Radeon Omega Drivers v2.4.78 for Win 2k/XP

***Omegadrive*** · Sep 7, 2003, 11:25 PM

The new drivers are ready to go:

What's New?

* Based on the official Catalyst 3.7 ATI drivers. (9x/ME/2k/XP)
* Hope to have fixed all the "card not recognized" problems. (9x/ME/2k/XP)
* The 9500->9700 and 9700->9800 hacks are now two separate files, this will fix some incompatibility problems in 9500 cards not liking the 9800 optimizations. (2k/XP)

That's all for now, go here to download them (mirrors available) or just go to our downloads page here in DriverHeaven.

Enjoy!

Dyre Straits · Sep 8, 2003, 12:42 AM

Thank you, Omegadrive,

I have them installed and testing them now. (Both XP and 98/ME)

EDIT: Well, I still cannot reboot the computer successfully with the VIDEO OUT plugged in. I realize that's ATi's problem and not yours, though. I just wish it would get fixed.

Once again, the latest set I can use successfully is the CAT 3.4...either ATi's or Omega's.

~~BMG_Cya=-~~ · Sep 8, 2003, 01:04 AM

Hey Dyre. Let us know how they are compared to the Omega (3.6 based) in D3D...Aniso and AA applied.

Thanks...

KRN-Drak · Sep 8, 2003, 01:31 AM

going to test out bench's between the 2 now...

check sig for rig

MSX · Sep 8, 2003, 01:39 AM

Been busy have we omega? New site... and 2 driver releases. Well, all is well so far. Stable as any release. IQ top notch. I'll run some benches later after some gaming...

Dyre Straits · Sep 8, 2003, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BMG_Cya=-
Hey Dyre. Let us know how they are compared to the Omega (3.6 based) in D3D...Aniso and AA applied.

Thanks...

I can't give a good comparison to the 3.6 based as I didn't use those long enough to test them out.

I'm seeing some flickering cursor at the moment as I type this message. That's something new to me. The cursor flickers for a couple seconds and disappears for a second.

I just tried Jedi Academy Demo and it's prone to stuttering in places where I had no notice of any stuttering with the Omege based on CAT 3.4...or even the ATi official 3.4.

EDIT: This is with the new Triple Buffering selected in the OpenGL drivers.

~~BMG_Cya=-~~ · Sep 8, 2003, 02:13 AM

Oh yeah...I'll post my own rig-specs...might help for reference...

PC Specs:

AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (Barton @ 2184/356 FSB)
MSI K7N2G-ILSR nForce 2 8X AGP MOBO
Gigabyte Maya II/Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 Pro/9700 Pro
(Tweakmaster Ramsinks...and Always...Omega VPU Drivers)
WD/Maxtor 80GB/40GB HDD's (Maxtor is a back-up...Maxtor's suck...imo)
Creative Labs Audigy Gamer
Ultra Premium O'clocked Memory 768MB (Dual-Channel)
Intel Desktop Pro 10/100 Ethernet
Tornado F5 80mm (96 CFM VPU/Case cooler)
Evercool/Antec 80mm Case fans (x5) Other assorted fans (x3)
Kingwin 450-Watt 3-Fan PSU
Klipsch 5.1 (400-watt sub)
Grado Labs Prestige Series SR60 Phones
Microsoft Dual-Optical Intelli-mouse...MS KB
.......

~~BMG_Cya=-~~ · Sep 8, 2003, 02:17 AM

Hmmm...the Omega 3.6 based work good for me. 99% of D3D apps.=1280 x 960...4x AA...6xAF...V-sync...60+ FPS

3.7 doesn't sound good so far...

I'll keep an eye out for other's experiences....

Thanks Dyre...

KRN-Drak · Sep 8, 2003, 03:10 AM

Okay, here are benchmarks at stock speeds, and over clocked speed with the Cat 3.7's and Omega Drivers based off the cat 3.7's using 3d Mark 03 Pro...

