Simviation Forum - Omega drivers

	Search the archive:

Simviation Main Site | Site Search | Upload Images

Simviation Forum › Computer Hardware & Software Forum › Computer Games & Software › Omega drivers

(Moderators: Mitch., Fly2e, ozzy72, beaky, Clipper, JBaymore, Bob70, BigTruck)

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Pages: 1

Send Topic

Print

Omega drivers (Read 1559 times)

Sep 17^th, 2003 at 12:25pm

michaelb15 Offline
Colonel
Whos that?
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

Gender:
Posts: 946

I downloaded them..... THAT SUCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it said from the start that they were unsigned.... then there was a probablem installing... so I skipped that after retrying a couple of times... then after that I restarted my computer... then I tried to go into FS 2004 to see if there is an inprovement, but it said that I can only run it in software mode... HMM so I try it in software mode, but I know that is just using my RAM for a Video card, i wasn't getting any improvement, so I exit out of FS 2004, And I try reinstalling the drivers yet again... Same problems

My system specs are:
p4 2.53 GHZ, with auto-overcloaking to 2.54GHZ
512 MB pc 2700
128 MB Radeon 9200
80 GB hard drive
windows XP

Am I doing somthing wrong???
If I am can you please help
Thanks in advance

I am somwhere I don't know where I am!!!&&

IP Logged

Reply #1 - Sep 17^th, 2003 at 1:16pm

Hamburgler Offline
Colonel
Self proclaimed "Official
Simviation Board Lurker"
wish I knew

Gender:
Posts: 207

sounds like that bad install mighta loused up your drivers all together. Reinstalling official ones might do the trick, but Omega drivers also change driver settings and add a few options to running the card, any one of those things possibly being the issue.
It may be wise to remove the driver set from the control panel's add and remove software section before attempting reinstall.
It should be noted, I didn't get full use of my Nvidia Omega drivers till I tweaked the driver settings a bit. FS9 seems to be finicky that way sometimes.

An Individual who makes it a habit to speak of his greater wisdom or intelligence over his peers, thinks too much of the wrong things, and too little of what's really important.

IP Logged

Reply #2 - Sep 17^th, 2003 at 2:00pm

JW Offline
Colonel
Don't tell me I'm wrong,
when you KNOW I'm right!
Amsterdam

Gender:
Posts: 820

For some reason you are always advised to first uninstall the drivers you have, then reboot.
When detecting new hardware (the vidcard that is), cancel the automatic install, choose to manual set them for 'standard VGA'-card, then reboot.
The system should start in video mode 640x480 with 256 colors, only then install the new drivers for the card.

So, basically, always
1: uninstall,
2: turn the video drivers to the standard VGA ones (640x480 w. 256 colors).
3: install the new video drivers

Might not work in this particular case, but did you?

&&

IP Logged

Reply #3 - Sep 17^th, 2003 at 8:42pm

blue1820 Ex Member
Its funner in a L1011
TRISTAR

Gender:

Did you uninstall your old driver? with the omega driver i think you leave the display driver and the omega wrights what it needs to and uninstall only the control panel driver.but i am pretty shure you halft to get rid of the control panel driver or the omega driver wont work.

IP Logged

Reply #4 - Sep 18^th, 2003 at 12:11pm

michaelb15 Offline
Colonel
Whos that?
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

Gender:
Posts: 946

ok... Before I go and delete all my drivers for my video card... What would you reccomend... the omega drivers...Or the Catillest drivers at the ATI website...
I am depending on your choices/experience What should I get

Thanks alot
Bye for now

I am somwhere I don't know where I am!!!&&

IP Logged

Reply #5 - Sep 18^th, 2003 at 4:08pm

Hamburgler Offline
Colonel
Self proclaimed "Official
Simviation Board Lurker"
wish I knew

Gender:
Posts: 207

I'd probably go with the Ati Catalyst drivers in this situation. While I have frequently used Omega's drivers, and have seen some performance improvments from time to time, the official drivers are probably a lot less of a hassle.
Omega's are sensitive to adjustments, and there isn't much you can change on the cards settings without nulifying the tweaks, pretty much.
Given my experiences with FS9 to date, I've found some of theses driver tweaks can sometimes conflict with FS, and allthough I've gotten the two to work together more often that not, messing with the wrong sliders on the vid cards setings has you reinstalling software again.
In blunt words, unless your getting 4fps and absolutely need tweaked drivers to make FS9 enjoyable, i'd stick with official drivers or leaked betas (hit or miss on performance gains, but gennerally, they work, and sometimes fix issues that you'd otherwise have to wait for official fixes on) from a reputable site like 3dGuru.com. Tends to be less hassle in the end.

An Individual who makes it a habit to speak of his greater wisdom or intelligence over his peers, thinks too much of the wrong things, and too little of what's really important.

