recommendation for a MSI afterburner alternative?

[ShatteredPumpkin]

been running into more and more games where MSI afterburner doesnt work anymore
what program would you guys recommend as a alternative?

[Raoul]

Well depending on your GPU it may have its own one like EVGA precision, Asus GPU Tweak etc otherwise Afterburner is generally regarded as the best. Is it a known common issue, what isn't working exactly?

[ShatteredPumpkin]

Originally posted by Raoul:

Well depending on your GPU it may have its own one like EVGA precision, Asus GPU Tweak etc otherwise Afterburner is generally regarded as the best. Is it a known common issue, what isn't working exactly?

the overlay with temps and usage wont show up in some games all resident evil games for example have that said issue and CS2 and halo infinite and some other games but my GPU doesnt have its own program as i know as far as i am aware of MSI gtx1080ti btw have had the same issue with my previous PC aswell in some games

[r.linder]

Originally posted by ShatteredPumpkin:

Originally posted by Raoul:

Well depending on your GPU it may have its own one like EVGA precision, Asus GPU Tweak etc otherwise Afterburner is generally regarded as the best. Is it a known common issue, what isn't working exactly?

the overlay with temps and usage wont show up in some games all resident evil games for example have that said issue and CS2 and halo infinite and some other games but my GPU doesnt have its own program as i know as far as i am aware of MSI gtx1080ti btw have had the same issue with my previous PC aswell in some games

Can be a conflict with other programs, especially ones that have their own overlays

[ShatteredPumpkin]

Originally posted by 尺．し工几句ヨ尺:

Originally posted by ShatteredPumpkin:

the overlay with temps and usage wont show up in some games all resident evil games for example have that said issue and CS2 and halo infinite and some other games but my GPU doesnt have its own program as i know as far as i am aware of MSI gtx1080ti btw have had the same issue with my previous PC aswell in some games

Can be a conflict with other programs, especially ones that have their own overlays

dont have any other programs with overlays

[Bad 💀 Motha]

What about it doesn't work?
If it causes the game to crash, you need to change the view type in RTSS for the overlay. As not all games will get along with using the same type.

[Pocahawtness]

Originally posted by ShatteredPumpkin:

Originally posted by Raoul:

Well depending on your GPU it may have its own one like EVGA precision, Asus GPU Tweak etc otherwise Afterburner is generally regarded as the best. Is it a known common issue, what isn't working exactly?

the overlay with temps and usage wont show up in some games all resident evil games for example have that said issue and CS2 and halo infinite and some other games but my GPU doesnt have its own program as i know as far as i am aware of MSI gtx1080ti btw have had the same issue with my previous PC aswell in some games

What I do, when that happens, is use the Afterburner graph. By that I mean, if I am concerned about temperatures or anything, I take a look after I played the game at the graph to see what was going on while I was playing.

[ShatteredPumpkin]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

What about it doesn't work?
If it causes the game to crash, you need to change the view type in RTSS for the overlay. As not all games will get along with using the same type.

read previous comments already stated the overlay just doesnt work

[ShatteredPumpkin]

Originally posted by Scary👻Pocah:

Originally posted by ShatteredPumpkin:

the overlay with temps and usage wont show up in some games all resident evil games for example have that said issue and CS2 and halo infinite and some other games but my GPU doesnt have its own program as i know as far as i am aware of MSI gtx1080ti btw have had the same issue with my previous PC aswell in some games

What I do, when that happens, is use the Afterburner graph. By that I mean, if I am concerned about temperatures or anything, I take a look after I played the game at the graph to see what was going on while I was playing.

would prefer permanent monitoring like the overlay is supposed to work

[r.linder]

Do you really need to constantly monitor all of that though? There isn't a real need to have a bunch of extra text on the screen that's also taking up some of your system resources just to display, and some games have problems with overlays regardless

[ShatteredPumpkin]

Originally posted by 尺．し工几句ヨ尺:

Do you really need to constantly monitor all of that though? There isn't a real need to have a bunch of extra text on the screen that's also taking up some of your system resources just to display, and some games have problems with overlays regardless

just got a new system it would be handy :D

[r.linder]

If you're using AMD hardware, especially GPU, then use the overlay from the driver software, since Afterburner can also bug out in conflict with AMD's software, I had problems with it back in 2019~2020 when I had the 5700-XT

Other than that I just wouldn't worry about it because ultimately if performance appears to be as expected and there's no glaring performance issues then there isn't anything to be concerned about. The actual numbers mean nothing, what matters is how the gameplay looks to the eye

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by ShatteredPumpkin:

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

What about it doesn't work?
If it causes the game to crash, you need to change the view type in RTSS for the overlay. As not all games will get along with using the same type.

read previous comments already stated the overlay just doesnt work

It has multiple modes to choose from. Not all modes work with all games.

[ShatteredPumpkin]

Originally posted by 尺．し工几句ヨ尺:

If you're using AMD hardware, especially GPU, then use the overlay from the driver software, since Afterburner can also bug out in conflict with AMD's software, I had problems with it back in 2019~2020 when I had the 5700-XT

Other than that I just wouldn't worry about it because ultimately if performance appears to be as expected and there's no glaring performance issues then there isn't anything to be concerned about. The actual numbers mean nothing, what matters is how the gameplay looks to the eye

and if i have said peformance issues like in cs2 and i wanna optimize my settings and not having to alt tab every few seconds? XD

[r.linder]

Originally posted by ShatteredPumpkin:

Originally posted by 尺．し工几句ヨ尺:

If you're using AMD hardware, especially GPU, then use the overlay from the driver software, since Afterburner can also bug out in conflict with AMD's software, I had problems with it back in 2019~2020 when I had the 5700-XT

Other than that I just wouldn't worry about it because ultimately if performance appears to be as expected and there's no glaring performance issues then there isn't anything to be concerned about. The actual numbers mean nothing, what matters is how the gameplay looks to the eye

and if i have said peformance issues like in cs2 and i wanna optimize my settings and not having to alt tab every few seconds? XD

You still don't need an overlay to do that, just look at the screen, you'll know if it's smooth or not

Games like CS:GO will always have stutters when frames drop for any reason, that's why you cap the framerate

[emoticorpse]

I had the impression CS:GO (I guess CS2 now) purposely sabotages any kind of ability to overlay things onto it. I thought it was them like trying to stop any application from doing that stuff because then however Afterburner did it, other people could use the same technique to make cheat tools?