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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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Are AMD Crossfire multi-monitor restrictions active at all times or only when in a full screen game?

I'm considering a dual graphics card setup for 6 monitors. I'll have two identical cards, AMD Radeons, so I'd like to benefit from a Crossfire setup. I've read Crossfire will disable the outputs on ...
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My AMD Driver update does not work?

I have a question about my pc driver. When i start my game fortnite my Windows keeps saying a text Already tried to fix it but it does not work. I would appriciate if someone could help me. My ...
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Secondary monitor flickers after Windows 10 update (when using PowerPoint)

Background: Asus PC (circa 2015) running Windows 10, PowerPoint 2010 AMD Radeon graphics card (model unknown at this writing) Second monitor is really a splitter to a projector and wide-screen TV (...
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Finetuning Overscan/Underscan on ATI Radeon

I have a Radeon R7 200 series graphics card on my PC, and i have just connected a TV (Samsung 37") to its HDMI port, and im currently working with the overscan/underscan settings. My TV is setup to 16:...
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Enabling 4K on HD6870 with mDP to DP cable Dell P27

Im not able to get the resolution over 1920x1080 on the Dell P2715Q, while using 22" via DVI, and another 22" with miniDV to dvi. I haven't tried without the other two disconnected yet. What i did ...
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Windows 10 uninstalling my graphics driver and replacing it with a different one [duplicate]

Recently, my computer has been uninstalling its current graphics driver and replacing it with that of a different type of graphics card. It goes from AMD Catalyst version 15.7.1 to an AMD Radeon ...
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Display or GPU crashed. How to navigate to Device Manager on Windows

I have an HP G32-301TX with an AMD Mobility Radeon 5470 GPU. Long story short, the GPU doesn't like to be in High-Performance mode very much, it would BSOD and after I forced it shut down (with the ...
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AMD Crimson Driver is freezing down my machine

I have an HP Pavilion 15, running Windows 10 Anniversary Update (ver 1607). The machine has Radeon Graphics, specifically AMD Radeon HD 8400/R3 Series and also Radeon HD 8600 M Series. Initially, ...
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Function of ACP Application in AMD's Graphics Support Software?

What purpose does the ACP application serve on Windows with an AMD GPU? I'd rather not have another set of apps or services running if they are there for something that I don't need. All I could ...
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Reset/purge OC profile without opening AMD crimson / radeon settings

Today I was reckless and applied some overclock settings on my radeon card that were way too high, and now when windows loads up the whole screen fills with visual artifacts and shortly reboots. ...
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clinfo hangs when using fglrx-core on Kaveri

I've had a working installation with OpenCL running and unfortunately executed dist-upgrade on my Ubuntu (because of the glibc bug). Then I recognized that OpenCL was not working anymore.I re-...
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Switch primary graphics card

I currently have two separate AMD graphics cards installed in my PC. A HD 7870 and a r9 390. I only need one of them at the moment, but I will need the second one, once I get a second monitor. The ...
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Could not switch to discrete graphic card AMD Radeon HD 6470M from Intel HD 3000. Switchable graphics options missing in context menu, what do i do?

My laptop HP Pavilion G6-1068SE has Intel HD 3000 On Board Graphics along with 1GB discrete Radeon HD 6470M graphics. When I did a fresh install of Windows 10 x64, Windows Update automatically ...
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Windows decided maximum resolution of BenQ G2420HD is 1280x1024

My monitor works at 1920x1080. But after a reboot Windows 10 suddenly switched to 1020x768 and shows it as the recommended resolution, with the maximum of 1280x1024. The correct resolution seems to be ...
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windows 10 on laptop with dual AMD graphics with one card is legacy

I've an hp laptop with dual graphics cards, iGPU is 45xx which belongs to legacy driver and dGPU is 54xx, which belongs to current version. Legacy and current version of drivers are incompatible. So ...
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Do I need both AMD and ATI Catalyst Control Center?

