ATI Catalyst Display Driver Vista32 8.1 Download

Posted at December 31, 2024 by PCI-DB Team

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Device Name	ATI Catalyst Display Driver Vista32 8.1
Category	Graphics Board
Manufacturer	ATI
File Size	18 MB
Supported OS	Windows Vista

ATI Catalyst Display Driver Vista32 8.1 Description

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 Vista Operating System

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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31570
* 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30753
* 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31567
* Lightsmark 2007: Running the benchmark no longer results in the robot character not being drawn properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31573
* Oblivion: Task switching between the game and the Windows Vista desktop no longer results in corruption being noticed when AA is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31568
* 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31152
* Oblivion: The game no longer fails and display corruption is no longer noticed when the game is minimized to desktop and then restored. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31151
* 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30752
* 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28786
* 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31144
* 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31157
* 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31165
* The Apply and Discard buttons are no longer enabled within the OverDrive tab after applying the hotkey to restore default VPU and Memory clocks. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31543
* Changing the Catalyst Control Center language support to Polish no longer results in duplicate options being displayed within the Avivo video options. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31544
* The text size is now set appropriately for the LCD Overview page when setting the language type to Japanese. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31545
* Truncated text is no longer noticed in the ATI OverDrive Unlock warning message. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31555
* 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31556
* 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31559
* Theater mode is no longer disabled or unavailable when connecting two display devices and enabling either clone mode or extended desktop mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31560
* The incorrect spelling of properties in Avivo color help page is now resolved. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31562
* 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31563
* The display name no longer fails to enumerate for the secondary adapter in the OverDrive autotune window. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31564
* An additional System Setting Change dialog box no longer appears when enabling CrossFire. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31565
* Setting the DPI to 120 in the Display Properties no longer results in the combo box being cut-off. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31566
* The OverDrive version detection for legacy products is now resolved. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31569
* Clone mode no longer fails to be enabled when resuming from suspend mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31571
* 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31572
* 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31574
* Resuming from an S3 state no longer results in the display continually blinking on systems running the Windows Vista operating system (64bit version). Further details can be found in topic number 737-31575

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