CATALYST 3.7's

4841
Stock Speed (324/310.5)

5107
Overclocked (338.85/341.85)

Omega Drivers based off Cat 3.7's

4844
Stock Speed (324/310.5)

5117
Overclocked (338.85/341.85)

No big difference in bench's but from what I've normally noticed the Omega image quality is superior than with the Cat's and when I used the 3.5 and 3.6 Omegas I personally lost 800-1000 Benchmark points using Omegas as a sacrifice for image quality. So if the image quality hasn't been lowered any, and the drivers manage to squeeze enough performance out to win in FPS and wuality than these are some freaking awesome drivers.

Thnx so much Omega baby :P I wanna start a grphx card company, you wanna be in charge of driver development?

BWX · Sep 8, 2003, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by KRN-Drak
Okay, here are benchmarks at stock speeds, and over clocked speed with the Cat 3.7's and Omega Drivers based off the cat 3.7's using 3d Mark 03 Pro...

CATALYST 3.7's

4841
Stock Speed (324/310.5)

5107
Overclocked (338.85/341.85)

Omega Drivers based off Cat 3.7's

4844
Stock Speed (324/310.5)

5117
Overclocked (338.85/341.85)

Did you use the normal or 9700 to 9800 mod ?

shuki · Sep 8, 2003, 03:22 AM

latest driver listed is 2474a I see no 2478 driver for DL

BWX · Sep 8, 2003, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by shuki
latest driver listed is 2474a I see no 2478 driver for DL

http://www.driverheaven.net/downloads/index4.htm looking here?

KRN-Drak · Sep 8, 2003, 03:40 AM

9800 hacked of course :P

~~HawK~~ · Sep 8, 2003, 04:48 AM

Ah good new omega's

, Install went smooth after complete uninstall of Cat3.7
installed with 9700 -> 9800 hack
Image = crisp as ever

X2 Benchmark: Cat3.7: 48.855 fps (standard BM) 1280x960x32 2xAA
Omega 2.4.78 : 49.744 fps (standard BM) 1280x960x32 2xAA

Thx again Omega!!

shuki · Sep 8, 2003, 05:11 AM

sheesh it was my stoopid ISP that does not refresh like it should.... ctrl - F5 hooked me right up. Thanks BWX

@dek · Sep 8, 2003, 05:18 AM

Great job again Omegadrive! Keep up the good work.

I have mirrored those files and you can download them over here:
Techconnect Mirror

Greetz,
Adek

Rasterize · Sep 8, 2003, 06:06 AM

Hi!

I've just installed the new 3.7 based Omega drivers (9500 mod version, but I have not overclocked the card), and now "Call of duty" locks up on me 1-10 minutes in the game. This happens with triple buffer both on and off.
I have played the demo through with the official 3.4 Catalyst drivers without a hitch, so my guess is that the problem is driver related.
Can anybody duplicate the error or is it just me?

Everything else I've tried (so far) is working just fine :-)

- My card is a Sapphire 9500Pro

ree · Sep 8, 2003, 06:46 AM

I have problem installing the Omega Driver. Once the ATI driver pop up, it show incorrect *.inf etc. and exit the redeon driver installation. Omega v2.4.74a seems working fine but not the latest omega version. Any suggestion? Thanks

oglsmm · Sep 8, 2003, 07:05 AM

Driver is mirrored at http://www.mikerosoft.ca in the downloads area.

oglsmm

Chaos · Sep 8, 2003, 07:08 AM

Once again Omega thank you for your hard work, and as always I have supplied a link for the 2K/XP set

Grab the new Omega W2K/XP Radeon Drivers

barrybeal · Sep 8, 2003, 07:24 AM

Thanks for your efforts - Omega.
We appreciate your work - it is too bad that Nvidia is too worried about CYA to realize your efforts actually could help their product but I have pretty much decided that ATI will exclusively get my support.
I don't like what Lawyers have done to our country. THANKS !!!

Iridium · Sep 8, 2003, 07:44 AM

Dang, new Omega's and I am stuck at work! Can't wait to get home and install them. Thanks for your efforts and keep up the good work Omega, sounds like they are great as always!

ree · Sep 8, 2003, 08:20 AM

Finally, I managed to modify the Omega driver to get it working on 9800SE with the help of recent
forum :

http://www.driverheaven.net/showthre...&postid=197125

1 ) What i did is install the omega driver v2.4.78 for Win 2k/XP, while installation it will pop up the BIG RED ATI install screen, and lisence. And it show error on *.inf etc... Ignore the ERROR.

