ATI Radeon Graphics Card Driver Catalyst 8.1 Windows Vista x32

Driver Brief

Version: 8.1
Release: 01/16/08
Update: 01/22/08
License:Free Driver
File Name: 8-1_vista32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_57724.exe
File Size: 38.4 Mb
Environment: Windows Vista x32
Category:Display And Video Driver Download
Vendor:ATI Technology
Subcategory:ATI Technology Display And Video Driver Download

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ATI Radeon 9550/9600/9700/9800/X300/X600/X700/X800/X1300/X1600/X1900/X1950/HD 2400/HD 2600/HD 2900 XT/HD 2900 XT/HD 3850/HD 3870 Series Graphics Card Driver Catalyst 8.1 Windows Vista x32. Display Driver, ATI WDM Integrated Driver, Catalyst Control Center (English Language Only) For the 32 bit version of Windows Vista.

The Catalyst software suite 8.1 contains the following:

  • Radeon display driver 8.451
  • Multimedia Center 9.16 (Windows XP only)
  • HydraVision (Windows XP only)
  • HydraVision Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
  • Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
  • WDM Driver Install Bundle
  • Southbridge/IXP Driver
  • Catalyst Control Center Version 8.1.

    New Features:

  • Avivo Update
  • Enhanced ATI Overdrive support for the ATI Radeon?HD 2900 Series

    Catalyst 8.1 introduces MultiView support. This feature provides for hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering across multiple graphics adapters. MultiView will provide hardware accelerated 3D rendering in a system containing multiple graphics cards on an extended desktop arrangement. This feature will allow for the rendering performance and additional frame buffer resources to be evenly shared with the second and third graphics adapters. This allows for a 3D application to have the same performance running on a secondary or third display device as if it were running on the primary display device. This feature will be supported under Windows XP (32 and 64 bit versions), Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit versions), and the Linux operating system. Product support includes:

  • ATI Radeon HD 3870 series
  • ATI Radeon X1950 series
  • ATI Radeon HD 3850 series
  • ATI Radeon X1800 series
  • ATI Radeon HD 2900 series
  • ATI Radeon X1650 series
  • ATI Radeon HD 2600 series
  • ATI Radeon X1600 series
  • ATI Radeon HD 2400 series
  • ATI Radeon X1550 series
  • ATI Radeon HD 2350 series
  • ATI Radeon X1300 series
  • ATI Radeon HD 2300 series

    This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

  • Bioshock: Flickering is no longer noticed during the cinematic introduction of the game.
  • Half-Life 2: Episode 2: Playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon HD 3800 series of product no longer results in the game failing to the desktop when CrossFire is enabled.
  • F.E.A.R.: A black screen no longer occurs when the display is set to 2048x1536 and the in-game AA option is enabled.
  • Lightsmark 2007: Running the benchmark no longer results in the robot character not being drawn properly.
  • Oblivion: Task switching between the game and the Windows Vista desktop no longer results in corruption being noticed when AA is enabled.
  • Oblivion: Flickering is no longer noticed when first making a move if the in-game settings are set to maximum, CrossFire is enabled and AF is set to 16x.
  • Oblivion: The game no longer fails and display corruption is no longer noticed when the game is minimized to desktop and then restored.
  • World In Conflict: The game no longer fails to the Windows desktop when the display resolution is set to 1280x768 and AF is set to 16x.
  • Creating a secondary user account and switching from the secondary user account to the primary user account no longer results in CrossFire failing to be enabled.
  • Connecting a secondary display device to a system containing an ATI Radeon x1200/1250/1270 series of product and enabling clone mode or extended desktop mode no longer results in horizontal line corruption being noticed when using a high refresh rate and display resolution.
  • Connecting a secondary display device and enabling clone mode no longer results in the inability of changing the display configuration when resuming from an S4 state.
  • Connecting an HDMI display device as the primary and setting the display resolution to 1280x1024 no longer results in an error message when attempting to personalize the display settings.
  • The Apply and Discard buttons are no longer enabled within the OverDrive tab after applying the hotkey to restore default VPU and Memory clocks.
  • Changing the Catalyst Control Center language support to Polish no longer results in duplicate options being displayed within the Avivo video options.
  • The text size is now set appropriately for the LCD Overview page when setting the language type to Japanese.
  • Truncated text is no longer noticed in the ATI OverDrive Unlock warning message.
  • Installing either two ATI Radeon HD 2400 series products no longer results in the ability to enable display device which are not connected to the system within the Catalyst Control Center->Display Manager.
  • The Catalyst Control Center no longer intermittently fails to launch on systems containing an ATI Radeon 9500/9600/9700 series of product and running Windows XP or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system.
  • Theater mode is no longer disabled or unavailable when connecting two display devices and enabling either clone mode or extended desktop mode.
  • The incorrect spelling of properties in Avivo color help page is now resolved.
  • Connecting an HDTV as the primary display device using a component video dongle and any other display device as a secondary display no longer results in software CrossFire failing to be enabled on the primary display device.
  • The display name no longer fails to enumerate for the secondary adapter in the OverDrive autotune window.
  • An additional System Setting Change dialog box no longer appears when enabling CrossFire.
  • Setting the DPI to 120 in the Display Properties no longer results in the combo box being cut-off.
  • The OverDrive version detection for legacy products is now resolved.
  • Clone mode no longer fails to be enabled when resuming from suspend mode.
  • Connecting a TV to a system running Windows Vista and containing an ATI Radeon 1300/15x0/1600 series of product no longer results in certain areas of the display appearing lighter than other areas.
  • Using the Cyberlink player to play a Blu-Ray title no longer results in the display device becoming green or black when resuming from suspend mode.
  • Resuming from an S3 state no longer results in the display continually blinking on systems running the Windows Vista operating system (64bit version).

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