I was browsing through some programs to remove, to save some disk space, and I found that I both have AMD Catalyst Control Center and ATI Catalyst Control Center. Do I need both of them, and if not, ...
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How to shut down CCC.exe and MOM.exe

When I start up my computer(Windows 8), it shows that it's disk usage is 100% (in task manager). It seems that CCC.exe(Catalyst Control Center: Host application) and MOM.exe(Catalyst Control Center: ...
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Adjusting overscan with onboard graphics?

I have just purchased a new monitor (AOC I2267F) and I am having issue with black borders around the edges of the monitor. I get this issue when using both HDMI and VGA (monitor has no DVI port), ...
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Brightness on laptop doesn't work at all

I have an ASUS k72dr laptop. It's hard drive died, so I bought a new one. After installing Windows only available screen resolution was 800x600, obviously because of lack of proper video card driver. ...
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laptop does not support monitor native resolution (2560x1080)

I have a LG 29UM65-P monitor with 2560x1080 resolution. I try to show my laptop display on this monitor with HDMI cable, but the max supported resolution in the Windows settings is 1920x1080! My ...
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Getting 4K@60Hz via ATI R9 290 display-port on Panasonic TC65-AX-800U

Hi I have an AMD R9 290 card, under linux, with the proprietary Catalyst 14.50.2 driver; the AMD Card only Has HDMI-1.x which can't do 4K@60Hz, but it does have display port which is capable of 4K@...
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Ubuntu AMD Graphics card Drivers (AMD r9 275)

I have a Lenovo y40-80 with an AMD Radeon R9 275 graphics card. I installed the AMD Catalyst Control drivers on Ubuntu Gnome, but in my settings it says my graphics card is a TROPO XTX (6820). Here ...
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BSOD when installing AMD graphics drivers

This problem is a recurring one. I've had it happen before, but I've always been able to fix it. Whenever I try to install Windows drivers for my MSI R6570 graphics card, I get a blue screen with ...
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Computer stopped detecting monitors

I have a pc with a AMD E6760 graphics, 6 outputs, 5 are in use. All monitors have been checked with other hardware confirmed to be working fine. The pc was running fine until after a reboot, at this ...
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Screen resolution cannot be set properly

A friend of mine bought a new machine for his parents. It is runnning Windows 7 and has an AMD APU. The monitor only has an analogue connector. If I try to set the resolution of the monitor to the ...
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R9 270X - poor 3D performance with Catalyst, resolution trouble with radeon

I recently bought an XFX Radeon R9 270X and run Ubuntu 14.04 on it. I use it via HDMI to a (plasma) TV. I also make use of HDMI audio through it. Before my upgrade, I forced xrandr to use a custom ...
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Are AMD Drivers Required?

I just bought a graphics card, specifically this one. It's AMD-made. I've never done much on the hardware side of my PC. I would like to know: Do I really need AMD Catalyst (or whatever) drivers? ...
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Text looks terrible on second display

I'm running Windows 8.1 and have two HDMI TVs hooked up to my PC, one I use regularly and one I've just hooked up as an extended display. Problem is, text looks terrible on my second display! I've ...
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Color management: Unable to change color temperature

I've recently bought a second display. Setting it up was easy, but the display has a certain yellowness to it that my other display does not, though it's not that much that it is completely unusable, ...
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Unable to install legacy AMD display drivers for Ati HD 3600 in Windows 8.1 x64

So, here is my problem. I have an AMD HD 3600 card in my desktop and I wanted to install the official display driver from AMD (version 13.1 stable, or 13.4 beta, both had the same results). The ...
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Dual graphic card issue on Samsung laptop

So I have a laptop with two graphic cards on it - Intel Graphic HD 4000 and ATI Radeon 7670M. I do know how to "force" programs to use ATI Card by using the Catalyst Control Center but this "magic ...
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Catalyst Control Center Stops working when graphic card is being used

It's been a while since I have this problem with my system. Whenever I use programs (except games) that somehow use Hardware Acceleration such as Browsers, Video Converters, Photoshop etc, my screen ...
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Unable to start GUI with Lubuntu

Until this morning I haven't any major problem with my computer after updating the OS (Lubuntu) , until the amdcccle crashed not for the first time but this one was special because after this I'm ...
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Cannot see GUI when trying to install AMD Catalyst

