We have 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 CatalystT 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 CrossFireT 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, CrossFireT 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/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=31625
Highlights of the Linux Catalyst 8.1 release (coming soon) include:
New features
Support for new Linux operating systems
This release of ATI CatalystT 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
For more information on Catalyst 8.1 (for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux versions), including all of the resolved issues in this release, please see the Catalyst 8.1 release notes found in driver download section.
