Nvidia Omega Drivers v1.169.21 for Windows XP/2k

g3b · Dec 31, 2007, 12:59 AM

Well d/l the drivers from the site yesterday, was wondering if anyone has used the nHancer tool with this new Omega dr? Also wondering if you can set color profiles for games/applications with the new Omegas.
Thanks in advance for your replies!

Luckz · Jan 1, 2008, 01:20 PM

Any plans/ETA for a 64-bit version?

mralw69 · Jan 2, 2008, 04:26 PM

Complete NOOB here. I used to use these drivers on my old 9800 Pro. the interface was slightly different from the official releases.

I have just installed the latest Omega driver for my 8600GTS. Thing is the control panel and everything is exactly the same as the previous official driver. Click the "about" button and no mention of OMEGA.

So i take it all the improvements must be unseen to the eye?

Sorry for the daft question, but i always prefered the Omega frivers to the proper ones.

I can't notice anything different.

Vikingod · Jan 2, 2008, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mralw69

Complete NOOB here. I used to use these drivers on my old 9800 Pro. the interface was slightly different from the official releases.

I have just installed the latest Omega driver for my 8600GTS. Thing is the control panel and everything is exactly the same as the previous official driver. Click the "about" button and no mention of OMEGA.

So i take it all the improvements must be unseen to the eye?

Sorry for the daft question, but i always prefered the Omega frivers to the proper ones.

I can't notice anything different.

You are correct. The improvements are more geared towards performance improvements and not control panel changes.

Juggernaut · Jan 3, 2008, 08:32 AM

I get a blank screen after installation of the driver by clicking "continue anyway"
It doesn't seem to go away and i'm forced to reset my pc. After reboot the driver installation isn't completed. Never had this problem before. I'm using 6800 GT.

Any fix for this?

Thanks

>GSXR<mrbusa · Jan 3, 2008, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juggernaut

I get a blank screen after installation of the driver by clicking "continue anyway"
It doesn't seem to go away and i'm forced to reset my pc. After reboot the driver installation isn't completed. Never had this problem before. I'm using 6800 GT.

Any fix for this?

Thanks

Sounds to me like an incomplete uninstall of the old drivers before installing these.

Juggernaut · Jan 3, 2008, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by >GSXR<mrbusa

Sounds to me like an incomplete uninstall of the old drivers before installing these.

I've ran Drivercleaner and Driver sweeper.
Windows wasn't able to recognize which card I have etc when trying to 'automatic' install it after reboot.
So after that I installed omega perfectly clean.
I've read on guru3d/nvnews similar problems with FX and 6 series.

jabarasca · Jan 3, 2008, 10:49 PM

I have problem during the installation of the omega v2.169.21. I have GeForce FX 5200, and Windows Xp Professional 32bit, during of the installation of the driver, the PC freezes and i have to reset him. I can't install the driver. Somebody can help me?

Sorry for my bad english.

hjs · Jan 4, 2008, 06:04 AM

Great news, next some laptop support and i can use the omega drivers again

so please ad support for the 8600M GT

Eh, for Vista

Juggernaut · Jan 4, 2008, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jabarasca

I have problem during the installation of the omega v2.169.21. I have GeForce FX 5200, and Windows Xp Professional 32bit, during of the installation of the driver, the PC freezes and i have to reset him. I can't install the driver. Somebody can help me?

Sorry for my bad english.

Exact same problem here with blank screen. Seems almost all FX and 6 series have this problem

jabarasca · Jan 4, 2008, 07:32 AM

I ran DRIVER CLEANER, but the problem continue. I love omega drivers, the 1.6693 is the best driver for me, but the fps on CS 1.6 is low. Is not possible install the new NVIDIA OMEGA Driver on FX series?

***Omegadrive*** · Jan 4, 2008, 10:58 AM

It seems it is a problem on nvidia's driver side, not much I can do about it, as many have reported the same issue with the official drivers.

