The atitool.exe extension file is a product developed by http://atitool.techpowerup.com under the ATITool Overclocking Utility software or simply ATI Overclocking Utility. Another name for atitool.exe is ATI Overclocking Utility. This is located on the Windows subfolder C:\Program Files with storage size of 3,035,136 bytes at 30% in most instances. It has actually seven more variants in bytes size when stored on a Windows 7 and XP computer. The file atitool.exe can be located on the taskbar of a user’s computer. The file is not a core file but has a visible window and has the capability of tracking programs making it 24% dangerous to other program files existing on the Windows Computer. The ATITool Overclocking Utility was originally designed to support NVIDIA video cards, tweak memory timings on ATI cards, scan visual artifacts, extract video card, and detect 3D applications to name a few of its functions.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. atitool.exe. is used by ATITool Overclocking Utility, If you shut down atitool.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop atitool.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is ATITool Overclocking Utility, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed atitool.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as ATITool Overclocking Utility, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if atitool.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that atitool.exe, belongs to, in this case ATITool Overclocking Utility