AMD Releases Catalyst 8.1 Drivers for Download

[Apoptosis]

AMD has just released Catalyst 8.1 for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Linux (coming soon) platforms on http://www.amd.com

Highlights of the Catalyst 8.1 Windows release include:

New features
OpenGL: MultiView support
* This release of Catalyst™ introduces MultiView support. This feature provides for full hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering across multiple graphics adapters setup in an extended desktop display configuration.

Resolved Issue highlights
* 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.
* Call of Juarez and Stalker and Timeshift: Launching the games under Windows XP no longer results in intermittent corruption or flashing being noticed.
* 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.
* TianJi: Logging into the game no longer results in the function buttons not working and the system setting window failing to open.
* 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.
* Google SketchUP: the application no longer fails to launch on systems running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeon HD 2900 series of product.

Note: We have also released the Catalyst 8.1 Hotfix driver with the following fixes / enhancements

* Fix for users having issues with their AGP ATI Radeon graphics card
* Crysis DirectX 10 Crossfire performance optimizations

Download the Catalyst 8.1 hotfix driver from here: http://support.ati.com/ics/support/defa ... onID=31625

Highlights of the Linux Catalyst 8.1 release (coming soon) include:

New features

Support for new Linux operating systems

* This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems:

o Ubuntu 7.10
o RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.1
o RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.6

Resolved Issues

* Corruption will no longer be noticed in the lower right corner of the display or on the mouse pointer after the system is running for a long period of time
* Connecting a display device that supports 1680x1050 to a system running Linux will no longer result in a maximum display resolution of 1280x1024 only being available
* Custom mode lines in xorg.conf will no longer be ignored by the fglrx driver
* Suspending to RAM or DISK on kernel version 2.6.23 or later no longer fails

[skier]

* Fix for users having issues with their AGP ATI Radeon graphics card

i hope so

[skier]

ALL tests for Direct3D and Direct Draw passed! finally! took ATI long enough for the right drivers for my card