Omega drivers based on Cat 3.8 out now!

[cmdrdredd]

GET IT HERE

Anyone that uses Omega Drivers for their Radeon can get the new ones based on cat 3.8. Just one day after the official release. Awesome...just awesome

 

[boyRacer]

damn he's quick...

 

[1ManArmY]

nice turn around time

 

[cmdrdredd]

the d/ld sites are getting hammered

 

[1ManArmY]

hmm i wail I still havent loaded up the cat 3.8 yet

 

[Stealth1024]

can't get any of the download sites to work at the moment... try back later I suppose

 

[ZimZum]

Originally posted by: Stealth1024
can't get any of the download sites to work at the moment... try back later I suppose

FileMirrors

 

[NorrinRadd]

Im having issues with the new Omega drivers based on Cat 3.8 on my ATI 9700Pro. After about 20-30 min playing DAoC, my comp freezes and my Monitor looses signal. I have to hard boot to recover. This is the first time my comp crashed since i got it and the last thing I did was load the new Omega drivers. It happened 3 times last night.

I have used the Omega drivers for the last few months and have been happy with em, but it looks like i have to go back to the older ones. I am running WinXp Pro with an Athon 2800, Chaintech Nforce 2 mb, and 1GB ram.

 

[Robor]

I was gonna upgrade from the previous version of the Omega's but my system has been very stable so I'm thinking the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach might be better...

Thanks for the info NorrinRadd and welcome to the AnandTech forums!

 

[NorrinRadd]

Thanks for the welcome, Ive been a reading these boards a long time, finnally registered lol.

 

[Killrose]

I could'nt get the 3.8 Omega to install (Win9x) so i'm back running the vers based on the 3.6's which ran perfectly fine. Now I have a problem in bf1942. I get checkerboarding on buildings, some vehicles, only happens once in a while, and if I Alt+Tab out of game, then re-enter the game, it goes away for a while before reapearing.

Does'nt effect other games.

 

[kitkit201]

Gonna sound lame here but what's the difference between omega's and ati drivesr? my 8500 is pretty good with the new drivers from ati (3.8) ?

 

[Killrose]

Originally posted by: kitkit201
Gonna sound lame here but what's the difference between omega's and ati drivesr? my 8500 is pretty good with the new drivers from ati (3.8) ?

Omega takes Ati drivers and mods them usually for IQ improvements and game fixes which Ati can't use because then their drivers might not meet WHQL certification. At least thats what i've heard.

 

[GrumpyMan]

Tried the Omegas too and got the big freeze in GTA 3. On a reboot everything is changed back to default settings. Also when I go to 2 monitors, the 3-D tab changes for me in Advanced properties. I can no longer change any settings. Weird. I'll try the regular 3.8s tomorrow.

 

[Stealth1024]

Do I need to uninstall the old ones first?

 

[Killrose]

Downloaded the 3.8 from Ati and had no problems installing them. Weird that the Omega's would not install for me, and I even tried 2 totally seperate Downloads from 2 different sites.

Hopefully the BF1942 problems are gone. What little I was able to play seemed ok.

 

[hollowman]

why do you guys prefer Omega over ATI's driver?

Edit: nm. looks like Killrose answered the question.

 

[Stealth1024]

<FONT face=Verdana size=1>hollowman: I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 with an ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 64MB, Dell hasn't released new drivers in years. Not only were they a bit unstable but performance was aweful compared to the performance with the new drivers in many games (yes a 512MB ram upgrade and 7200RPM 60GB hd might have had something to do with it also...)</FONT>

 

[hollowman]

Originally posted by: Stealth1024
<FONT face=Verdana size=1><STRONG>hollowman</STRONG>: I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 with an ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 64MB, Dell hasn't released new drivers in years. Not only were they a bit unstable but performance was aweful compared to the performance with the new drivers in many games (yes a 512MB ram upgrade and 7200RPM 60GB hd might have had something to do with it also...)</FONT>

i thought all the radeons used unified drivers?

 

[Lonyo]

IIRC Omega is "quick" because ATi supply him with a copy of drivers so he can get them out as close to official release as possible. Fairly sure that's what I read.

 

[Stealth1024]

ATI drivers from their website won't work with my dell notebook since ATI wants you to get specially packaged drivers from the OEM...

 

[Tetsuo]

The Omega 3.8's were out before the ATI ones

 

[Vonkhan]

bah

glitchy as hell

crashes some games and 3dmark03

 

[Lawranch]

The ATI 3.8's lock up in Call of Duty for me.

 

[Wedge1]

Originally posted by: Lawranch
The ATI 3.8's lock up in Call of Duty for me.

I have the Demo and it runs fine for me. I'm running a BBA 9800np and I could bore you with my specs but it wouldn't help. What are your specs?