SFOSOK · Jan 4, 2008, 01:41 PM

I would rec 169.13 for a set because they are the most stable I've dealt with.

Oom_Jaap · Jan 5, 2008, 10:02 AM

I've used Omega drivers for years on my 9500 and X800. Now that I recently moved back to nVidia with a 8800GT this comes as a very pleasant surprise. The drivers work very well, been using them for a week. Overall I noticed a speed boost in most games, specially in some titles like Crysis that becomes unplayeble on 1680 x 1050 resolution in the most demanding situations. My 3dMark 06 points also went up by a couple of hundreds. Quality wise I noticed that the color presentation is slightly less vibrant but definition seems to be improved. Rock solid stability, works with nTune without problems.

I installed these on Windows Server 2003.

Many thanks Omega, keep up the good work.

g3b · Jan 7, 2008, 03:34 AM

Hello, Thanks for making the new Nvidia Omega drivers available. Is there any way with the control panel to make a gaming 'color' profile, like the old classic nvidia control panel or is there a utility program out there?

Thanks g3b

jabarasca · Jan 7, 2008, 01:21 PM

I expect for the next NVIDIA Omega Driver. I using now Xtreme G Driver 92.91. The Original ForceWare sucks.

Sorry for my bad english.

SFOSOK · Jan 7, 2008, 08:02 PM

Currently switched to the Nvidia 169.21 and I have absolutely no problems.

Dunno what it is about this set but I think it has to do with memory clock problems

Shadow Lady · Jan 7, 2008, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omegadrive

Hmm, why you trying to play at those low resolutions??? lol
The reason is that I limited the drivers to 85Hz on every resolution, I was working on the extra resolutions and had to do it for them to work, anyway, I'll make up to 120Hz available on next release for 1024x768 and lower resolutions.

grrr I saw this happening too, there's some apps that wont do more than 800x600 or even 640x480 fullscreen, yeah old apps but still apps and emus I use and i loved 120Hz on em

is there anyway to put those refresh rate available? editing some file or something? I love your drivers :P

=MaxiM= · Jan 8, 2008, 08:00 AM

Great release, but the refresh rate problem bugs me. I cannot use my 'regular-since-2004' combo of 1280x960x32 @ 100Hz. In 100Hz it forces 16-bit color, which is a no-no, and I'm a big fan of 100+ refresh rates too. So if it's gonna be fixed in new release then I'll be more than happy to use those too, and for now i think I'll just suck it up and use 85Hz.
Otherwise everything is fine, at least everything i tested

happymanz · Jan 10, 2008, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by =MaxiM=

Great release, but the refresh rate problem bugs me. I cannot use my 'regular-since-2004' combo of 1280x960x32 @ 100Hz. In 100Hz it forces 16-bit color, which is a no-no, and I'm a big fan of 100+ refresh rates too. So if it's gonna be fixed in new release then I'll be more than happy to use those too, and for now i think I'll just suck it up and use 85Hz.
Otherwise everything is fine, at least everything i tested

I like playing competative fps games at low>medium res aswell for 100% stable gameplay, and I crave 120hz or more, as you will experience flickering when turning fast at 85-100hz (even though you would not think so)

Most crt monitors can do 120hz or more at low resolutions, so it would be nice if up to 160hz was supported :>

atm, I cant get the driver refreshrate overide thingy to even work, as I installed my own monitor driver, and this somehow makes the indriver program fail.

Anyways, some games look really shit when you try playing them at high res, and you dont want flickering in fps games, so there you have it

dogs0ldier · Jan 18, 2008, 05:37 PM

I have put the new omega drivers on but i wondered can i change things like the quality settings to improve perfomance or is the default settings after install the best it will be?...Do the drivers work better with higher resolutions ?

Is great u are now doing Nvidia.... biggest thing i missed once i went from ati to Nvidia was your drivers...

Love the new site too....Music reminds me of Xenon 2 Megablast for some reason....