2 ) Browse to C:\Program Files\Radeon Omega Drivers v2.4.78\2KXP_INF

Select either one (depends on what refresh rate user select later in the installation) :

C:\Program Files\Radeon Omega Drivers v2.4.78\2KXP_INF\75Hz

Or

C:\Program Files\Radeon Omega Drivers v2.4.78\2KXP_INF\85Hz

Or

C:\Program Files\Radeon Omega Drivers v2.4.78\2KXP_INF\100Hz

3 ) Find the directory mentioned above and keep browsing till you find two INF file called

"C2_RAD_OMEGA.inf" and "CX_RAD_OMEGA.inf"

Open these INF files for EDITING. Notepad or whatever.

Find the [ATI.Mfg] section.
Should look like this, < a REAL CATALYST inf is much longer. I have removed a bunch of lines>
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[ATI.Mfg]

"RADEON 9700 PRO (Omega 2.4.78) " = ati2mtag_R300, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E44
"RADEON 9700 PRO - Secondary (Omega 2.4.78) " = ati2mtag_R300, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E64
"RADEON 9800 (Omega 2.4.78) " = ati2mtag_R350, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E49
"RADEON 9800 - Secondary (Omega 2.4.78) " = ati2mtag_R350, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E69
"RADEON 9800 PRO (Omega 2.4.78) " = ati2mtag_R350, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E48
"RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary (Omega 2.4.78) " = ati2mtag_R350, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E68
"RADEON 9800 SE (Omega 2.4.78)" = ati2mtag_R350, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4148
"RADEON 9800 SE - Secondary (Omega 2.4.78)" = ati2mtag_R350, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4168
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
You must ADD these lines to the INF file already added in the above example. (note the IDs 4148/4168)
"RADEON 9800 SE (Omega 2.4.78)" = ati2mtag_R350, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4148
"RADEON 9800 SE - Secondary (Omega 2.4.78)" = ati2mtag_R350, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4168

Then you save the INF file with the new IDs.
Finally you install the driver by control panel -> Update display Driver, and you must browse to the directory ( eg.C:\Program Files\Radeon Omega Drivers v2.4.78\2KXP_INF\85Hz )

**note: the 75Hz or \85Hz or \100Hz it depends on the update driver that user going to browse**
The key points to remember are,

1- must have driver unpacked on Hard Disk so you can edit the INF file.
2- Editing the inf will invalidate digital signing, so the driver will show as not certified.

4 ) After that go to control panal, go to Device Manager, update the display adapter on the Radeon Driver.

5 ) Update the particular driver, click install from a specific location , browse to :

C:\Program Files\Radeon Omega Drivers v2.4.78\2KXP_INF\75Hz

or

C:\Program Files\Radeon Omega Drivers v2.4.78\2KXP_INF\85Hz

or

C:\Program Files\Radeon Omega Drivers v2.4.78\2KXP_INF\100Hz

6 ) Wait for it to install, while installing half way it require a driver, browse to:

C:\Program Files\Radeon Omega Drivers v2.4.78\2KXP_INF

Reboot!!! DONE!!! Now we got the latest 9800SE driver !!!

***Omegadrive*** · Sep 8, 2003, 09:14 AM

Sorry for that ree, it seems that when I was updating I forgot to add some "extra" cards support since I wanted to fix the "driver can't be installed" problem that I was getting in previous sets.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll fix it for next revision.

Rasterize, try the normal Omega driver, maybe the hacked one is not working properly.

ree · Sep 8, 2003, 09:50 AM

What mode should i select for the 9800SE? 9500 to 9700 or 9700 to 9800Pro? What is the difference?

ree · Sep 8, 2003, 09:53 AM

The default core VPU clock is 325MHz and RAM 250MHz. I search the memory spec on the 9800SE(128bit) and all comes with 4ns, the spec wrote 4ns only support 250MHz...Any Advise?