Free MSI Afterburner AlternativesTop System Information Utilities & Screenshot Capture Tools like MSI Afterburner

The best free alternative to MSI Afterburner is Open Hardware Monitor, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to MSI Afterburner and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to MSI Afterburner are Nvidia App, MangoHUD, Rivatuner Statistics Server (RTSS) and GreenWithEnvy.

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MSI Afterburner alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities, but if you're looking for Screenshot Capture Tools or Screen Recorders you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Windows, Fan Speed, Free, Open Source and Android. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to MSI Afterburner.
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  1. The Open Hardware Monitor is a free open source software that monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of a computer.

    79 Open Hardware Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mono
     
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  2. Nvidia App icon
     30 likes

    The NVIDIA app updates your PC with the latest drivers and technology, optimizes games and applications through a unified GPU control center, provides recording tools via in-game overlay, and highlights the latest NVIDIA tools and software.

    24 Nvidia App alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  3. MangoHUD icon
     44 likes

    A Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load and more. Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/Gj5YmBb - flightlessmango/MangoHud

    13 MangoHUD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Proton
     
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  4. RivaTuner is a complete powerful tweaking environment, providing you everything you may need to tune NVIDIA GPU based display adapters. The widest driver-level Direct3D / OpenGL and system tuning options, flexible profiling system allowing to make custom settings on...

    19 Rivatuner Statistics Server (RTSS) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. GreenWithEnvy icon
     14 likes

    GWE is a GTK system utility designed to provide information, control the fans and overclock your NVIDIA video card and graphics processor.

    10 GreenWithEnvy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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  6. LACT icon
     7 likes

    This application allows you to control your AMD GPU on a Linux kernel system.

    2 LACT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. CoreCtrl icon
     17 likes

    CoreCtrl is a Free and Open Source GNU/Linux application that allows you to control with ease your computer hardware using application profiles.

    18 CoreCtrl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. ASUS GPU Tweak III is currently open beta testing so try it out, if you feel it is missing something crucial give ASUS your feedback & they may be able to add it while still in beta. So far ASUS has been very accommodating with all useful feedback..

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  9. EVGA Precision X1 allows you to fine tune your EVGA graphics card for the maximum performance possible, with Core/Shader/Memory clock tuning, real time monitoring support including in-game and compatibility with almost all EVGA graphics cards.

    16 EVGA Precision X1 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
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  10. CapFrameX icon
     9 likes

    Benchmarking Tool - Record Frames per Second (FPS), Frametime and Sensors while running your favourite game. Analyse and plot the results, or share them with friends using our cloud service.

    8 CapFrameX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. This tool is used for modifying game profiles inside the internal driver database of the nvidia driver. All game profiles are provided by the nvidia driver, but you can add your own profiles for games missing in the driver database.

    8 NVIDIA Profile Inspector alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Goverlay icon
     9 likes

    Goverlay is an easy graphical interface to configure MangoHud, vkBasalt, and OptiScaler. Goverlay helps Linux gamers get the most out of their systems by providing an easy-to-use graphical interface to configure MangoHud, vkBasalt, and OptiScaler.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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