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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?
(I'm using a small laoptop mainly for office work, so no gaming required)
Chin
Posted 2012-12-04T02:00:51.590
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The control center is an optional feature that is required only if you are unable to set up the desired options through the default "display settings" interface on Windows.
In the past, I have used the control center to configure the relative positioning of monitors, but the native support for managing monitor positions have improved (it is fully usable in XP) in Windows, thus making the software entirely unnecessary for my use.
Some of the features you will or will not miss are described on the official ATI page and includes functionality such as:
For the most part, one can do without these features, and the control center is not required for the driver to work properly.
Ярослав Рахматуллин
Posted 2012-12-04T02:00:51.590
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I'd like to add that settings can be tweaked using regedit. For example, here's how you can fix an overscan/underscan issue. It is unfortunate that CCC is a 150 MB piece of bloatware and AMD doesn't provide a reasonably sized settings editor on Windows, like aticonfig for Linux, leaving you with regedit as a last resort.
How do you set the anti-aliasing mode in games that don't have an in-game control for it? – David Schwartz – 2012-12-04T02:16:07.673
I don't play game on this laptop – Chin – 2012-12-04T02:25:36.133
If you never need it, then it's not necessary. – David Schwartz – 2012-12-04T02:36:32.080