Alternatives to MSI Afterburner
Widely used GPU overclocking and monitoring tool with on-screen display. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
MSI Afterburner
Widely used GPU overclocking and monitoring tool with on-screen display.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as MSI Afterburner.
EVGA Precision X1
GPU overclocking and monitoring utility that works on most NVIDIA cards.
EVGA Precision X1 is a free overclocking and monitoring tool for most NVIDIA cards, dropping support for AMD and Intel graphics.
Also worth comparing
These listings name MSI Afterburner as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
CapFrameX
Open-source frametime capture and analysis tool for measuring real game performance.
MSI Afterburner is free, closed source software combining GPU overclocking, monitoring, benchmarking and an on-screen display, with less focus on detailed frametime analysis.
FPS Monitor
An in-game overlay for Windows PCs that shows frame rate and hardware sensor readings while you play.
MSI Afterburner is free and adds GPU overclocking and benchmarking to its on-screen display, working with graphics cards from any vendor on Windows.
GPU-Z
A tiny Windows utility that reports everything about your graphics card: clocks, memory type, bus width, sensors and BIOS.
MSI Afterburner monitors any vendor's graphics card and also overclocks it with an on-screen display, but lacks GPU-Z's BIOS backup and memory subsystem detail.
NVIDIA FrameView
Free frame rate, frametime, latency, and power-draw monitor for any GPU.
MSI Afterburner combines monitoring with GPU overclocking, an on-screen display and benchmarking for cards from any vendor, but its advanced tuning options can intimidate beginners.
PresentMon
Measure graphics application performance on Windows.
MSI Afterburner is closed-source freeware that pairs monitoring with an on-screen display, benchmarking and GPU overclocking for cards from any vendor.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
RivaTuner Statistics Server
Frame limiter and on-screen display framework that powers MSI Afterburner's overlay.
HWiNFO
The deepest hardware report and sensor monitor on Windows, free for personal use.
