Omega/Plutonium XK1.1.18 Released! Discuss Here.

Jeff · Jul 30, 2002, 09:14 AM

Check them out here http://www.driverheaven.net/drivers

Read the downloads page for all the info.

No_Style · Jul 30, 2002, 10:23 AM

Why did you get rid of the Advanced Tabs? I got the Direct 3D and OpenGL back but I dunno how to get the rest back.

Jeff · Jul 30, 2002, 10:25 AM

Something must have gone wrong in the installation...Run the "Install Advanced Tabs" from the start menu, and see if it helps. I always hated how ATI changed the way the tabs installed with the Catalysts.

No_Style · Jul 30, 2002, 11:17 AM

They're back

Thanks. Now..If only Dual Monitoring would work

angelo2600602 · Jul 30, 2002, 01:40 PM

Cyborg,You do an excellent job with your drivers,but I don't know, there is something wrong with this new Omega/Plutoniums,this is the first time I run into problems with one of your releases.
Upon installing them, I lost ALL D3d acceleration functions,they are all greyed out.
When I run the DX Diag,AGP Texture,DX Draw andD3d acceleration functions are all unavailable.If i run the Smart gart utility,EVERYTHING is OFF and greyed out,and I mean EVERYTHING+ I cannot do any retest because that option is also blocked.
I tried reinstalling the previous Omega's XK 1.1.07 but it didn't fix anything,It stayed the same way,and everything was working fine with your previous release, before I installed the Xk 1.1.18.I tried reinstalling DX,and it did not fix it either.The only way I was able to fix it was by doing a system restore.
Can you tell me what went wrong?,I want to use your latest Omega/Plutoniums

Athlon 1800@1588
Gigabyte 7vtxe+
Radeon 8500 LELE,volt mod,flashed with retail bios@297\297
256 MB PC2100
40 GB HD
Audigy Gamer
Inspire 5300 5.1
19"Aquaview 9LS
Dual boot(XP,98)

Jeff · Jul 30, 2002, 02:42 PM

I am also confused. I'll need to do further testing, maybe you should give the WHQL 6094 drivers a shot and see if they fix it.

//.\\//.\\ · Jul 30, 2002, 04:16 PM

That is because the catalysts are a pain to uninstall....

Someone should rewrite a Catalyst uninstall procedure, they are different drivers.

Angelo,I always have those kind of problems with catalysts, official or betas, Cyborg or not, no matter, if you do a clean format, the drivers will work fine.

There must be a way to clean uninstall these drivers. Anyone?

ATI we like the tabs, but why not one package, like before? because of the upcoming cards?

EDIT: I haven't had time to test them yet, but i was just wondering if they fixed the random crashes with warcraft III, with the 7500. I want the 6118 but if they don't work with War3, ill probably stick with Windows update drivers.

/Regards, sCoTcH-

Gurm · Jul 30, 2002, 08:38 PM

I updated the uninstall procedure somewhat, and there are a few new tips there. If you completely rid yourself of the old drivers you have a better shot at installing the new ones correctly. Give that a try.

//.\\//.\\ · Jul 30, 2002, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gurm
I updated the uninstall procedure somewhat, and there are a few new tips there. If you completely rid yourself of the old drivers you have a better shot at installing the new ones correctly. Give that a try.

Link please

UberLord · Jul 30, 2002, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by //.\\//.\\
Link please

http://www.driverheaven.net/thread.php?id=1953

//.\\//.\\ · Jul 30, 2002, 09:22 PM

Oh thx, i need some caffeine....

Ben_UK · Jul 30, 2002, 10:58 PM

Hello there,

Always nice to see some new drivers

Got one question before i install them

Should i uninstall my Refreash rate fix ? then install it after i install the new O/P's

Or can i just leave it installed ?

Thanks

Wag · Jul 31, 2002, 02:21 AM

Dual-monitor still doesn't work quite right if you have a non-PnP monitor (ie: HDTV) connected.

I want to run it at 1280*720/60Hz, but for some reason the secondary is stuck at 800*600, which causes any resolution higher than that to use virtual desktop. It works fine on ATI's own drivers. Please fix this!

I'm also still stuck with the 6117 drivers and the older control-tabs because once I install the new ones the Gamma bug returns and it defaults to 1 again.

