New Radeon Omega Drivers 2.5.44 (Cat 4.5 based)

***Omegadrive*** · May 18, 2004, 06:52 PM

Here they are folks, a little late because of the MANY changes that have been made to this release, but worth the wait.

What's New? (2k/XP 2.5.44)

* Based on the Catalyst 4.5 drivers.

* Updated the Omega version of RadLinker (1009), now the Profiler include options to enable TAA modes and to establish the desired TAA Threshold for D3D apps.
* Added and removed a LOT of tweaks, ATI changed some internal settings and some old tweaks won't work anymore from now on.

* Fixed support for Mobility 9700.

* Fixed the "Hibernation not working" problem in laptops.

* Added support for the Following laptop wide screen resolutions: 800x480, 960x600, 1024x600, 1024x480, 1280x600, 1280x768, 1280x800, 1680x1050, 1920x1200

* Re-enabled a desktop wide resolution: 1280x768

* Added an EXCLUSIVE new Omega utility which adds the ability to SWAP between the soft-mod and the normal driver without the need to re-install the whole drivers. (Thanks to Chris W, Author of RadLinker)

* Removed Artifact Tester 5 from the package. (Sorry Alberto)

* Included the latest version of ATITool. (Thanks W1zzard)

* Since the package has grown in size I will be distributing the installer in compressed CAB format to save some bandwidth, it must be decompressed using one of these tools (latest version): WinAce, WinRAR or WinZip. Then run the extracted file to start installation of the drivers.

That's all I can remember so far since many other things changed.

Download at my site.

Enjoy!

MythicaL · May 18, 2004, 06:55 PM

NICE! Thanks OmegaDrive!

zerodamage · May 18, 2004, 06:55 PM

Nice work Omega.

Chaos · May 18, 2004, 06:57 PM

As usual my mirror is online and ready to go

redsolar · May 18, 2004, 06:59 PM

Darn, I just reinstalled windows, and checked the site like 10 minutes before it was online

. Time to load Driver Cleaner hehe. Omega, you rock!

A suggestion to you to save bandwidth, make 7-Zip self-extracting executables. 7-Zip compression gives 15-60% improvement over RAR/ACE/ZIP archives

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Warpy · May 18, 2004, 07:07 PM

Excellent... shall try this tonight.

***Omegadrive*** · May 18, 2004, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by redsolar
Darn, I just reinstalled windows, and checked the site like 10 minutes before it was online . Time to load Driver Cleaner hehe. Omega, you rock!

A suggestion to you to save bandwidth, make 7-Zip self-extracting executables. 7-Zip compression gives 15-60% improvement over RAR/ACE/ZIP archives .

The file is compressed in CAB format, this format compresses more than rar,zip or ace

Noldster · May 18, 2004, 07:12 PM

nice, i shall try it.

tek · May 18, 2004, 07:27 PM

Is DriverCleaner included in the drivers?

I wanna know if I should uninstall my current installation of DC before installing the drivers.

thx

***Omegadrive*** · May 18, 2004, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tek
Is DriverCleaner included in the drivers?

I wanna know if I should uninstall my current installation of DC before installing the drivers.

thx

The included version is the Omega version if that helps, no need to uninstall the full DC version, they work separately.

cypher_138 · May 18, 2004, 07:28 PM

Once again thanks for the time you put into these angel.

Chaos, thanks for the mirror.

Ev!L-aLphA · May 18, 2004, 07:30 PM

Thank YOU!!!

great drivers

mkk · May 18, 2004, 07:39 PM

You make it even harder for me to be without a Radeon card for the time being. Had to scan the price lists once more while downloading these drivers, with no card to run them on.

redsolar · May 18, 2004, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Omegadrive
The file is compressed in CAB format, this format compresses more than rar,zip or ace

7-Zip compression is not the traditional compression. It is not directly compatible with either of the existing formwats. Give it a try, and see how much you can save on space/bandwidth. I know CAB is pretty good, but I am pretty sure it can't compete with 7-Zip.

***Omegadrive*** · May 18, 2004, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by redsolar
7-Zip compression is not the traditional compression. It is not directly compatible with either of the existing formwats. Give it a try, and see how much you can save on space/bandwidth. I know CAB is pretty good, but I am pretty sure it can't compete with 7-Zip.

The thing is that I must distribute the drivers in a STANDARD format, so no one has problems decompressing it, if I select an exclusive format, I'm forcing everyone to download that program in order to use my drivers. Sorry can't be done.

redsolar · May 18, 2004, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Omegadrive
The thing is that I must distribute the drivers in a STANDARD format, so no one has problems decompressing it, if I select an exclusive format, I'm forcing everyone to download that program in order to use my drivers. Sorry can't be done.

Or you can make it a self-extracting archive

.

Not trying to force anything on you, just as an example

. Savings are not extremely huge, but still some.

Targetone · May 18, 2004, 08:05 PM

G R E A T ! ! !

