AMD Catalyst (formerly named ATI Catalyst) is a utility software driver package for ATI/AMD Radeon products for Microsoft Windows operating systems and Linux, on 32- and 64-bit x86 processors.
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MMLoadDrv apart of Catalyst Control Center? Look suspicious
This loads at startup every once in a while. It looks strange, and it's always the same image in that window, but it's slightly animated.
Does anybody know the purpose of this? Can I remove it? I've ...
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Force TV detection in (new) Catalyst Control Center
I need to force a detection of a TV because it's not auto-detected.
The problem is that, in the newer versions of Catalyst Control Center, there isn't a check-box for that any more.
EDIT: I'm using ...
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Where do I download the latest ATI Catalyst Mobility for Radeon HD 5470?
Whenever I run the update checker it gives me this error:
Further search tells me that it is because the laptop has switchable graphics and my best bet would be to download the drivers directly and ...
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How can I get my Sapphire Radeon 7850 to output in “1080p”?
I have a Radeon 7850 connected to a Vizio 3D compatible TV. The TV has a function to parse and display SBS encoded content. On my old graphics card (a Radeon 5770) I just had to select the 1080p ...
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How to force ATI 5850 to always use 3D clocks?
My 5850 graphics card is on its way out and the 2nd monitor output flickers when using low clock speeds, I have however noticed that when gaming or doing anything that forces the clock speeds to ramp ...
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Windows Server 2012 Video Driver issue on Radeon 6770
I'm missing several options in catalyst control center, clicking detect displays causes CCC to hang. Under the information tab in control center under hardware it says, Device ID, Graphics Bus, ...
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monitor native resolution not available with amd graphics card
I got my new LG ea93 monitor with a native resolution of 2560x1080 (21:9), but in the windows screen resolution setup and in the catalyst control center the highest reolution available is 1920x1080. I ...
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How to run two radeon video cards (one old, one new) after catalyst dropped unified driver?
(Apologies for the rather long post...)
On early 2012, i was running a Radeon HD2400 and a HD6950 on the same computer, driving 3 monitors; primary monitor on the HD6950 and two side monitors on the ...
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Starting X only gives a black screen, even if started with options
I just installed Arch from a live cd, set up network, installed wifi drivers, catalyst for my gpu (mobility hd 5470), xorg with all stuff it needs and then I started to try to use
startx ...
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AMD Overdrive Triangle Artifacts all over screen
I was in AMD Catalyst Control Centre (CCC) and saw the AMD Overdrive function so me thinking this could cause no harm I messed with the settings. I didn't put the settings up high at all. I then click ...
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After reinstalling Windows 7 on a Vaio the manual way there is no EDID or color temperature option in catalyst. How can I fix this?
After wiping my Sony Vaio to single-boot Linux, I decided to reinstall Windows 7 for a dual boot set-up. So it was done manually and therefore not via the recovery partition, which was wiped when I ...
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AMD Catalyst Control Center reoccuring issue: Application Profiles regularly disappear and then reappear
I'm currently having a reoccurring issue where the 'Application Profiles' (custom driver-forced graphical settings per game) of AMD Vision Engine Control Center (AKA or formerly known as AMD/ATI ...
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Where Catalyst stores applist for switchable graphics?
I cannot add an app to the list to manually set it to high performance (Radeon instead of Intel HD). When I browse for an exe, nothing happens, the list is still empty. So, maybe I can edit some .cfg ...
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Is Catalyst Control Center necessary?
Is the Catalyst Control Center (CCC) that comes with AMD graphic driver necessary?
I have tried using the driver alone without installing CCC and there has been no problem so far, so is it necessary?
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Disabling AMD CCC without disabling Overdrive
Is possible to disable the AMD Catalyst Control Center from loading at startup and not disable its Overdrive feature? The idea is to lower resources.
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HDMI from PC to TV turns off after 30 seconds (Radeon 4870, Win 7 64)
I decided to post this here, so at least there's a guide for other people on how to fix this issue. I've looked for a solution, but never found any. Luckily I solved it by accident.
The issue (100% ...