***Omegadrive*** · Jan 18, 2008, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogs0ldier

I have put the new omega drivers on but i wondered can i change things like the quality settings to improve perfomance or is the default settings after install the best it will be?...Do the drivers work better with higher resolutions ?

Is great u are now doing Nvidia.... biggest thing i missed once i went from ati to Nvidia was your drivers...

Love the new site too....Music reminds me of Xenon 2 Megablast for some reason....

The default setting is a blend between performance and quality, there is still room for improvement in speed that you can configure through the CP.

SFOSOK · Jan 19, 2008, 02:13 AM

works like a charm now with my new 8800

Turok · Jan 20, 2008, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juggernaut

I get a blank screen after installation of the driver by clicking "continue anyway"
It doesn't seem to go away and i'm forced to reset my pc. After reboot the driver installation isn't completed. Never had this problem before. I'm using 6800 GT.

Hi there,

I have exactly the same problem with my 6800GT. During the installation my monitor refreshes two times, and the third time it keeps black - I've waited a long time. ;-) Then it's only possible to reset my pc (-> driver installation wasn't completed -> but it's possible to completely uninstall OmegaDrivers).

BUT: With official nVidia 169.21 release it works like a charm!

s_bryan_m · Jan 21, 2008, 07:30 PM

I have e-mailed and sent a myspace message to the leader of omega drivers, but have not got a reply my name is shelby morgan i am running an nvidia geforce 6800 graphics card with built on fan, and windows xp home, service pack2, i have done a complete uninstall of nvidia drivers did the whole registry process and installed the omega drivers it installed but when i rebooted my computer it starts up but a couple seconds after it gets to my desktop my system freezes and the whole picture blurs out and i cant do a thing i have to restart and either go into safe mode and uninstall the drivers or i have to use system restore if someone could help me with this problem it would be greatly appreciated. thanks again

Shelby Morgan.

Turok · Jan 22, 2008, 05:00 AM

Hi Shelby,

it's very difficult for a German to understand an english bunch of words - without full stop or comma. ;-)
But I think you should uninstall die OmegaDrivers in safe mode and try nvidia's official one. It seems there are too many problems, so I have to wait for a new OmegaDriver, too. (Sorry for that simple solution.)
A system restore isn't an elegant method.

UnknownQuantity · Jan 22, 2008, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s_bryan_m

I have e-mailed and sent a myspace message to the leader of omega drivers, but have not got a reply my name is shelby morgan i am running an nvidia geforce 6800 graphics card with built on fan, and windows xp home, service pack2, i have done a complete uninstall of nvidia drivers did the whole registry process and installed the omega drivers it installed but when i rebooted my computer it starts up but a couple seconds after it gets to my desktop my system freezes and the whole picture blurs out and i cant do a thing i have to restart and either go into safe mode and uninstall the drivers or i have to use system restore if someone could help me with this problem it would be greatly appreciated. thanks again

Shelby Morgan.

Shelby,

I must confess that , although I am a reasonably-well-educated native English speaker, I too find it very difficult to understand an English bunch of words - without periods or commas. ;-)

If I understand your post correctly, you seem to be having the same problem I am having (described here), except that your system is crashing instead of becoming stable again. Is that right?

cyRq · Jan 24, 2008, 05:34 PM

Same problem here with the drivers. After confirming the installation, the screen flashes two times, after that the screen goes black, and a sec later its all trashed with artifacts.
After the reset the drivers seems to be installed but, just after the tray icon appears the system again hangs, flashes like before and again the screen is crap.
Only thing you can do is run the system in safe mode and uninstall the drivers...
Any feedback would be appreciated.
System Specs in the profile...

I'm a big fan of Omegas drivers. I was using them on my old R9550

Hope i can run them on my 7300GT...

batalovski · Jan 28, 2008, 02:27 PM

I had a same problem and then I done this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omegadrive

1360x768 is supported, from 60 to 85Hz and LCDs use 60Hz, so it should be fine, don't know what can be happening.
Try this:
Switch the resolutions with the normal drivers to 800x600@60Hz, restart PC, uninstall the nvidia drivers, restart when prompted, cancel the new hardware windows and install my drivers, restart at end and now see if all works.

