What is Catalyst Control Center (CCC.exe)?

What is Catalyst Control Center (CCC.exe)?

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Catalyst Control Center is a utility that comes with the driver that makes your AMD graphics card work. It shows up as CCC.exe in your task manager, and in most circumstances you don't need to worry about it. You may have to dig into your Catalyst Control Center settings if you play games on your PC, and it may require attention if it ever goes haywire, but you're usually safe if you just leave it alone.

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CCC.exe (catalyst control center) memory leak

Catalyst Control Center starts when you turn on your computer because it needs to run in the background to manage the operation of your AMD graphics card. The same software was also used to manage ATI graphics cards before AMD bought ATI, so older computers with ATI cards may also have CCC.exe installed.

Unless you play video games on your computer, you probably never need to touch the Catalyst Control Center, but if you do, the software lets you check for driver updates for your graphics card and manage the card's operation.

Some of the basic things you can do with the Catalyst Control Center include changing the resolution or desktop area and the screen refresh rate. There are also several advanced settings that are useful for gamers. For example, you can change anti-aliasing settings in the Catalyst Control Center and remove jagged edges from 3D objects.