New nvidia Omega drivers "KX 1.0.2942" (Beta 2)

***Omegadrive*** · Jun 17, 2002, 10:29 PM

OK, sorry for my absence, but I have been putting things into perspective and re-aligning my life, so I'm doing "little" work on my PC and more work in my real life, to put things in balance if you know what I mean

Well, in this little time I have tweaking the nvidia drivers a little more, I still can't get the D3D drivers to do what I want, but at least they are optimized, sans the LOD, I may contact nvidia, to see "if" they can help me (yeah, right, keep dreaming...

)

But in them meantime there is a new release, still beta, but runs better than the previous release.

Here are the instructions for installing them:
1) Install the regular 29.42 drivers and give them a roll in benchmarks, write down the results and take a notice of the image quality.
2) Download the Omega drivers.
3) After downloading them you must uncompress them to a folder of your choice using Winzip or any other utilitie that can extract CAB files.
4) They must be installed through the Device Manager, they don't have a SETUP.
5) No need to clean previous settings, the drivers are prepared to remove old settings, even unknown ones.
6) After the install just restart and test again.
7) Inform me of any problems or any advancements.

That's all I need, here is the temporary link to the new 2k/XP set:
http://www.omegacorner.com/files/bet...p_1.0.2942.cab

Enjoy!

Impulse · Jun 18, 2002, 12:33 AM

[SIZE=x-small]Quake 3 Arena v1.30 Benchmarks[/size]
[SIZE=x-small]High Quality 640x480 Max Quality, All setting enabled. Using Nvidia's 29.42 Driver = 121fps (Not Tweaked)![/size]
[SIZE=x-small]High Quality 640x480 Max Quality, All settings enabled. Using Omega Drivers = 126fps (Not Tweaked)![/size]

[SIZE=x-small]Tested on "four.dm Demo"[/size]

[SIZE=x-small]Tested on Windows 2000 w/SP2 (Clean install), Soyo K7-Dragon Board, AMD XP 1600+ CPU (Not Overlocked), Volcanno 7+ HSF, Nvidia GeForce 4MX AGP 4x, Hercules Fortissmo 2, 350watt PSU, 256MB PC2100 DDR-RAM, Maxtor 40gig HD and a 17'inch ViewSonic Monitor... Good job, Omega... LOL

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Jun 18, 2002, 01:41 AM

All i can say is :

Family and job come first !!!

We can wait for as long as it takes for you to finish a Great set of drivers.

So far with my setup ive seen an amazing score of 6136 on 3dmark 2001 se.

Funny thing is that when i first got this card and without using RivaTuner or over clocking or using any other drivers other than its packaging set, my score was
4800(i kid you not).
And with the same setup but with a P3 733 and default drivers i got a 3600(amazing what 267 mhz can do).

Again thanks for your time and effort friend !!!!

Skinner · Jun 18, 2002, 08:35 AM

Well, at first thanx for the work.

Now the less part

the lod in d3d is the same as normal, no sharp textures as in the previous release, I've tested 3DMark2001 and UT2003.

What do you mean with sans the lod?

I saw on you site shots of Max Payne with the modified 28.90's with awesome lod, why did you drop those beautifull settings, I would love to get them back, I hate the blurry default setting off nVidia's d3d.

hjs · Jun 18, 2002, 01:55 PM

omega drivers aren't for benchmarks !!
they are to give you the best visual experience

possible on youre Geforce !!
So who gives a F*ck about youre 3dmark score ?
Look at the picture see if it looks any better end more beautifull. Does it makes you drool?

(at least that was with the radeon the case)

Skinner · Jun 18, 2002, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hjs
omega drivers aren't for benchmarks !!
they are to give you the best visual experience possible on youre Geforce !!
So who gives a F*ck about youre 3dmark score ?
Look at the picture see if it looks any better end more beautifull. Does it makes you drool?

(at least that was with the radeon the case)

Not in d3d yet hjs.

Some people popping everywhere

Impulse · Jun 18, 2002, 04:39 PM

[SIZE=x-small]I tested them on Quake 3, nothing bad testing it again on Quake 2!...

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Necrosis · Jun 18, 2002, 06:18 PM

I tried them this morning, they work and look beautiful in JDKII. Also looks pretty good in Red Faction as well. I was too lazy to benchmark the NVD 2942's; seems about the same fps or maybe even a bit faster.

Impulse · Jun 18, 2002, 07:56 PM

[SIZE=x-small]I like these Drivers, LOL

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***Omegadrive*** · Jun 18, 2002, 09:09 PM

Skinner, that means without the LEVEL OF DETAIL... As I can't correctly "tweak" it in D3D, only in OpenGL, and since eliminating the mipmaps in D3D caused a MAJOR slowdown, I decided to leave it in NORMAL until I figure out how to make the LOD work correctly.
BTW, with this drivers D3D WILL look the same as the regular drivers, but SHOULD run better than the originals.

hjs · Jun 19, 2002, 02:26 AM

C&P of Guru3d

Quote:

nVHardPage update v0.92.9b - Hilbert Hagedoorn @ 10:03

A new version of nVHardPage has just been released, this is a very rapidly growing and comprehensive NVIDIA graphics card tweaker.

