ati cards and non ati drivers

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hi all,

i posted this the other day with no responses. since then i have read
about omega drivers. what are these and are the compatible with ati
cards. i started to look for more information but what to know if
someone could explain what these drivers are.

after reading about the problems that ati has with its catalyst drivers
and some peoples systems it made we wonder, are there other drivers that
are not made by ati that will work with there cards?

just curious.

im running the 4.9 and dont seem to have any issues after i went to a
350 watt power supply.

bob brozewicz

 

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I believe the Omega drivers are compatible with most ATI cards. I'm sure,
somewhere on the web site, it should cover this. I've tried them, from
time, to time, and have not noticed any marked difference.

It makes sense to me, that ATI's own drivers, would deliver the best overall
performance, within safe operating parameters, not causing risk of damage to
the card.

Bill Crocker


"bob brozewicz (news group)" <brozewicz.rf@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:%fS4d.9018$uz1.4030@trndny03...
> hi all,
>
> i posted this the other day with no responses. since then i have read
> about omega drivers. what are these and are the compatible with ati cards.
> i started to look for more information but what to know if someone could
> explain what these drivers are.
>
> after reading about the problems that ati has with its catalyst drivers
> and some peoples systems it made we wonder, are there other drivers that
> are not made by ati that will work with there cards?
>
> just curious.
>
> im running the 4.9 and dont seem to have any issues after i went to a 350
> watt power supply.
>
> bob brozewicz

 

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bob brozewicz (news group) wrote:

> hi all,
>
> i posted this the other day with no responses. since then i have read
> about omega drivers. what are these and are the compatible with ati
> cards. i started to look for more information but what to know if
> someone could explain what these drivers are.
>
> after reading about the problems that ati has with its catalyst drivers
> and some peoples systems it made we wonder, are there other drivers that
> are not made by ati that will work with there cards?
>
> just curious.
>
> im running the 4.9 and dont seem to have any issues after i went to a
> 350 watt power supply.

The Omega drivers are the standard ATI drivers with the configuration
settings fine-tuned for gaming instead of general use.

> bob brozewicz

--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

 

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"J. Clarke" <jclarke@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> bob brozewicz (news group) wrote:
>
> > hi all,
> >
> > i posted this the other day with no responses. since then i have read
> > about omega drivers. what are these and are the compatible with ati
> > cards. i started to look for more information but what to know if
> > someone could explain what these drivers are.
> >
> > after reading about the problems that ati has with its catalyst drivers
> > and some peoples systems it made we wonder, are there other drivers that
> > are not made by ati that will work with there cards?
> >
> > just curious.
> >
> > im running the 4.9 and dont seem to have any issues after i went to a
> > 350 watt power supply.
>
> The Omega drivers are the standard ATI drivers with the configuration
> settings fine-tuned for gaming instead of general use.

Yes, Omega drivers are fine-tuned Catalyst drivers, which usually outperform
Catalyst in benchmarks. Also, they are more stable than stupid Catalyst
drivers - I did find them to perform much better with 8500 and 9700 series
cards. The only card that gets lower results in benchmarks is my new
PowerColor 9600Pro EZ, but I need to do some more tweaking on it
There is also an option in Omega drivers for CS players to get better
frame-rate on newer cards =)

 

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Omega drivers are compatible with ALL ATI cards. Check out their websites.
And no, ATI's own drivers do not deliver best overall performance - that's
why there are tweaked drivers out there like Omega and at least 3 other
types.