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How to force hardware mous? [closed]
For a DirectX game that does not provide a hardware mouse option in the settings, is it possible to force a hardware mouse from DirectX or AMD Catalyst?
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What are the Power Control Settings in AMD OverDrive - CCC? [closed]
What are they for? Are there any recommendations?
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Windows 8 Radeon update broke some games [closed]
I've been using Windows 8 Consumer Preview 32-bit on my desktop for months, and recently did a software update through Windows Update. An update for my Radeon HD 5450 driver (Catalyst) to WDDM 1.2 was ...
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AltGr+C does not work, all other combinations work
Key combination AltGr+C does nothing in any of my keyboard layouts where it is supposed to enter a special character (example: Polish Programmers layout is supposed to insert ć). All other AltGr ...
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X freeze with proprietary fglrx driver on radeon HD 5970
I can't get to install the proprietary driver "fglrx" with ATI Radeon HD 5970 on Debian Squeeze.
After the installation with ATI Catalyst 12-8 and a reboot, from the stage of GDM, the screen is ...
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Catalyst Control Center overscan settings periodically reset
My Radeon HD4670 graphics card powers 2 monitors. The monitor with the HDMI connection is scaled down and looks ugly. So I have to set it to Overscan 0% in the Catalyst Control Center and then it ...
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ATI Radeon Drivers works with which linux distribution and version? [closed]
I have ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 graphics card. Almost every new linux distribution seems to have an issue with it, when i install the drivers. Working without utilizing the graphics card leaves me ...
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ATI Radeon Drivers works with which linux distribution and version?
I have ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 graphics card. Almost every new linux distribution seems to have an issue with it, when i install the drivers. Working without utilizing the graphics card leaves me ...
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Arch linux - strange behaviour after installing fglrx
I have a problem with drivers on arch linux. I installed catalyst through unnoficial catalyst repo as wiki says.
pacman -S catalyst catalyst-utils
aticonfig --initial
After this operation i ...
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Ati drivers using too much RAM and CPU
I re-installed Windows 7 a few days ago on my computer and I've noticed that the Ati drivers are using too much RAM and CPU.
There have been instances where ccc.exe would use around 4-5GB of RAM out ...
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Change Overscan/Underscan settings without Catalyst Control Center
Just installed Windows 8 and downloaded the Catalyst version which ATI website recommended. However it says that it can't start! My main monitor is connected to my PC via a HDMI cable and the display ...
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How can I update my AMD Catalyst display driver? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Force driver update on a mobility radeon graphic
I've got a Dell Inspiron N5010 (almost two years old), which has a Radeon Mobility HD4650 GPU. I was able to install the ...
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How to play games in widescreen in Windows 7, Dell Studio 1555
I have a dell studio 1555 laptop with a GPU inside. The details are below;
Hardware details
Software details
I can play games in widescreen in Vista, but not in 7. I am using Windows 7 Home ...
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AMD Vision Engine Control Center (CCC) spontaneously breaks and will not run after that without full reinstall
I am running AMD FX system with Radeon 5800 HD video card, on Win7 x64 system.
I have had problems with Catalyst Control Center for awhile, when it runs and shows a blank white window with nothing in ...
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Catalyst Control Center removal
I've recently tested a graphics card on a machine that required different drivers than my onboard integrated graphics, so I had catalyst control center installed.
After I pulled out the graphics card ...
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OS X 10.4 (!) - Catalyst Will Not Install
Kind of a long shot here, but SU would know better than most... I am trying to install Catalyst on a Mac running OS X 10.4.11 and Perl 5.8.6 (this machine will be a local webserver). To avoid any ...
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Newly installed AMD Catalyst Drivers don't show in Catalyst Center
I downloaded AMD 12.2 Catalyst for my HP DV6 7690M XT graphics card and installed it over the HP one, so that I can switch graphics cards.
After installation, I found out that the Catalyst center is ...
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Crossfire Setup not visible in Catalyst Center
I want to setup CrossfireX on my two HD 6870s but the CrossFire tab will not show up under neither "Gaming" nor "Performance. The Catalyst Center is the version that came along on the disk. See other ...