Now finally with overclocking support ! nVHardPage is now at build v0.92.9b. Quick sidenote, this tool has built in support for NV Refreshrate fix. So within a few clicks of a mouse button your problems are away.

v0.92.9b

- compatible with 29.60 winXP detonators
- added overclocking tab
- added functions for deleting (all) D3D and OGL reg. values
- added detection settings for 22.80 and lower det. under Win9x/Me
- updated D3D Texture LOD setting
- updated oglreg.dat file
- fixed OGL AA setting
- fixed D3D LOD detection under Win9x
- fixed bug in "ALL OpenGL SETTINGS" under Win9x
- some others small fixes and changes
- updates in INFO program:
- added mipmapping support
- added multitexturing support
- added point, bilinear and anisotropic filtering support
- added device, raster, textures and texture filtering caps

Someone to contact Omega?

Skinner · Jun 19, 2002, 05:59 AM

HJS, d3d lod don't work there either, Omega; thanx.

hjs · Jun 19, 2002, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Skinner
HJS, d3d lod don't work theire either.

JonL · Jun 21, 2002, 01:25 PM

Help !!

How can I manually, or what app can I use to change the refresh rates with the New nvidia Omega drivers "KX 1.0.2942" (Beta 2) ??

I've tried NVidia Refresh Rate Fix and NVRefreshTool 1.0, and neither seem to work

***Omegadrive*** · Jun 21, 2002, 11:05 PM

MultiRes 1.40, that's the one I use....

Slagathor · Jun 22, 2002, 10:50 AM

Perhaps I missed it or didnt read enough but do these support all nvidia chips?????
I have a GeForce 2 in one machine and they work great, I also have a machine with a tnt 2 ultra and would like to use them in there too.....

***Omegadrive*** · Jun 22, 2002, 12:58 PM

NVidia.Nv4 = "NVIDIA RIVA TNT (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv5 = "NVIDIA RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv0A = "NVIDIA Aladdin TNT2 (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.NvVanta = "NVIDIA Vanta/Vanta LT (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.NvUltra = "NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Ultra (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv5M64 = "NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv10 = "NVIDIA GeForce 256 (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv10DDR = "NVIDIA GeForce DDR (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv10GL = "NVIDIA Quadro (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv11 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv11DDR = "NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200 (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv11GL = "NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR/EX (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.NvCrush11 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 Integrated GPU (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv15 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv15DDR = "NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv15BR = "NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv15GL = "NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv17.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460 (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv17.2 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv17.3 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv17GL.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 500/550 XGL (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv17GL.2 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 200/400 NVS (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv20 = "NVIDIA GeForce3 (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv20.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200 (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv20.2 = "NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 500 (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv20DCC = "NVIDIA Quadro DCC (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv25.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv25.2 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400 (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv25.4 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv25GL.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv25GL.2 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 750 XGL (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
NVidia.Nv25GL.4 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"
nvWin2kDualview = "NVIDIA Dualview (Omega KX 1.0.2942)"

BTW, the drivers are a little SLOWER in OpenGL, that's because of the increase in detail, the FPS hit will NOT be too high, but the quality change is INCREDIBLE.

x243 · Jun 22, 2002, 02:09 PM

Omegadrive, are you having problems with the D3D LOD because of the ecrypted settings? The key for D3D LOD is D3D_D3D_88481200. The hex values that worked in the old drivers (pre-22.xx) work in all the newer drivers as well. nVidia just changed the name of the key.

iceball_aarf · Jun 22, 2002, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by x243
Omegadrive, are you having problems with the D3D LOD because of the ecrypted settings? The key for D3D LOD is D3D_D3D_88481200. The hex values that worked in the old drivers (pre-22.xx) work in all the newer drivers as well. nVidia just changed the name of the key.

That is not quite the kind of LOD Bias with whom he is having trouble, to know which kind of LOD he has trouble with check the older Omega beta driver´s (the 29.40´s, not these .42), the main problem with that setting was the big performance hit it produced.

Peace.

Dazza_aus · Jun 22, 2002, 06:24 PM

Thanks alot looks wicked. I will try different games today and let you know the results.

Palamino 1600+ @ 1533
Msi KT266 Pro2
512mb Micron PC 2100
Asus Ge-force3 @ 220/520
2xSeagate 20gb drives Raid 0
Hercules Game Theatre
Sony 19 inch G420
Windows XP Pro

Chaos · Jun 22, 2002, 07:39 PM

Well I must say there is a real nice image quality in OpenGL and the Direct 3D is not so bad either but not anything like the OpenGL.

Good job dude.

Here is a screenie from the Operation NaPali Mod for Unreal Tourney.
1024x768x32 2XAA @ 85hz

iceboy · Jun 23, 2002, 11:23 AM

thanks for the tweaked drivers omega..

Chaos · Jun 23, 2002, 03:08 PM

After cranking the clock speed up on my GeForce 3 Ti200 here are the results with Omega's newest drivers.

skol · Jun 24, 2002, 07:57 AM

Ive got a problem you may be able to help with, ive recently had probs with my CPU overheating, ive changed the MOBO and heatsink and fan, the CPU was runnin at 76 deg (ouch), now its at constant 43 deg, but when playing some games it tends to either boot me to the desktop or restart the comp others say its a driver problem which brings me here, with the new mobo its faster than ever and it will run on the desktop for ever but still get the problem in games, ive updated all the chipset drivers to the l8est VIA ones (4.40a) and tried various DET drivers so im gonna try yours to see if its any better, but if any of u have any ideas it would be appreciated.

Athlon 850
GeForce 2 MX 32meg
384meg Ram

.............................................Thnx