Jeff · Jul 31, 2002, 02:25 AM

Well I think we should wait for the Catalyst 2.2, they should help some people, and maybe finally get the CPanel working.

PeakPerformance · Jul 31, 2002, 04:55 AM

Is there any support for the 1280x960 res in this driverset? I'm still using the 1071 based version.

TaZeR · Jul 31, 2002, 06:17 AM

Im installing now, if the war3 problem is there im gonna be mad! At ati tho!

gabbabe · Jul 31, 2002, 08:35 AM

There seems to be no alpha blending acceleration for the desktop on these drivers. Thus only getting 20 on XPBench.

Also, is it ok/wise to use Rage3d Tweak alongside these drivers?

Gab
Radeon 8500

Jeff · Jul 31, 2002, 09:42 AM

Yes it is ok...GUI accelleration should be on though :/

TaZeR · Jul 31, 2002, 09:57 AM

Bah these drivers always work worse for me than the original leaked, I dont know why maybe its because I have a Radeon 7000.

TaZeR · Jul 31, 2002, 04:13 PM

Bugs: War3 pointer still fucked up

Speculation: nice for d3d, worse than untweaked 6118 for opengl. Tested d3d for Diablo 2 and opengl for Counter-strike (mainly)

Jeff · Jul 31, 2002, 04:44 PM

I am using them in WC3, and they work perfect on my 8500dv.

hunk4001 · Jul 31, 2002, 04:58 PM

Hi Cyborg one problem that i've encountered after installing your latest drivers and past catalyst drivers on my 8500DV is that gaming(3D part) seem to work well but my AIW feature doesn't as soon as i hit TV it starts and reboots my system or just recloses leaving the audio on, i'm using the 6125wdm's tried the 6118,s and does the same i've tried the MCM 7.5 7.6 7.7 and the same, ever since using these catalyst drivers it's become a problem for me can you please help resolve the problem since the Capture Forum is just DEAD!!!! Thanks..

dirtydog · Jul 31, 2002, 05:17 PM

i just downloaded them and I must say: THEY ARE AMAZING !!!!!

they solved my NeverwinterNights - freezing - problem and they are muc faster than ati's original catalyst 2.1 !!!!

thank you so much, cyborg!

I also testet them with WC3, Counter-Strike and 3dMark2001 SE, they work great and very fast!

I think the problems of many users are because they didn't uninstall there previous drivers properly!

Jeff · Jul 31, 2002, 05:43 PM

I usually never uninstall my old drivers...just install over top...but thats just me.

dirtydog · Aug 1, 2002, 12:45 AM

I heard that may cause heavy problems.....

YaZ · Aug 1, 2002, 02:26 AM

Yup; I got it here too.

It only really started with the 6118 driverset. Opera would hang if there was large network activity loading up a page with plenty of images/columns of text whilst scrolling using the mouse wheel/scrollbars (sometimes even without scrolling).

Opera would stop, explorer stops (inc every other proggy) the machine unresponsive to any commands (even ctrl-alt-delete) except for a period of 20 or so seconds you can move the mouse (ie mouse pointer is still updated).

After 20 seconds you get a beep; like the buffer overflow beep and it all freezes. A hard-reset is required.

Am using XP with SP1 beta; 6118 driverset on Radeon 8500, Audigy (latest drivers), Intel 10/100 Pro (latest drivers) and Opera 6.03 - 6.04 (which didn't used to crash). I've reinstalled Opera several time thinking it was corrupted didn't think the display drivers couold be the source but I guess hearing others have the same problems is reassuring ^_^ I might just revert back to older than 6118 drivers.

[eep ammendment to last post: I'm running 1.4 Athlon ocked to 1.6Ghz on an Epox 8K7A+ with IDE Highpoint Raid (latest drivers)]

Hope this description helps ATI fix things; and I apologise in advance if it doesn't belong here.

Reg

YaZ

(PS I moved the post from another thread thanks to Zardon for pointing me here ^_~)

whiteagle · Aug 1, 2002, 03:28 AM

Hi there. nice site, nice place, nice work but the "automatic redirection to mirror site" doesn't function, niether 1st time nor others..

It launches me to the "homepage" of the driver..
Is there any solution to get the it working ?

by the way, why I came here is trying to find something to make work my damn Club3D Radeon 7500 in WinXP. Any other drivers I tried don't work.. Do u know if this one will do ?