I am trying to install the amd driver for linux.When I run the .run file the GUI appears without any of the text for the widgets being available.
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Dual display using onboard and PCI-E Video card

I have an ECS A790GXM-AD3 Motherboard with a AMD Phenom II X3 and a XFX Ati R7 240 video card. I have 2 VGA monitors that I want to configure in extended desktop and the video card doens't support the ...
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kdbsync.exe has stopped working

I have a Dell Studio XPS 1645. Since upgrading to Windows 8, it will always display the following error message "kdbsync.exe has stopped working". How can I resolve this problem?
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How to install kernel 3.9 in Debian Jessie from repos?

I was wondering if it is possible to install kernel 3.9 in Debian Jessie from repos. A brief check shows that there are only 2.6, 3.2 and 3.13 kernels in repos Compiling my own kernel is the last ...
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AMD Catalyst Overdrive worry [closed]

Last night, I explored catalyst and found this feature called Overdrive. I checked the box and raised the following parameters I raised the clock speeds by 200mhz for both gpu and memory. I also ...
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Installing ATI drivers on a Switchable Graphics Laptop

I recently re-installed Windows 7 and downloaded all the necessary updates, but it never updates my ATI drivers to the latest version. I had to do it manually by uninstalling the current version and ...
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How to forcibly enable Dual Graphics/Crossfire support for Kaveri and R7 250?

I recently built one of those newfangled AMD Kaveri systems, but am having a little trouble setting it up for dual graphics/Crossfire. Here is the hardware list: Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty FM2A88X+ ...
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Cannot get Ubuntu 13.10 to work with AMD Catalyst 13.12 - black screen

I have installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu 13.10 x64 and AMD Catalyst 13.12. When booting up, I see the Ubuntu logo splash screen for a second, then it just goes to a black screen. I am using the R9 290x ...
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How to properly identify legacy AMD (ATI) IGP graphics unit and install drivers for it?

I have this OEM board made by ASUS. The model number is M2R-FVM. I have done a clean install of Windows Vista and I need to install proper drivers for it. I'm not sure what drivers to get. If I open ...
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Connecting PC to video converter with HDMI

I have purchased a device to convert the HDMI output coming from my PC and connect it to a older TV. I want to use it as a second display, mainly for videos. The device does not register to my video ...
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Blue and yellow dots on screen after motherboard replacement

I use windows 7 x64 and have a Dell Studio XPS 1645 with a AMD RADEON Mobility HD 4670 video card. A Dell engineer has replaced the motherboard a week ago after experiencing this problem. I have ...
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Display drivers have stopped responding

When I try to open Catalyst Control Center of AMD 8730 (Model Dell Inspiron 15R 5521) this message appears: Catalyst Control Center cannot be started. There are currently no settings that can be ...
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Some games freezing during startup and using 100% of one CPU core

I have a Radeon HD 5870 and Windows 7 with all updates installed. I used 13.4 drivers previously, but upgraded to 13.9 now. When I start Metro 2033 in DX10 or DX11 mode the game freezes before ...
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AMD Catalyst - auto brightness issue

I have a LG 22ea63v monitor and i recently bought (i was using my cpu's graphics card) a gigabyte 7790 graphics card. My OS is windows 8. I've installed the latest version of amd catalyst. The ...
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AMD Catalyst keeps crashing

I have Windows Server 2012 running with 3 screens and a Radeon HD 5xxx series video card. I've installed all the versions of the Catalyst software including the betas. Every now and again randomly, ...
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Missing option tabs in Catalyst Control Center

My Specs: CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 CPU 1055T (6x2.8Ghz) RAM: 12GB (mixed manufacturer - had the problem before I upgraded so it should be irrelevant) GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD5830 OS: Windows 8 (...
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How do I disable Vari-Bright (atibtmon.exe) without Catalyst Control Center?

Related to: When AC Power is disconnected, atibtmon.exe throws a Runtime error I have a very similar configuration, ATI mobility Radeon HD 3670 on Dell XPS Studio 16 using Windows 7 64-bit, and have ...
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