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

AMD Product Support
The Catalyst Vista driver for both the 32bit and 64bit versions of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system is supported on the following ATI Radeon products.
AMD Desktop Product Family Support for both Windows Vista and XP ATI Radeon HD 3800 series
ATI Radeon X850 series
ATI Radeon HD 2900 series
ATI Radeon X800 series
ATI Radeon HD 2600 series
ATI Radeon X700 series
ATI Radeon HD 2400 series
ATI Radeon X600 series
ATI Radeon X1950 series
ATI Radeon X550 series
ATI Radeon X1900 series
ATI Radeon X300 series
ATI Radeon X1800 series
ATI Radeon 9800 series
ATI Radeon X1650 series
ATI Radeon 9700 series
ATI Radeon X1600 series
ATI Radeon 9600 series
ATI Radeon X1550 series
ATI Radeon 9550 series
ATI Radeon X1300 series
ATI Radeon 9500 series
ATI Radeon X1050 series

AMD Multimedia Family Product Support for both Windows Vista and XP ATI All-in-Wonder X1900 Series
ATI All-in-Wonder X600 Series
ATI All-in-Wonder X1800 Series
ATI Theater 550 PRO
ATI All-in-Wonder 2006 Edition
ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Series
ATI All-in-Wonder X800 Series
ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 Series
ATI Theater 650

Note: ATI All-in-Wonder boards operate with AMD's Windows Vista ready display and capture drivers under the Windows Vista operating system. However, the Windows Vista Media Center application does not support TV/Capture functionality provided by the ATI All-in-Wonder. TV/Capture functionality is qualified to function with Snaptream's BeyondTV 4.6 for Windows Vista. Other third party solutions (such as Arcsoft's Total Media 3) may support TV/Capture with the ATI All-in-Wonder, but these applications have not been fully tested by AMD.
AMD Chipset Product Support ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Series
ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 Series
ATI Radeon X1250 Series
ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 Series
ATI Radeon X1200 Series
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Series
AMD 580X Series Chipset
AMD 690 Series Chipset

New Features
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

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:
* Call of Juarez and Stalker and Timeshift: Launching the games under Windows XP no longer results in intermittent corruption or flashing being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31612
* Enemy Territories Quake Wars v1.2: Flickering is no longer noticed when enabling Triple Buffering, setting AA to 8x and setting the display resolution to 2560x1600. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31610
* TianJi: Logging into the game no longer results in the function buttons not working and the system setting window failing to open. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31607
* World of Warcraft: Launching two game windows and switching between the game windows on a system with an Apple 30 inch display device no longer results in the game image failing to be drawn properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31608
* Google SketchUP: the application no longer fails to launch on systems running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeon HD 2900 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31609
* The movement of pictures now appear smooth under Excel (Office2007) when the color depth is set to 16bpp. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31167
* The AVIVO TV controls are now available under the Windows Media Center Edition operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31170
* The scaling function no longer fails under certain resolutions in the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31169
* The display now returns when attempting to log back on to the system after logging out of the system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31601
* Connecting an HDTV as a secondary display device no longer results in the display device failing to show up as a DTV (DVI) display device in the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31603
* The Windows XP operating system no longer hangs with a blank screen when running the Run Automated Clock Configuration Utility. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31611

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