Thanks in advance.

twiz · Aug 1, 2002, 03:46 AM

well me and cyborg must be the same cause i just install over the top as well and have no probs

TheFirm · Aug 1, 2002, 08:57 AM

I'd like to download and try this driver set out for myself, but I can't. When I click the download link on the drivers page the auto selecting mirror thing comes up but then just takes me back to the drivers page. So it makes me go around in a circle every time. Is there somewhere else I could get them?

DaSnIpE · Aug 1, 2002, 09:06 AM

Cyborg, I've used your drivers forever until recently for some reason the drivers seems to lower my FPS in direct3d like mad, I don't know how.

I installed the leaked 6118's, and they worked fine, so I don't know what's up.

Jul 30, 2002, 09:14 AM	#1
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,177 Rep Power: 0	Omega/Plutonium XK1.1.18 Released! Discuss Here. Check them out here http://www.driverheaven.net/drivers Read the downloads page for all the info. __________________ Mr. Simpson, don't you worry. I watched Matlock in a bar last night. The sound wasn't on, but I think I got the gist of it. - Lionel Hutz

Jul 30, 2002, 10:23 AM	#2
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,049 Rep Power: 0	Why? Why did you get rid of the Advanced Tabs? I got the Direct 3D and OpenGL back but I dunno how to get the rest back. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Jul 30, 2002, 10:25 AM	#3
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,177 Rep Power: 0	Something must have gone wrong in the installation...Run the "Install Advanced Tabs" from the start menu, and see if it helps. I always hated how ATI changed the way the tabs installed with the Catalysts. __________________ Mr. Simpson, don't you worry. I watched Matlock in a bar last night. The sound wasn't on, but I think I got the gist of it. - Lionel Hutz

Jul 30, 2002, 11:17 AM	#4
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,049 Rep Power: 0	HooHa! They're back Thanks. Now..If only Dual Monitoring would work __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Jul 30, 2002, 02:42 PM	#6
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,177 Rep Power: 0	I am also confused. I'll need to do further testing, maybe you should give the WHQL 6094 drivers a shot and see if they fix it. __________________ Mr. Simpson, don't you worry. I watched Matlock in a bar last night. The sound wasn't on, but I think I got the gist of it. - Lionel Hutz

Jul 30, 2002, 01:40 PM	#5
angelo2600602 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Cyborg,You do an excellent job with your drivers,but I don't know, there is something wrong with this new Omega/Plutoniums,this is the first time I run into problems with one of your releases. Upon installing them, I lost ALL D3d acceleration functions,they are all greyed out. When I run the DX Diag,AGP Texture,DX Draw andD3d acceleration functions are all unavailable.If i run the Smart gart utility,EVERYTHING is OFF and greyed out,and I mean EVERYTHING+ I cannot do any retest because that option is also blocked. I tried reinstalling the previous Omega's XK 1.1.07 but it didn't fix anything,It stayed the same way,and everything was working fine with your previous release, before I installed the Xk 1.1.18.I tried reinstalling DX,and it did not fix it either.The only way I was able to fix it was by doing a system restore. Can you tell me what went wrong?,I want to use your latest Omega/Plutoniums Athlon 1800@1588 Gigabyte 7vtxe+ Radeon 8500 LELE,volt mod,flashed with retail bios@297\297 256 MB PC2100 40 GB HD Audigy Gamer Inspire 5300 5.1 19"Aquaview 9LS Dual boot(XP,98)

Jul 30, 2002, 04:16 PM	#7
//.\\//.\\ A.K.A sCoTcH Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Around the oldest trees of region 13th, laval. Posts: 89 Rep Power: 0 $//.\\//.\\ is on a distinguished road$	That is because the catalysts are a pain to uninstall.... Someone should rewrite a Catalyst uninstall procedure, they are different drivers. Angelo,I always have those kind of problems with catalysts, official or betas, Cyborg or not, no matter, if you do a clean format, the drivers will work fine. There must be a way to clean uninstall these drivers. Anyone? ATI we like the tabs, but why not one package, like before? because of the upcoming cards? EDIT: I haven't had time to test them yet, but i was just wondering if they fixed the random crashes with warcraft III, with the 7500. I want the 6118 but if they don't work with War3, ill probably stick with Windows update drivers. /Regards, sCoTcH- __________________ Don't pretend i'm MAD (//.\\//.\\ ) when in fact i'm MAB!
$//.\\//.\\ is offline$