IP Logged

Reply #6 - Sep 22^nd, 2003 at 2:14am

Emile Offline
Colonel
Brussels Belgium

Gender:
Posts: 69

Hello,
I moved from Omega to Starstorm drivers , I found that tha last version of Omega was less good than this one.
http://www.scale.hjem.wanadoo.dk/Starstorm/

see also guru3d.com

Emile EBBR Brussels Asus P4s800d-X P4 HT 3Ghz 2 Gb ram,1/ AGP GF 7800 GS with 2 monitors attached res 1152x854x32, 2/ PCI GF FX6200 1 monitor res 1152x854x32; 2 x 120 Gb, eSata 400Gb, 160 Gb external via USB, Dual Boot XP Pro SP3 DX 9c , Vista SP1 Home Premium; drivers XG 180.84

IP Logged

Reply #7 - Sep 22^nd, 2003 at 2:48am

Hamburgler Offline
Colonel
Self proclaimed "Official
Simviation Board Lurker"
wish I knew

Gender:
Posts: 207

Quote:

Hello,
I moved from Omega to Starstorm drivers , I found that tha last version of Omega was less good than this one.
http://www.scale.hjem.wanadoo.dk/Starstorm/

see also guru3d.com

Only problem is that those arn't for his radeon card made by ATI, But I'm looking into them for use myself, so thanks for posting.

An Individual who makes it a habit to speak of his greater wisdom or intelligence over his peers, thinks too much of the wrong things, and too little of what's really important.

IP Logged

Reply #8 - Sep 22^nd, 2003 at 9:32am

_526th_Fireman Offline
Colonel
S~ to all fair and honorable
pilots. S~!!
Joshua Texas

Gender:
Posts: 1148

I installed the Omega drivers for my 9800 card. They work great and seemed to give me a 3-4 fps boost right off the bat at my test site and the same settings.

Yes, you do have to uninstall the Control Panel first. The Omega drivers come with their own control panel. NOT doing this could cause problems.

I will probably continue to check different drivers out now and then. Usually the rule is, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" Meaning, if your current drivers are working fine, don't bother to change them. I only say this because it can be a hassle to change drivers. I have it to no matter what I do, I can easily revert back to my previous state. Therefore, I am not afraid to experiment a little bit.

Systemax Sabre Ultimate gaming rig.&&&&I got all the goodies and all the power I need to run anything thrown at me for the next two months!

IP Logged

Reply #9 - Sep 22^nd, 2003 at 5:13pm

michaelb15 Offline
Colonel
Whos that?
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

Gender:
Posts: 946

Ok I got the drivers... but no improvement Sad

Sad

Awwell, I did remove the old control panel and the driver... this time I had no problems installing, but no improvement Sad

Sad

I am somwhere I don't know where I am!!!&&

IP Logged

Reply #10 - Sep 22^nd, 2003 at 7:11pm

Iroquois Offline
Colonel
Happy Halloween
Ontario Canada

Gender:
Posts: 3244

As I understood it. Omega drivers are just the regular drivers with tweaks applied to improve graphics and speed. You can do this yourself with a program called Riva Tuner which is available at Guru3d. The idea of Omegas sounds great but keep in mind that everyone's system is different. The ability of Riva to tweak multiple settings manually makes it a must have for every gamer.

I only pretend to know what I'm talking about. Heck, that's what lawyers, car mechanics, and IT professionals do everyday. Wink

Wink

&&The Rig: &&AMD Athlon XP2000+ Palomino, ECS K7S5A 3.1, 1GB PC2700 DDR, Geforce FX5200 128mb, SB Live Platinum, 16xDVD, 16x10x40x CDRW, 40/60gb 7200rpm HDD, 325w Power, Windows XP Home SP1, Directx 9.0c with 66.81 Beta gfx drivers

IP Logged

Reply #11 - Sep 22^nd, 2003 at 7:15pm

michaelb15 Offline
Colonel
Whos that?
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

Gender:
Posts: 946

in the control panel of the omega drivers, what is the "clock rate"

I am somwhere I don't know where I am!!!&&

IP Logged

Reply #12 - Sep 22^nd, 2003 at 7:46pm

_526th_Fireman Offline
Colonel
S~ to all fair and honorable
pilots. S~!!
Joshua Texas

Gender:
Posts: 1148

If I remember correctly, the "Clock Rate" option allows you to Overclock the Video Cards CPU just like you would overclock your computer's CPU.

Personally, I would leave that alone unless you got lots of money to buy a new Video Card when you burn your present one up. Shocked

Shocked

Systemax Sabre Ultimate gaming rig.&&&&I got all the goodies and all the power I need to run anything thrown at me for the next two months!

