ATI Catalyst Control Center™ 

Performance, stability, and control

AMD's award-winning ATI Catalyst Control Center™ delivers high performance, easy configurability, and advanced features and functionality far beyond traditional driver configuration software. The ATI Catalyst Control Center™ software application gives you complete control of performance and visual quality of your ATI Radeon™ graphics for a personalized visual experience on your PC.

Unmatched features & functionality

Start with a one-click installation, and use step-by-step configuration wizards to set up the ATI Catalyst Control Center for single or multiple displays. Adjust your display configuration for screen resolution, refresh rate, color depth, cloning, display rotations, and more. Choose pre-defined video setting profiles to match your viewing environment. Optimize visual quality for digital photos, HD video playback, and graphics-intensive PC applications.

ATI Catalyst Control Center user interface highlights

  • Wizards- use the simple ATI Catalyst Control Center Wizard to configure PC or HDTV display settings, 3D settings, and video settings in just a few simple steps.
  • Display Management- easily configure displays for optimal viewing, including multiple display configurations (extended, spanning, cloning if supported by the operating system) on every type of display (CRT, LCD, DFP, TV, HDTV). Drive up to three PC displays simultaneously with ATI SurroundView™.
  • 3D Settings- interact with a real-time 3D preview that demonstrates the effect of enabling various 3D settings for the best Direct3D or OpenGL game performance and rendering quality
  • Overdrive- maximize the performance of your AMD graphics accelerator using Overdrive's over-clocking controls
  • Video Settings- control an array of HD video settings and fine-tune big-screen HDTV displays for optimal playback quality.
  • GPU Recover- ATI Catalyst automatically detects software problems affecting the ATI Radeon graphics accelerator and recovers by automatically resetting the graphics processor and avoiding a system reboot (only available under Windows XP).
  • Hotkeys- quickly setup ATI Catalyst Control Center Hotkeys to instantly adjust and configure ATI Radeon graphics accelerators without running the ATI Catalyst Control Center application.
  • Profiles- save ATI Catalyst Control Center graphics settings in Profiles, each customized to different games or applications that each require specific graphics settings.

ATI Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition

ATI Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition features a flexible architecture that supports multiple Linux distributions, and supports AMD's Linux-based workstations and graphics with features including:

  • Display & panel settings
  • 3D settings
  • Color adjustments
  • Key hardware and software information
  • Vsync, quad buffer support, anti-aliasing, and more.

ATI Catalyst™ Control Center section 508 compliance details (VPAT)

The ATI Catalyst™ Control Center (CCC) is a Microsoft Windows application designed to provide a user interface to control the functionality of ATI graphics systems. This assessment was performed on Windows XP using the default system skin.

 ATI Catalyst Control Center™, ATI Catalyst, ATI CCC, Catalyst Drivers
 Criteria  Supporting Features  Remarks and explanations
(a) When software is designed to run on a system that has a keyboard, product functions shall be executable from a keyboard where the function itself or the result of performing a function can be discerned textually. Supported with exceptions: Keyboard access is provided throughout the CCC.
  1. Page tabs in the Catalyst Control Center cannot be accessed without using the mouse.
  2. Elements in the Simplified View list cannot be selected without using the mouse.
(b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features of other products that are identified as accessibility features, where those features are developed and documented according to industry standards. Applications also shall not disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system that are identified as accessibility features where the application programming interface for those accessibility features has been documented by the manufacturer of the operating system and is available to the product developer Fully Supported: CCC does not disrupt or disable any accessibility features of the operating system. CCC fully supports operating system accessibility features including StickyKeys, FilterKeys, MouseKeys, High Contrast and more.  
(c) A well-defined on-screen indication of the current focus shall be provided that moves among interactive interface elements as the input focus changes. The focus shall be programmatically exposed so that Assistive Technology can track focus and focus changes. Fully Supported: Visual on-screen focus and tracking is provided throughout the CCC.  
(d) Sufficient information about a user interface element including the identity, operation and state of the element shall be available to Assistive Technology. When an image represents a program element, the information conveyed by the image must also be available in text. Fully Supported: Text is associated with each element and all images have an associated text description in the CCC.  
(e) When bitmap images are used to identify controls, status indicators, or other programmatic elements, the meaning assigned to those images shall be consistent throughout an application's performance. Fully Supported: Standard and consistent images are utilized throughout the CCC.  
 (f) Textual information shall be provided through operating system functions for displaying text. The minimum information that shall be made available is text content, text input caret location, and text attributes. Supported with exceptions: Operating system settings for text content, caret location, and text attributes are used by the CCC.
  1. Text attributes such as font and font size cannot be set on the table of contents of the help dialog. Users must use an application such as Windows Magnifier to see a larger view of this element.
  2. Text attributes such as font and font size cannot be set on the top level pane buttons in the CCC.
  3. Text attributes such as font and font size cannot be set in the main Graphics Settings list.
(g) Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color selections and other individual display attributes. Supported with exceptions: CCC supports system-wide color settings as identified in the operating system display properties. If the user chooses to use a skin other than the default system skin, the selected skin, especially those available from third party sources, may not respect the user's selection of contrast and color settings.
(h) When animation is displayed, the information shall be displayable in at least one non-animated presentation mode at the option of the user. Fully Supported: The users can turn animation off in the preview panels to get feedback on a static view of the scene.  
(i) Color coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element. Fully Supported: CCC does not use color-coding to convey any information.  
(j) When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a variety of color selections capable of producing a range of contrast levels shall be provided. Fully Supported: CCC allows the user to select any and all of the contrast and color settings that the graphics hardware supports.  
(k) Software shall not use flashing or blinking text, objects, or other elements having a flash or blink frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. Fully Supported: CCC does not use flashing or blinking objects or text that falls within this frequency range.  
(l) When electronic forms are used, the form shall allow people using Assistive Technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues. Fully Supported: CCC electronic forms (dialog panes) support all Microsoft Windows XP accessibility features.