1280x800 works!!!

1680x1050 is not possible to set, don't know why?

***Omegadrive*** · May 18, 2004, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by redsolar
Or you can make it a self-extracting archive .

Not trying to force anything on you, just as an example . Savings are not extremely huge, but still some.

I will not risk it for a 170kb difference, thanks for the sugestion, but sorry.

***Omegadrive*** · May 18, 2004, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Targetone
G R E A T ! ! !

1280x800 works!!!

1680x1050 is not possible to set, don't know why?

I added the resolutions, but unfortunately I couldn't test them, I don't have a laptop, unless someone would like to donate one

Below 30 · May 18, 2004, 08:19 PM

[COLOR=cyan]Omegadrive, do you know anything about the HDTV feature in the 4.5 driver.[/COLOR]

***Omegadrive*** · May 18, 2004, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Below 30
[COLOR=cyan]Omegadrive, do you know anything about the HDTV feature in the 4.5 driver.[/COLOR]

No idea, don't have any HDTV near to test.

BTW, don't post using that color, it eats my eyes and it doesn't look good in the Truly Heaven forum theme.

Judas · May 18, 2004, 08:52 PM

these drivers are mucho great..... i've actually been able to use more of it....

Davidgt · May 18, 2004, 08:58 PM

lol you guys are liking that connection sending omega drivers at 100mbit/sec

Morpheon · May 18, 2004, 09:38 PM

TAA....where is it.....I AM SOOOO EXCITED.....OMEGA I knew you would figure a way to add that to the new cats!!! BUT I just cant find the option....any help??

Thanks all

thewall · May 18, 2004, 09:48 PM

Anybody try them with Bf- Vietnam yet?. Curious as to how they work. Using the beta 4.5's now and Bf never worked better. But I am a fan of the omega drivers and would love to be able to use them instead.

wpritch · May 18, 2004, 09:49 PM

I cannot seem to download the new Omega drivers from either site

Davidgt · May 18, 2004, 09:56 PM

taraautosound.com link is wide open

mike83wvu · May 18, 2004, 10:07 PM

Did not have much luck with these on my X800 Pro. Random reboots & blue screens. Every Omega before this new card were fine.

A7N8X Deluxe Rev 2.0 Bios 1007
Mobile 2600 @ 2507{11.5x218} 1.825 Core 2.8 DDR
Muskin 3200 Black 2x256mb 11-3-3-2.5
Raptor 74gb & Maxtor 120gb
ATI RADEON X800 PRO {6444} 525/574
Antec 480 True
Thermalright SP-97 Mechatronics Fan 38C/44C
Thermaltake 2000A Case
Samsung 16x dvd
Plextor DVD 708
XP Pro

DosCervezas · May 18, 2004, 10:13 PM

"Omega, making great drivers better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Good job as always Angel

cballadp · May 18, 2004, 10:35 PM

Thanks again omega you rock!!!

May 18, 2004, 06:52 PM	#1
*Omegadrive* Drivers? What Drivers??? Join Date: May 2002 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,612 Rep Power: 59	New Radeon Omega Drivers 2.5.44 (Cat 4.5 based) Here they are folks, a little late because of the MANY changes that have been made to this release, but worth the wait. What's New? (2k/XP 2.5.44) * Based on the Catalyst 4.5 drivers. * Updated the Omega version of RadLinker (1009), now the Profiler include options to enable TAA modes and to establish the desired TAA Threshold for D3D apps. * Added and removed a LOT of tweaks, ATI changed some internal settings and some old tweaks won't work anymore from now on. * Fixed support for Mobility 9700. * Fixed the "Hibernation not working" problem in laptops. * Added support for the Following laptop wide screen resolutions: 800x480, 960x600, 1024x600, 1024x480, 1280x600, 1280x768, 1280x800, 1680x1050, 1920x1200 * Re-enabled a desktop wide resolution: 1280x768 * Added an EXCLUSIVE new Omega utility which adds the ability to SWAP between the soft-mod and the normal driver without the need to re-install the whole drivers. (Thanks to Chris W, Author of RadLinker) * Removed Artifact Tester 5 from the package. (Sorry Alberto) * Included the latest version of ATITool. (Thanks W1zzard) * Since the package has grown in size I will be distributing the installer in compressed CAB format to save some bandwidth, it must be decompressed using one of these tools (latest version): WinAce, WinRAR or WinZip. Then run the extracted file to start installation of the drivers. That's all I can remember so far since many other things changed. Download at my site. Enjoy! __________________ DRIVERHEAVEN ADMINISTRATOR <<E-MAIL>> <<PC SPECS>> GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

May 18, 2004, 06:55 PM	#2
MythicaL Genuine coding face below Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: My home, of course Posts: 3,119 Rep Power: 52 System Specs	NICE! Thanks OmegaDrive! __________________ Always knew I didn't belong in this world. I wasn't made for this. But I'll never forget those who betrayed me, and those who never failed my trust.

