<s>
RivaTuner	B-Application
is	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
overclocking	B-Application
and	O
hardware	O
monitoring	O
program	O
that	O
was	O
first	O
developed	O
by	O
Alexey	O
Nicolaychuk	O
in	O
1997	O
for	O
the	O
Nvidia	O
video	B-Device
cards	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
pioneering	O
application	O
that	O
influenced	O
(	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
)	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
subsequent	O
freeware	B-License
graphics	B-Device
card	I-Device
overclocking	B-Application
and	O
monitoring	O
utilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
nVidia	O
GPUs	O
from	O
the	O
Riva	B-Device
TNT	I-Device
to	O
the	O
GeForce	O
700	O
Series	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
has	O
limited	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
ATI/AMD	O
Radeon	O
series	O
of	O
video	B-Device
cards	I-Device
from	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
8500	I-Device
and	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
users	O
of	O
supported	O
GPUs	O
,	O
rivatuner	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
software	O
tools	O
for	O
overclocking	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
perform	O
driver-level	O
Direct3D	B-Application
and	O
OpenGL	B-Application
tweaking	B-Device
through	O
a	O
graphical	O
interface	O
and	O
also	O
enables	O
low-level	O
hardware	O
monitoring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RivaTuner	B-Application
currently	O
works	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
x32	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Application
11	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
RivaTuner	B-Application
was	O
last	O
updated	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
licensed	O
by	O
computer	O
hardware	O
vendors	O
and	O
integrated	O
into	O
various	O
overclocking	B-Application
utilities	O
,	O
including	O
MSI	B-Application
Afterburner	I-Application
,	O
EVGA	O
Precision	O
X	O
(	O
prior	O
to	O
version	O
16	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
ASUS	O
GPU	O
Tweak	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
EVGA	O
terminated	O
its	O
contract	O
with	O
Alexey	O
and	O
was	O
subsequently	O
discovered	O
to	O
have	O
engaged	O
in	O
source	O
code	O
theft	O
after	O
releasing	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
RivaTuner	B-Application
that	O
was	O
claimed	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
in-house	B-Application
design	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
community	O
reaction	O
caused	O
EVGA	O
to	O
redesign	O
its	O
overclocking	B-Application
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rivatuner	B-Application
Statistics	O
Server	O
(	O
RTSS	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
initially	O
a	O
companion	O
software	O
to	O
RivaTuner	B-Application
,	O
has	O
since	O
evolved	O
into	O
a	O
frame	O
rate	O
and	O
hardware	O
monitor	O
that	O
supports	O
video	O
capture	O
and	O
frame	O
limiting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
RivaTuner	B-Application
,	O
RTSS	O
continues	O
to	O
receive	O
updates	O
and	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
supports	O
performance	O
monitoring	O
on	O
the	O
latest	O
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
and	O
APIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RTSS	O
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
MSI	B-Application
Afterburner	I-Application
,	O
but	O
MSI	B-Application
Afterburner	I-Application
does	O
not	O
require	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
RTSS	O
to	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
RivaTuner	B-Application
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Multi-monitor	B-General_Concept
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built-in	O
registry	B-Protocol
editor	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overclocking	B-Application
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
Logitech	B-Device
G15	I-Device
LCD	O
panel	O
.	O
</s>
