amd_dc_opt.exe

The amd_dc_opt.exe doesn't actually run as a process. It is a program which seems to execute at startup, combined with the /usepmtimer line in boot.ini, and the AmdTools.sys driver in the C:\Windows\System32\Drivers directory. These use no noticeable background resources since they are very small files, and don't add anything to the process list since they run at startup, like device drivers (e.g. you don't see a process for your main graphics driver file).