May 18, 2004, 06:57 PM	#4
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,176 Rep Power: 94 System Specs	As usual my mirror is online and ready to go __________________

May 18, 2004, 07:07 PM	#6
Warpy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,772 Rep Power: 0	Excellent... shall try this tonight. __________________ The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

May 18, 2004, 07:12 PM	#8
Noldster DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	nice, i shall try it. __________________ Case - RaidMax Silver ATX Mid-Tower Mobo - ASUS P4P800 Deluxe CPU - Intel P4 2.4C @ 2.88 RAM - Corsair 768DDR PC-3200 Video - ATI RADEON 9600se 128MB HD - Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM

May 18, 2004, 06:55 PM	#3
zerodamage DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,574 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Nice work Omega.

May 18, 2004, 06:59 PM	#5
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Iowa, USA Posts: 1,252 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Darn, I just reinstalled windows, and checked the site like 10 minutes before it was online . Time to load Driver Cleaner hehe. Omega, you rock! A suggestion to you to save bandwidth, make 7-Zip self-extracting executables. 7-Zip compression gives 15-60% improvement over RAR/ACE/ZIP archives .

May 18, 2004, 07:27 PM	#9
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Is DriverCleaner included in the drivers? I wanna know if I should uninstall my current installation of DC before installing the drivers. thx __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 18, 2004, 07:28 PM	#11
cypher_138 Watching 1984 unfold Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Locked in a cage in some warehouse called NJ Posts: 238 Rep Power: 0	Once again thanks for the time you put into these angel. Chaos, thanks for the mirror. __________________ This is my "sig". There are many like them but this one is mine.

May 18, 2004, 07:30 PM	#12
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,116 Rep Power: 46	Thank YOU!!! great drivers __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

May 18, 2004, 07:39 PM	#13
mkk cheap philanthropist Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 3,698 Rep Power: 67 System Specs	You make it even harder for me to be without a Radeon card for the time being. Had to scan the price lists once more while downloading these drivers, with no card to run them on. __________________ Playing Dragon Age, might forget everything else.

May 18, 2004, 08:05 PM	#17
Targetone DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	G R E A T ! ! ! 1280x800 works!!! 1680x1050 is not possible to set, don't know why?

May 18, 2004, 08:19 PM	#20
Below 30 Video Games Fo Life Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Region of Peel, Ontario, Canada Posts: 112 Rep Power: 0	[COLOR=cyan]Omegadrive, do you know anything about the HDTV feature in the 4.5 driver.[/COLOR] __________________ [color=yellow][color=#ff1493]When Skills Ruled [/color][/color]

May 18, 2004, 08:58 PM	#23
Davidgt Car Audio Guy Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Atlanta, Ga Posts: 499 Rep Power: 0	lol you guys are liking that connection sending omega drivers at 100mbit/sec __________________ Sales/Support Manager Taraautosound.com wonderful sig by tastyweat

May 18, 2004, 09:38 PM	#24
Morpheon DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	TAA....where is it.....I AM SOOOO EXCITED.....OMEGA I knew you would figure a way to add that to the new cats!!! BUT I just cant find the option....any help?? Thanks all __________________ Hi

May 18, 2004, 09:48 PM	#25
thewall DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 100 Rep Power: 0	Anybody try them with Bf- Vietnam yet?. Curious as to how they work. Using the beta 4.5's now and Bf never worked better. But I am a fan of the omega drivers and would love to be able to use them instead.

May 18, 2004, 09:49 PM	#26
wpritch DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	Cannot Download I cannot seem to download the new Omega drivers from either site

May 18, 2004, 09:56 PM	#27
Davidgt Car Audio Guy Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Atlanta, Ga Posts: 499 Rep Power: 0	taraautosound.com link is wide open __________________ Sales/Support Manager Taraautosound.com wonderful sig by tastyweat

May 18, 2004, 10:07 PM	#28
mike83wvu DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 66 Rep Power: 0	Did not have much luck with these on my X800 Pro. Random reboots & blue screens. Every Omega before this new card were fine. A7N8X Deluxe Rev 2.0 Bios 1007 Mobile 2600 @ 2507{11.5x218} 1.825 Core 2.8 DDR Muskin 3200 Black 2x256mb 11-3-3-2.5 Raptor 74gb & Maxtor 120gb ATI RADEON X800 PRO {6444} 525/574 Antec 480 True Thermalright SP-97 Mechatronics Fan 38C/44C Thermaltake 2000A Case Samsung 16x dvd Plextor DVD 708 XP Pro

May 18, 2004, 10:13 PM	#29
DosCervezas DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 231 Rep Power: 0	"Omega, making great drivers better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Good job as always Angel __________________ *"Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience".*

May 18, 2004, 10:35 PM	#30
cballadp DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Thanks again omega you rock!!!