Now it works perfectly!!!!

bake15 · Jan 28, 2008, 06:21 PM

It's good to see you modding nvidia drivers again, keep up the good work.

Dec 31, 2007, 12:59 AM	#31
g3b DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	nHancer & Omega compatibility? Well d/l the drivers from the site yesterday, was wondering if anyone has used the nHancer tool with this new Omega dr? Also wondering if you can set color profiles for games/applications with the new Omegas. Thanks in advance for your replies!

Jan 3, 2008, 08:32 AM	#35
Juggernaut beats you up Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 110 Rep Power: 0	I get a blank screen after installation of the driver by clicking "continue anyway" It doesn't seem to go away and i'm forced to reset my pc. After reboot the driver installation isn't completed. Never had this problem before. I'm using 6800 GT. Any fix for this? Thanks __________________ MSI K8N Neo Platinum AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3400+, 2210MHz, 1mb MSI GeForce 6800GT NX6800GT-TD256 1024 ddr400

Jan 4, 2008, 06:04 AM	#39
hjs DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 60 Rep Power: 0	Great news, next some laptop support and i can use the omega drivers again so please ad support for the 8600M GT Eh, for Vista __________________ My PC

Jan 4, 2008, 10:58 AM	#42
*Omegadrive* Drivers? What Drivers??? Join Date: May 2002 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,612 Rep Power: 59	It seems it is a problem on nvidia's driver side, not much I can do about it, as many have reported the same issue with the official drivers. __________________ DRIVERHEAVEN ADMINISTRATOR <<E-MAIL>> <<PC SPECS>> GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Jan 4, 2008, 01:41 PM	#43
SFOSOK -Thread Ender- Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Riverside, CA (right next to the f*ckin train) Posts: 6,873 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	I would rec 169.13 for a set because they are the most stable I've dealt with. __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Jan 1, 2008, 01:20 PM	#32
Luckz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Any plans/ETA for a 64-bit version?

Jan 2, 2008, 04:26 PM	#33
mralw69 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Complete NOOB here. I used to use these drivers on my old 9800 Pro. the interface was slightly different from the official releases. I have just installed the latest Omega driver for my 8600GTS. Thing is the control panel and everything is exactly the same as the previous official driver. Click the "about" button and no mention of OMEGA. So i take it all the improvements must be unseen to the eye? Sorry for the daft question, but i always prefered the Omega frivers to the proper ones. I can't notice anything different.

Jan 3, 2008, 10:49 PM	#38
jabarasca DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I have problem during the installation of the omega v2.169.21. I have GeForce FX 5200, and Windows Xp Professional 32bit, during of the installation of the driver, the PC freezes and i have to reset him. I can't install the driver. Somebody can help me? Sorry for my bad english.

Jan 4, 2008, 07:32 AM	#41
jabarasca DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I ran DRIVER CLEANER, but the problem continue. I love omega drivers, the 1.6693 is the best driver for me, but the fps on CS 1.6 is low. Is not possible install the new NVIDIA OMEGA Driver on FX series?

Jan 5, 2008, 10:02 AM	#44
Oom_Jaap DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I've used Omega drivers for years on my 9500 and X800. Now that I recently moved back to nVidia with a 8800GT this comes as a very pleasant surprise. The drivers work very well, been using them for a week. Overall I noticed a speed boost in most games, specially in some titles like Crysis that becomes unplayeble on 1680 x 1050 resolution in the most demanding situations. My 3dMark 06 points also went up by a couple of hundreds. Quality wise I noticed that the color presentation is slightly less vibrant but definition seems to be improved. Rock solid stability, works with nTune without problems. I installed these on Windows Server 2003. Many thanks Omega, keep up the good work.