Jul 30, 2002, 08:38 PM	#8
Gurm Hail to the King, Baby! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: This World AND The Next Posts: 193 Rep Power: 0	I updated the uninstall procedure somewhat, and there are a few new tips there. If you completely rid yourself of the old drivers you have a better shot at installing the new ones correctly. Give that a try. __________________ <Insert random "Army of Darkness" quote here...>

Jul 30, 2002, 09:22 PM	#11
//.\\//.\\ A.K.A sCoTcH Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Around the oldest trees of region 13th, laval. Posts: 89 Rep Power: 0 $//.\\//.\\ is on a distinguished road$	Oh thx, i need some caffeine.... __________________ Don't pretend i'm MAD (//.\\//.\\ ) when in fact i'm MAB!
$//.\\//.\\ is offline$

Jul 30, 2002, 10:58 PM	#12
Ben_UK DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK - Nottingham Posts: 106 Rep Power: 0	Nice... Hello there, Always nice to see some new drivers Got one question before i install them Should i uninstall my Refreash rate fix ? then install it after i install the new O/P's Or can i just leave it installed ? Thanks

Jul 31, 2002, 02:21 AM	#13
Wag DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Dual-monitor still doesn't work quite right if you have a non-PnP monitor (ie: HDTV) connected. I want to run it at 1280720/60Hz, but for some reason the secondary is stuck at 800600, which causes any resolution higher than that to use virtual desktop. It works fine on ATI's own drivers. Please fix this! I'm also still stuck with the 6117 drivers and the older control-tabs because once I install the new ones the Gamma bug returns and it defaults to 1 again.

Jul 31, 2002, 02:25 AM	#14
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,177 Rep Power: 0	Well I think we should wait for the Catalyst 2.2, they should help some people, and maybe finally get the CPanel working. __________________ Mr. Simpson, don't you worry. I watched Matlock in a bar last night. The sound wasn't on, but I think I got the gist of it. - Lionel Hutz

Jul 31, 2002, 04:55 AM	#15
PeakPerformance DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 27 Rep Power: 0	Is there any support for the 1280x960 res in this driverset? I'm still using the 1071 based version.

Jul 31, 2002, 06:17 AM	#16
TaZeR 420 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 105 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Im installing now, if the war3 problem is there im gonna be mad! At ati tho! __________________ --TaZeR

Jul 31, 2002, 08:35 AM	#17
gabbabe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	There seems to be no alpha blending acceleration for the desktop on these drivers. Thus only getting 20 on XPBench. Also, is it ok/wise to use Rage3d Tweak alongside these drivers? Gab Radeon 8500

Jul 31, 2002, 09:42 AM	#18
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,177 Rep Power: 0	Yes it is ok...GUI accelleration should be on though :/ __________________ Mr. Simpson, don't you worry. I watched Matlock in a bar last night. The sound wasn't on, but I think I got the gist of it. - Lionel Hutz

Jul 31, 2002, 09:57 AM	#19
TaZeR 420 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 105 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Bah these drivers always work worse for me than the original leaked, I dont know why maybe its because I have a Radeon 7000. __________________ --TaZeR

Jul 31, 2002, 04:13 PM	#20
TaZeR 420 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 105 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Bugs: War3 pointer still fucked up Speculation: nice for d3d, worse than untweaked 6118 for opengl. Tested d3d for Diablo 2 and opengl for Counter-strike (mainly) __________________ --TaZeR

Jul 31, 2002, 04:44 PM	#21
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,177 Rep Power: 0	I am using them in WC3, and they work perfect on my 8500dv. __________________ Mr. Simpson, don't you worry. I watched Matlock in a bar last night. The sound wasn't on, but I think I got the gist of it. - Lionel Hutz

Jul 31, 2002, 04:58 PM	#22
hunk4001 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 27 Rep Power: 0	Does the AIW WORK? Hi Cyborg one problem that i've encountered after installing your latest drivers and past catalyst drivers on my 8500DV is that gaming(3D part) seem to work well but my AIW feature doesn't as soon as i hit TV it starts and reboots my system or just recloses leaving the audio on, i'm using the 6125wdm's tried the 6118,s and does the same i've tried the MCM 7.5 7.6 7.7 and the same, ever since using these catalyst drivers it's become a problem for me can you please help resolve the problem since the Capture Forum is just DEAD!!!! Thanks..

