Changes:

• New GUI based on wxWidgets working on a separate thread
  
• microVU, an all new VU0/VU1/COP2 recompiler
  
• VIF rewritten and a new Vif Unpack recompiler
  
• IPU improvements, many more videos now play perfectly
  
• Stable full screen operation with GSdx
  
• Alt+Enter Hotkey for real-time fullscreen/window mode switching
  
• Many new emulation options, complete with tooltips
  
• New MTGS, much more efficient and compatible
  
• New BIOS skipping method, more compatible and correct
  
• New Host File System Support
  
• Turbo/Slow motion settings for the frame limiter
  
• On the fly changing of settings and plugins
  
• Threaded Saving/Loading states, so it does not pause gameplay
  
• Built in ISO reader with a recently used ISO list
  
• Suspend / Resume emulation safely and fast
  
• Simplified plugin configuration dialog, with more options
  
• Full DVD9 game support (for example God of War, Xenosaga, Gran Turismo 4 etc)
  
• First time configuration wizard
  
• Settings stored in your User documents folder by default to prevent Vista / Windows 7 permission issues
  
• New Game database detects the game you run, displays compatibility info, and auto applies special game fixes/patches if needed
  
• Cheats are now separate from patches, cheats can be placed in the "cheats" folder and enabled/disabled from pcsx2´s file-menu
  
• Many important plugin updates, GSdx has many bugs and memory leaks fixed, SPU2-X makes dozens of games boot which never did before
  
• And a huge amount of improvements and bug fixes which we don´t remember anymore

Waaahhh... machen die jetzt auch solchen Scheiss? Configuration files gehören ins App-Verzeichnis! (unter Windows)

Technically PCSX2 0.9.7 is r3119 -- but a foopah on our part had it misnamed. We already had all the downloads and torrents posted, though, by the time we realized. So it stayed where it's at.