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UnknownQuantity · Jan 21, 2008, 10:51 PM

I tried out the new Omega drivers (v2.169.21) and encountered an odd problem. When I boot my computer I get something like this:

1. Windows loading screen - OK
2. Desktop background image loads - OK
3. Start menu and desktop icons load - OK
4. Screen is filled for 3 to 5 sec with garbage graphical output - not good.
5. Desktop returns to normal, system seems to be perfectly stable, and I do get the advertised performance improvement for gaming - OK.

The garbage is an ugly, shifting, multicolor cross-hatch of horizontal and diagonal lines. The only time I've ever seen anything like it was when an old video card died. Best I can tell, I'm looking at corrupted or uninitialized video memory.

My first guess was that I needed to reinstall my AGP drivers, but I'm not experiencing the all-around slowness that should come with no AGP acceleration at all. In fact, once the problem clears up, things seem to be running better than they were with nvidia's drivers.

(Somewhat laughable) System Specs:
Win XP Pro, SP2
AMD Athlon 2800+
1 Gig RAM
Nvidia GeForce 6600
Envision EN7100e monitor
DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

I really like the performance boost from the Omega drivers, but I'm not comfortable with the bizarre goings on at startup. I'm worried that it's indicative of more serious stability issues that I'm not immediately noticing.

Any ideas?

Jan 21, 2008, 10:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
UnknownQuantity DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3	Omega Drivers - Problem on Startup I tried out the new Omega drivers (v2.169.21) and encountered an odd problem. When I boot my computer I get something like this: 1. Windows loading screen - OK 2. Desktop background image loads - OK 3. Start menu and desktop icons load - OK 4. Screen is filled for 3 to 5 sec with garbage graphical output - not good. 5. Desktop returns to normal, system seems to be perfectly stable, and I do get the advertised performance improvement for gaming - OK. The garbage is an ugly, shifting, multicolor cross-hatch of horizontal and diagonal lines. The only time I've ever seen anything like it was when an old video card died. Best I can tell, I'm looking at corrupted or uninitialized video memory. My first guess was that I needed to reinstall my AGP drivers, but I'm not experiencing the all-around slowness that should come with no AGP acceleration at all. In fact, once the problem clears up, things seem to be running better than they were with nvidia's drivers. (Somewhat laughable) System Specs: Win XP Pro, SP2 AMD Athlon 2800+ 1 Gig RAM Nvidia GeForce 6600 Envision EN7100e monitor DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) I really like the performance boost from the Omega drivers, but I'm not comfortable with the bizarre goings on at startup. I'm worried that it's indicative of more serious stability issues that I'm not immediately noticing. Any ideas?