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Open Google Chrome at launch on multi monitor system (LINUX)
I have an AMD HD6950 video card with the latest catalyst drivers installed on a 64bit Ubuntu 11.10 linux box. There are currently two 1920 x 1080 HDTVs connected but there will be four in the future, ...
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Dual monitor flicker on Windows 7 - previously worked on Windows XP
I have a dual monitor setup as follows:
Radeon HD2600 XT video card (MSI RX2600XT-T2D512EZ/D3)
Monitor 1: Samsung Syncmaster 2032BW (1680 x 1050)
Monitor 2: an older HP L1720 (1280 x 1024)
Both ...
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Bad DVDRip quality with AMD Radeon HD
I just bought a HP Pavilion laptop with a Core i7 + AMD Radeon HD 6770M 2GB.
Here's my thing – I'm running under 1920 x 1080 (recommended resolution) on Windows 7 Ultimate.
I tried to run a DVDRip ...
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Scaling problems with Radeon HD6850 and Acer S222HQL (HDMI)
I have scaling problems with Radeon HD6850 (HDMI) and Acer S222HQL (HDMI).
Before I switch to HDMI I had used DVI with a "crystal clear" image. Today I switch to HDMI and get a washy look. First the ...
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Ati catalyst second card shown as inactive
My second crossfired card is shown as inactive, although I know it works. In addition, I cannot manually override the fan speed, for example. Is this a known bug?
Rig:
ASUS Maximum Extreme
i7 2600K
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Does Catalyst Control Center Manual Fan Control get disabled when GPU dangerously overheats?
I'd like to enable AMD Overdrive and Manual Fan Control in Catalyst Control Center and reduce fan speed to minimum (20%) but I'm afraid what happens if I start using the card heavily and forget to ...
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ATI Radeon EAH5450 + Dell E228WFP = “shadow” of lightened pixels when black is next to light blue
I just got a new video card (AMD ATI Radeon EAH5450) and new monitor (Dell E228WFP). Overall they work great except black pixels over a light-blue or gray background (e.g. text on a light background). ...
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How can I disable Ctrl+Shift+Arrow from causing my screen to flip?
Windows 7 Home Premium, Catalyst Control Center.
Without any apparent reason, after booting my PC, I got this little balloon "HD 4600 Drivers updated". I did not install any new cards or drivers or ...
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Catalyst Control Center host application has stopped working…
I just had to use system restore because of a nasty virus. Now I have everything running nicely again except that I keep getting a message saying that (read topic) I can't even open the control ...
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Is it necessary to have catalyst control center processes enabled for graphics options to function?
I have a very low performance computer (AMD C-50) and I just want my thirty core processes enabled at boot time. I was wondering if the MOM and CCC proceesses for the catalyst control center are ...
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ArchLinux: remove nvidia drivers
I recently switched my nVidia card to an ATI one, and am getting a libgl conflict.
When I want to install something related to the GPU, I get the following error:
nvidia-utils and catalyst utils are ...
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Laptop LCD backlight off after resuming from hibernate or sleep
When I put my laptop to hibernate or sleep while plugged in and I resume from hibernate or sleep on battery, the backlight is off. A faint image exists on the display, but is nearly impossible to ...
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How to install ATI Catalyst driver on low resolution (640x440) screen?
I have used DriverSweeper to clean my OS up from all ATI drivers. Now I can only boot in safe-mode with 640x480 screen resolution. ATI Catalyst setup window is bigger then my screen and I can't see ...
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How do I hookup a dual video card Crossfire rig to a single monitor?
I just received a new Alienware box preinstalled with two nice shiny ATI 6950 graphics cards. My goal is to use both of them to give me really good resolution and frame rate on my single monitor.
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Setup dual screen with Catalyst Control Center on notebook so that nothing changes when closing lid (case)?
I have setup a dualscreen setup for my notebook with an ATI video card (ATI mobility radeon hd 5470) using Catalyst Control Center.
The monitor extends the desktop of the notebook's screen. This ...
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Disable Crossfire on an ATI HD 5970
I'm trying to create a computation cluster using ATI GPUs. The problem is that I have to disable Crossfire in order to get maximum performance out of the ATI Radeon HD 5970 I bought to get started, ...
