Download Driver For ATi Catalyst 7.1 Vista

Earlier this month, Amd already released Catalyst driver version 7.1 for Windows XP and on this day when Microsoft finally released its latest version of Windows to the general public, this same Catalyst version is now also available for download for Windows Vista. The driver for the 32-bit version of Windows Vista weighs a whopping 38.7MB. For the 64-bit version may be added another 10MB. And then you only have the English language. Under the motto ‘we can’t make it more fun, we can make it bigger’, because international versions are also available and these are 89.3 and 99.4 MB respectively. However, the driver does contain a large number of improvements. For example, there is support for playing Blu-ray and HD-DVD, provided that an HDCP-ready screen is connected to the video card, CrossFire and OpenGL can now also be used, and there is a completely renewed Catalyst Control Center. The full version 7.1 release notes for Windows Vista are as follows:

New Features

• Blu-ray and HD DVD playback. Note: A HDCP ready display is required
• Crossfire support under Vista
• Native OpenGL Vista support
• Catalyst Install Manager for Vista
• New Catalyst Control Center
  • Significant performance gains; Catalyst Control Center start-up time has been substantially reduced, and overall responsiveness has improved.
  • Reduced system resource usage
  • New 3D preview – significantly improves the ability for users to understand the benefits of enabling the many Catalyst features of their ATi Radeon graphics accelerator
  • Increased stability
  • Native Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit support

Resolved issues

• Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter: Intermittent Display corruption is no longer noticed within the game when setting the in game display option to high texture quality an the display resolution to 1280×1024 70Hz
• The Catalyst Control Center no longer takes a longer than expected amount of time to launch under the 64 bit version of the Windows Vista operating system
• Attempting to un-install the graphics driver no longer results in the Vista operating system failing to respond requiring a reboot before the driver successfully un-installs
• Catalyst Control Center->Avivo Video->Deinterlacing: The Pulldown Detection option is no longer available on products that do not support the function
• Connecting a CRT to a system containing an ATi Mobility product no longer results in the hot key function to toggle between the display devices not functioning properly
• Setting the Vista Power Option to Balanced mode no longer results in an audio pop being heard when playing an audio file
• Installing the graphics driver and rebooting the Vista operating system as required no longer results in the display resolution of 1280×800 not being available
• Catalyst Control Center->Display Manager: Connecting a display device using the DVI connector no longer results in the display device failing to be recognized in the Catalyst Control Center
• Disconnecting the primary display device when the Windows Vista operating system is in a standby state no longer results in the log-in screen failing to appear when resuming
• Installing the graphics driver on a system containing an ATi Radeon Xpress 1100 or 1150 product no longer results in the native resolution of 1280×1024 failing to be applied
• Connecting a secondary (CRT) display device to a system containing an ATi Radeon Xpress 200 series product no longer results in the inability to set the secondary display device as the primary
• Enabling closed captioning when using WinDVD8 to play a DVD title no longer results in the closed captioning failing to be shown
• Enabling the 3D Only option in the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in the checkbox becoming un-checked when clicking the Apply button
• Enabling extended desktop and rotating either one or both of the displays no longer results in the secondary display device becoming disabled when selecting to swap the display devices within the Catalyst Control Center
• Setting the Vista Power Option to Balanced mode no longer results in an audio pop being heard when playing an audio file
• The device profile is now retained when switching back and forth to various display configurations
• Disconnecting the primary display device when the Windows Vista operating system is in a standby state no longer results in the log-in screen failing to appear when resuming

Known issues

• Call of Duty: Setting AA to either 2 or 4x may result in display corruption or the Vista operating system failing to respond when using an ATi Radeon X800/850 series of product
• Call of Duty->United Offensive: Setting the in game video mode to 2048×1536 may result in display corruption being noticed when playing the game under Windows Vista
• City of Heroes: Changing the display resolution to 2560×1600 or higher may result in the game failing to run
• Doom 3: Setting AA to 4x and AT to 8x along with the display resolution to 2560×1600 may result in display corruption being noticed
• Doom 3: Attempting to play the game on a system running the Windows Vista operating system and containing an ATi Radeon X550/700 series of product may result in the operating system failing to respond
• Never Winter Nights->Shadows of Under tide: Attempting to play the game on a system containing an ATi Radeon X800/850 series of product and running the Windows Vista operating system may result in game failing to respond after playing the opening cinematic
• Never Winter Nights->Shadows of Undrentide: Attempting to play the game under the Windows Vista operating system (64bit version) may result in the opening cinematic failing to play when using an LCD display device
• NHL 07: The in-game display settings may fail to be applied when playing the game under the Windows Vista operating system when using a supported ATi Radeon product
• Quake 4: game corruption may be noticed when playing the game under the Windows Vista operating system when using an ATi Radeon 9800 XT product
• X-Plane: Playing the game under the Windows Vista operating system may result in display corruption being noticed when using an ATi Radeon X1900/1950 series of product
• The Force TV option may still be active after deselecting the option and then re-launching the Catalyst Control Center
• Corruption may be noticed during fast motion of DVD playback when using MCE/WMP
• Catalyst Control Center->Display Manager: Connecting only a CRT display device to a system running Windows Vista may result in TV display modes being available
• Playing a DVD under the Windows Vista operating system using the Windows Media Player may result in the DVD failing to play when switching between display devices using the hot-key function
• The Microsoft Vista gamma settings set by the operating system may be overwritten when launching the Catalyst Control Center
• The Microsoft Vista operating system may fail to resume from an S3 state on systems containing an ATi Xpress 200 series product
• A flickering display may be noticed when playing a DVD using the Windows Media Player in full screen and resuming from a standby state after disconnecting a CRT display device. This issue may occur when using a system containing an ATi Xpress 1100/1150 series product
• Catalyst Control Center: The Help Launching Dialog is currently not localized for all supported languages
• Hot plugging or un-plugging a third display device when CrossFire is enabled may result in the primary display device being swapped and identified as the display device connecting to the primary port on the master card
• Connecting a TV to a system containing an ATi Xpress 200 series and setting it to PAL may result in the user not being able to control the display resolution on the LCD display when using the Catalyst Control Center
• The Windows Vista software driver for ATi Radeon products may fail to install if copied to a directory with a long name or to a directory with a long file path location
• Display corruption may be noticed when watching TV under the Windows Vista operating system when using an ATi Radeon X1600 series product
• The Catalyst Control Center may fail to launch under the Simplified Chinese version of Windows Vista
• Launching the Catalyst Control Center after hot-plugging a secondary CRT display device may result in the desktop image reverting to a black and white image requiring a re-installation of the display driver
• OverDrive may not function as expected under the Windows Vista operating system when running an OpenGL application.

[break]The following downloads are available:
ATi Catalyst 7.1 for the 32-bit version of Windows Vista
ATi Catalyst 7.1 for the 64-bit version of Windows Vista[break]