Features

Displays Manager
Optimize your display configuration with the simplified desktop wizard or use the Desktop Manager to fine-tune your display, with adjustments for resolution, refresh rate, color depth, horizontal or vertical spanning, or to rotate, extend, or clone your display, along with special device settings for every type of available display, including LCD, HDTV, DFP, and others.

 

3D
Experiment with your 3D settings, and let your eye be the judge. Enable an advanced 3D feature, and the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center visually demonstrates the new setting with a real-time 3D-rendered scene. Direct3D and OpenGL API configuration are now combined into a single setting for one-click simplicity.
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Video Controller
Select from pre-configured video profiles to best match your viewing environment, eliminating the need to adjust contrast, brightness, gamma, and other settings for optimal viewing.

 

VPU Recovery
Detect and correct the rare occurrence when the graphics processor cannot respond to display driver commands. VPU Recover is your safety net that attempts to automatically reset the graphics processor so you can continue without interruption or data loss.

 

Overdrive™ Performance
Safely overclock your ATI Radeon™ XT graphics processor with Overdrive™, delivering a worry-free performance boost to maximize your visual experience with the next generation of demanding 3D games.
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Control Center View
Select the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center application view that fits your expertise. Start with the standard view, then move to the advanced view to access extra features and settings—even modify the view to remove settings or features to prevent them from being changed.

 

Hotkey Manager
Assign hotkeys to quickly adjust frequently changed graphics settings without loading the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center.

 

Profile Manager
Save your ATI Catalyst™ Control Center settings into profiles that can be activated in different ways: desktop shortcuts, user-assigned hotkeys, system tray quick-launched, and others. Associate a profile with a specific application or game, so it runs automatically custom-configured when the profile hotkey is activated.

 

Application “Skinner”
“Re-skin” your ATI Catalyst™ Control Center, and invent your own look and feel by choosing colors, styles, and shapes for a customized application to suit your taste.

 

SDK Customization
Modify the user interface of the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center, create your own plug-in applications, and add new features with the Software Developers Kit (SDK). ATI offers the SDK to developers and advanced users. Contact us for details.

Under the hood

The ATI Catalyst™ Control Center uses the extensible Microsoft® .NET client-server architecture framework to enable developers and advanced users to easily develop and integrate their own software features. The ATI Catalyst™ Control Center run-time (which can include third-party plug-ins) acts as the server component, providing the interface between the display driver and the Control Center user-interface client component. The .NET framework enables new ATI Catalyst™ Control Center features to be rapidly created in many programming languages, including C#, C++, C, Visual Basic, Java, and others.

ATI Catalyst™ Control Center architecture

The ATI Catalyst™ Control Center represents a stunning evolution of 3D graphics driver software, combining an intuitive interface and innovative features for an interactively enhanced visual experience. With the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center Software Developers Kit (SDK), third-party developers and advanced end users can create a uniquely personalized application to harness the immense visual power of any ATI Radeon-equipped PC.