IP Logged

Reply #13 - Sep 27^th, 2003 at 4:44am

Silver1SWA Offline
Colonel
Morgan Hill, Ca. (SF Bay Area)

Gender:
Posts: 703

Quote:

I downloaded them..... THAT SUCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it said from the start that they were unsigned.... then there was a probablem installing... so I skipped that after retrying a couple of times... then after that I restarted my computer... then I tried to go into FS 2004 to see if there is an inprovement, but it said that I can only run it in software mode... HMM so I try it in software mode, but I know that is just using my RAM for a Video card, i wasn't getting any improvement, so I exit out of FS 2004, And I try reinstalling the drivers yet again... Same problems

My system specs are:
p4 2.53 GHZ, with auto-overcloaking to 2.54GHZ
512 MB pc 2700
128 MB Radeon 9200
80 GB hard drive
windows XP

Am I doing somthing wrong???
If I am can you please help
Thanks in advance

Did you install the hacked or normal drivers? The hacked drivers are only for certain ATI cards. Stick with the normal omega drivers if you choose to go with omega. That is, unless you have the 9500 or 9700 (I think those are the cards that support the hacked drivers). I have a 9800 and I tried the hacked drivers and got that software mode message. I changed to the normal omega drivers and problem solved.

P4 3.20Ghz 800Mhz FSB&&1 GB PC3200 400Mhz DDR RAM (Dual Channel)&&Nvidia GeForce 6800GT 256MB 8X AGP&&SB Audigy MP3+&&Win XP Pro

IP Logged

Reply #14 - Sep 28^th, 2003 at 10:47am

JW Offline
Colonel
Don't tell me I'm wrong,
when you KNOW I'm right!
Amsterdam

Gender:
Posts: 820

Hey all,

reading this topic and watching it evolve, I decided to get them myself. The 2.4.78a version.
I tried 8 times, but every time it came up with a CRC error, everytime at a different place in the file... wouldn't install.
So I then 3x tried the v2.4.78. SAME THING! CRC errors, but at different places. Since this is the first time I get corrupted downloads I did a reboot after disabling the firewall, virusscan, adwatch and webwasher. Same results.
So then I tried a regular download from ATI, it worked fine. Did a download from simviations, worked as well.

Any idea's, BETTER, does anybody have them for me, to download them uncorrupted from maybe a personal homesite, that'd be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

&&

IP Logged

Reply #15 - Oct 1^st, 2003 at 10:53pm

michaelb15 Offline
Colonel
Whos that?
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

Gender:
Posts: 946

Quote:

Hey all,

reading this topic and watching it evolve, I decided to get them myself. The 2.4.78a version.
I tried 8 times, but every time it came up with a CRC error, everytime at a different place in the file... wouldn't install.
So I then 3x tried the v2.4.78. SAME THING! CRC errors, but at different places. Since this is the first time I get corrupted downloads I did a reboot after disabling the firewall, virusscan, adwatch and webwasher. Same results.
So then I tried a regular download from ATI, it worked fine. Did a download from simviations, worked as well.

Any idea's, BETTER, does anybody have them for me, to download them uncorrupted from maybe a personal homesite, that'd be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Ok that was my problem...
Did you uninstall the control panel? If you didn't, you have to... I also uninstalled the video card drivers just to be on the safe side... it worked fine for me

I am somwhere I don't know where I am!!!&&

IP Logged

Reply #16 - Oct 15^th, 2003 at 7:47am

JW Offline
Colonel
Don't tell me I'm wrong,
when you KNOW I'm right!
Amsterdam

Gender:
Posts: 820

Yeah... I did uninstall the controlpanel, it's says so in the readme.

BUT now that I followed my normal rules (uninstall the drivers so you get Standard VGA 640x480x256) the package WILL install.
Which was not in the readme. Thanks for the heads up Michaelb15!

Thought that might make useful info for others.

&&

IP Logged

Reply #17 - Oct 16^th, 2003 at 5:32pm

michaelb15 Offline
Colonel
Whos that?
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

Gender:
Posts: 946

Quote:

Yeah... I did uninstall the controlpanel, it's says so in the readme.

BUT now that I followed my normal rules (uninstall the drivers so you get Standard VGA 640x480x256) the package WILL install.
Which was not in the readme. Thanks for the heads up Michaelb15!

Thought that might make useful info for others.

oooopppppssss Forgot to post that.... Darn... I didn't know that you had to uninstall the drivers, but I guess I did the right thing when I was in the add/remove programs.... I deleted the drivers for the hell of it, just to be sure

Oh well you got it, that is the main thing!!!!

I am somwhere I don't know where I am!!!&&

IP Logged

Pages: 1

Send Topic

Print

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Top of this page

Simviation Forum » Powered by YaBB 2.5 AE!
YaBB Forum Software © 2000-2010. All Rights Reserved.

Valid XHTML

Valid CSS

Powered by Perl

Source Forge