Jan 7, 2008, 03:34 AM	#45
g3b DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	color profiles with new Omega driver Hello, Thanks for making the new Nvidia Omega drivers available. Is there any way with the control panel to make a gaming 'color' profile, like the old classic nvidia control panel or is there a utility program out there? Thanks g3b

Jan 7, 2008, 01:21 PM	#46
jabarasca DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I expect for the next NVIDIA Omega Driver. I using now Xtreme G Driver 92.91. The Original ForceWare sucks. Sorry for my bad english.

Jan 7, 2008, 08:02 PM	#47
SFOSOK -Thread Ender- Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Riverside, CA (right next to the f*ckin train) Posts: 6,873 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	Currently switched to the Nvidia 169.21 and I have absolutely no problems. Dunno what it is about this set but I think it has to do with memory clock problems __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Jan 8, 2008, 08:00 AM	#49
=MaxiM= DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Great release, but the refresh rate problem bugs me. I cannot use my 'regular-since-2004' combo of 1280x960x32 @ 100Hz. In 100Hz it forces 16-bit color, which is a no-no, and I'm a big fan of 100+ refresh rates too. So if it's gonna be fixed in new release then I'll be more than happy to use those too, and for now i think I'll just suck it up and use 85Hz. Otherwise everything is fine, at least everything i tested __________________ A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth. ~George Bernar Shaw

Jan 18, 2008, 05:37 PM	#51
dogs0ldier DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	I have put the new omega drivers on but i wondered can i change things like the quality settings to improve perfomance or is the default settings after install the best it will be?...Do the drivers work better with higher resolutions ? Is great u are now doing Nvidia.... biggest thing i missed once i went from ati to Nvidia was your drivers... Love the new site too....Music reminds me of Xenon 2 Megablast for some reason.... Last edited by dogs0ldier; Jan 18, 2008 at 06:54 PM.

Jan 19, 2008, 02:13 AM	#53
SFOSOK -Thread Ender- Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Riverside, CA (right next to the f*ckin train) Posts: 6,873 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	works like a charm now with my new 8800 __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Jan 21, 2008, 07:30 PM	#55
s_bryan_m DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Severe problem with omega drivers for xp/2k I have e-mailed and sent a myspace message to the leader of omega drivers, but have not got a reply my name is shelby morgan i am running an nvidia geforce 6800 graphics card with built on fan, and windows xp home, service pack2, i have done a complete uninstall of nvidia drivers did the whole registry process and installed the omega drivers it installed but when i rebooted my computer it starts up but a couple seconds after it gets to my desktop my system freezes and the whole picture blurs out and i cant do a thing i have to restart and either go into safe mode and uninstall the drivers or i have to use system restore if someone could help me with this problem it would be greatly appreciated. thanks again Shelby Morgan.

Jan 22, 2008, 05:00 AM	#56
Turok DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Hi Shelby, it's very difficult for a German to understand an english bunch of words - without full stop or comma. ;-) But I think you should uninstall die OmegaDrivers in safe mode and try nvidia's official one. It seems there are too many problems, so I have to wait for a new OmegaDriver, too. (Sorry for that simple solution.) A system restore isn't an elegant method.

Jan 24, 2008, 05:34 PM	#58
cyRq DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Same problem here with the drivers. After confirming the installation, the screen flashes two times, after that the screen goes black, and a sec later its all trashed with artifacts. After the reset the drivers seems to be installed but, just after the tray icon appears the system again hangs, flashes like before and again the screen is crap. Only thing you can do is run the system in safe mode and uninstall the drivers... Any feedback would be appreciated. System Specs in the profile... I'm a big fan of Omegas drivers. I was using them on my old R9550 Hope i can run them on my 7300GT...

Jan 28, 2008, 06:21 PM	#60
bake15 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wigan,UK Posts: 586 Rep Power: 0	It's good to see you modding nvidia drivers again, keep up the good work.