Jul 31, 2002, 05:17 PM	#23
dirtydog DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: austria / europe Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	i just downloaded them and I must say: THEY ARE AMAZING !!!!! they solved my NeverwinterNights - freezing - problem and they are muc faster than ati's original catalyst 2.1 !!!! thank you so much, cyborg! I also testet them with WC3, Counter-Strike and 3dMark2001 SE, they work great and very fast! I think the problems of many users are because they didn't uninstall there previous drivers properly!

Jul 31, 2002, 05:43 PM	#24
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,177 Rep Power: 0	I usually never uninstall my old drivers...just install over top...but thats just me. __________________ Mr. Simpson, don't you worry. I watched Matlock in a bar last night. The sound wasn't on, but I think I got the gist of it. - Lionel Hutz

Aug 1, 2002, 12:45 AM	#25
dirtydog DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: austria / europe Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	I heard that may cause heavy problems.....

Aug 1, 2002, 02:26 AM	#26
YaZ DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: uk Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Opera 6 Bug Yup; I got it here too. It only really started with the 6118 driverset. Opera would hang if there was large network activity loading up a page with plenty of images/columns of text whilst scrolling using the mouse wheel/scrollbars (sometimes even without scrolling). Opera would stop, explorer stops (inc every other proggy) the machine unresponsive to any commands (even ctrl-alt-delete) except for a period of 20 or so seconds you can move the mouse (ie mouse pointer is still updated). After 20 seconds you get a beep; like the buffer overflow beep and it all freezes. A hard-reset is required. Am using XP with SP1 beta; 6118 driverset on Radeon 8500, Audigy (latest drivers), Intel 10/100 Pro (latest drivers) and Opera 6.03 - 6.04 (which didn't used to crash). I've reinstalled Opera several time thinking it was corrupted didn't think the display drivers couold be the source but I guess hearing others have the same problems is reassuring ^_^ I might just revert back to older than 6118 drivers. [eep ammendment to last post: I'm running 1.4 Athlon ocked to 1.6Ghz on an Epox 8K7A+ with IDE Highpoint Raid (latest drivers)] Hope this description helps ATI fix things; and I apologise in advance if it doesn't belong here. Reg YaZ (PS I moved the post from another thread thanks to Zardon for pointing me here ^_~)

Aug 1, 2002, 03:28 AM	#27
whiteagle DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Drivers download problem... Hi there. nice site, nice place, nice work but the "automatic redirection to mirror site" doesn't function, niether 1st time nor others.. It launches me to the "homepage" of the driver.. Is there any solution to get the it working ? by the way, why I came here is trying to find something to make work my damn Club3D Radeon 7500 in WinXP. Any other drivers I tried don't work.. Do u know if this one will do ? Thanks in advance.

Aug 1, 2002, 03:46 AM	#28
twiz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	well me and cyborg must be the same cause i just install over the top as well and have no probs

Aug 1, 2002, 08:57 AM	#29
TheFirm ATI Loyal Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I can't download... I'd like to download and try this driver set out for myself, but I can't. When I click the download link on the drivers page the auto selecting mirror thing comes up but then just takes me back to the drivers page. So it makes me go around in a circle every time. Is there somewhere else I could get them? __________________ AMD Athlon XP 1700+ 256mb Mushkin PC 2100 DDR Ram Creative Soundblaster Audigy Platinum Maxtor 30GB 7200RPM ATI Radeon 8500 LE (128MB) (301.5/580.6)

Aug 1, 2002, 09:06 AM	#30
DaSnIpE Driverage Snipe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Montreal, Canada or NYC, USA Posts: 372 Rep Power: 0	Cyborg, I've used your drivers forever until recently for some reason the drivers seems to lower my FPS in direct3d like mad, I don't know how. I installed the leaked 6118's, and they worked fine, so I don't know what's up. __________________ Antec SX1030 Case - Enermax 431 W Whisper PS - 4 Case Fans -ThermalRight AX-7 With Panaflo Ultra Fan - Sb Audigy / Logitech Z-560 Speakers / Sennheiser HD497 Headphones WD 80GB 7200 rpm HD - Samsung SyncMaster 955DF - LG 16x10x40x Burner / Pionner 16x Slot DVD View my rig http://nl.dodhq.net/Rig/