"Bill Crocker" <wcrocker007@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:maOdnYoWTao5ac7cRVn-uA@comcast.com...
> I believe the Omega drivers are compatible with most ATI cards. I'm sure,
> somewhere on the web site, it should cover this. I've tried them, from
> time, to time, and have not noticed any marked difference.
>
> It makes sense to me, that ATI's own drivers, would deliver the best
overall
> performance, within safe operating parameters, not causing risk of damage
to
> the card.
>
> Bill Crocker
>
>
> "bob brozewicz (news group)" <brozewicz.rf@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:%fS4d.9018$uz1.4030@trndny03...
> > hi all,
> >
> > i posted this the other day with no responses. since then i have read
> > about omega drivers. what are these and are the compatible with ati
cards.
> > i started to look for more information but what to know if someone could
> > explain what these drivers are.
> >
> > after reading about the problems that ati has with its catalyst drivers
> > and some peoples systems it made we wonder, are there other drivers that
> > are not made by ati that will work with there cards?
> >
> > just curious.
> >
> > im running the 4.9 and dont seem to have any issues after i went to a
350
> > watt power supply.
> >
> > bob brozewicz
>
>

 

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On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 10:39:22 -0400, "Eugen T"
<viperz@pleasedontspam.com> wrote:


>"J. Clarke" <jclarke@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>news:cj140g016ci@news2.newsguy.com...
>> bob brozewicz (news group) wrote:

>> > hi all,

>> > i posted this the other day with no responses. since then i have read
>> > about omega drivers. what are these and are the compatible with ati
>> > cards. i started to look for more information but what to know if
>> > someone could explain what these drivers are.

>> > after reading about the problems that ati has with its catalyst drivers
>> > and some peoples systems it made we wonder, are there other drivers that
>> > are not made by ati that will work with there cards?

>> > just curious.

>> > im running the 4.9 and dont seem to have any issues after i went to a
>> > 350 watt power supply.

>> The Omega drivers are the standard ATI drivers with the configuration
>> settings fine-tuned for gaming instead of general use.

>Yes, Omega drivers are fine-tuned Catalyst drivers, which usually outperform
>Catalyst in benchmarks. Also, they are more stable than stupid Catalyst
>drivers - I did find them to perform much better with 8500 and 9700 series
>cards. The only card that gets lower results in benchmarks is my new
>PowerColor 9600Pro EZ, but I need to do some more tweaking on it
>There is also an option in Omega drivers for CS players to get better
>frame-rate on newer cards =)

The ' God Bless ' man himself tells you that the Omega's are optimized
for gaming not benchmarking.

They are not for benchmarks, but are excellent gaming drivers.

BoroLad

 

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"Eugen T" <viperz@pleasedontspam.com> wrote
> Omega drivers are compatible with ALL ATI cards. Check out their
> websites. And no, ATI's own drivers do not deliver best overall
> performance - that's why there are tweaked drivers out there like
> Omega and at least 3 other types.

And difference between all those modded drivers in
practice is something like 1fps and max 100 points in
3DMark compared to official Catalysts, so we are
certainly talking about massive differences here

Not to mention that old familiar "Whoa, this game truly
FEELS like running smoother with these drivers!" thing.

Isn't it always like that when people update their drivers,
everything mystically feels like running much better.
Advertisements from the driver's author also do help a
bit creating this illusion...

 

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I wonder why ATI doesn't tweak their own drivers. After all, they have the
engineers who compiled the drivers in the first place. I have used the
Omega drivers and I don't think there is anything wrong with them. But I
don't believe the drivers themselves are tweaked. I think that Omega just
adds a bunch of cool tools and a different Control Panel interface to help
the overclockers.

JK

"Aki Peltola" <aape@POISTAgamma.nic.fi> wrote in message
news:cj1mop$55c$2@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi...
> "Eugen T" <viperz@pleasedontspam.com> wrote
>> Omega drivers are compatible with ALL ATI cards. Check out their
>> websites. And no, ATI's own drivers do not deliver best overall
>> performance - that's why there are tweaked drivers out there like
>> Omega and at least 3 other types.
>
> And difference between all those modded drivers in
> practice is something like 1fps and max 100 points in
> 3DMark compared to official Catalysts, so we are
> certainly talking about massive differences here
>
> Not to mention that old familiar "Whoa, this game truly
> FEELS like running smoother with these drivers!" thing.
>
> Isn't it always like that when people update their drivers,
> everything mystically feels like running much better.
> Advertisements from the driver's author also do help a
> bit creating this illusion...
>