design
• Improved hardware monitoring module:
• Added CPU temperature monitoring support for AMD Ryzen 3X00 processors family
• Added thermal offset for CPU temperature monitoring on AMD Ryzen Threadripper 29X0 processors family
• Added package CPU power and per-core CPU power monitoring for AMD Ryzen processors family
• Improved monitoring plugins architecture:
• Added API function for reading host application’s hardware monitoring timestamp from the plugins. The timestamp is updated by host on each hardware polling iteration, so it allows the plugin to precache and reuse some sensor data if the same physical sensor value is being used in multiple data sources exported by plugin. Such approach is demonstrated in updated CPU.dll plugin for duplicating the same temperature sensor value for all cores on AMD CPU
• Added optional plugin initialization callback function, which is called by the host before unloading the plugins. New multithreaded Ping.dll plugin is demonstrating new function usage to shut down ping monitoring thread properly
• Improved monitoring plugins:
• Updated CPU.dll plugin is demonstrating AMD Ryzen CPU temperature monitoring implementation and optimal duplication of the same temperature sensor readback for all CPU cores
• Added new Ping.dll plugin for monitoring ping to desired server via ICMP echo requests. Please take a note that the plugin is configured to monitor ping to www.guru3d.com by default, it is up to you to specify target server name or IP address in the plugin properties
• Improved skin engine:
• Optimized skin rendering performance for skins using multiple overlapped animated indicators
• Added position smoothing support to skinned indicators
• Now skinned applications can forcibly disable indicator animation if necessary
• Skin format reference guide has been updated to v1.8 to document these changes
• Updated IO driver provides more secure MMIO and MSR access interface
• RivaTuner Statistics Server has been upgraded to v7.2.3

MSI Afterburner

If you’re planning on overclocking your GPU or in the market for monitoring your hardware then utilizing MSI Afterburner is a nice and simple way of doing so. As the most popular overclocking software it didn’t reach that status without reason. It doesn’t limit the usability to any particular brand of graphics cards. Gain complete control of your AMD or Nvidia GPU for free no less.

Afterburner has multiple uses and is not just for overclocking. It also allows you accurate and up-to-date tracking of your performance on the go. With integrated overlay software you can keep an eye on things as you use it to make sure everything is working as it should. Or if you opt for something less intrusive with monitoring in the background for evaluation later. You have a wide range of metrics: framerates, clocks, fan speeds, temperatures, and more.

If you do plan on overclocking, you can change the core clock, memory clock, fan speed, fan curve, and if you are brave also the voltage. Changing these options is as simple as changing a slider and then accepting the change, which makes it super simple but it is recommended to only change it in small increments. Once you have the options dialed in you can save it to different profiles to quickly change between different ones.

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