Corel Corporation has just revealed that its BD-Live certified video playback software WinDVD offers support for AMD's latest graphics cards, the Radeon HD 4800 series. Powered by the 55nm RV770 chip, the Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 will enable WinDVD to provide dual-stream hardware acceleration for enhanced video performance, faster frame rates and reduced CPU usage.

"We are pleased Corel WinDVD is among the first video, DVD and Blu-ray Disc playback software products to support the latest ATI Radeon HD 4800 series graphics processors," said Denise MacDonell, Senior Director of Product Management, Digital Media at Corel. "Corel WinDVD with the ATI Radeon HD 4800 series graphics processors decodes two video streams simultaneously providing effortless playback of full HD content, even when viewing picture-in-picture content from Blu-ray Discs on a HD-enabled monitor. Corel WinDVD users will experience judder-free HD video playback providing a superior viewing experience."

The Radeon HD 4800-supporting WinDVD version is now being delivered to OEMs but retail customers will have to wait until late summer to get it.