BETA TESTING: nvidia Omega drivers 1.0.2940

***Omegadrive*** · May 26, 2002, 07:12 PM

For all of you who didn't got selected in the first beta round of my drivers, now there is a second generation of the drivers, and they will be in OPEN beta testing.

The LOD for OpenGL is now more conservative than the one in the first beta round, It will look better than before, with less aliasing and shimmering. As for D3D, no luck yet, no way to adjust the LOD to a perfect setting yet (the drivers will still beta until I figure out how to make the LOD settings work correctly in D3D, if anyone knows please contact me).

Here are the instructions for the beta testing:
1) Install the regular 29.40 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_1.0.2940.cab

Enjoy!

johnandrew · May 27, 2002, 08:56 AM

i tried the 29.40s out with 3dmark2001 and got a score of 4284. then i installed the omega drivers and i got a score of 3600. sorry dude im going back to the detonators.

- dont you have some omega drivers for the 28.00 series? if so, post them and i'll give them a try too. -

digitalwanderer · May 27, 2002, 09:49 AM

Try his new drivers with something that uses openGL, he hasn't finished tweaking the D3D side yet. I got a huge performance boost in UT, (but under 98se), and the image quality is hella better.

The D3D stuff looked so awful it was almost cool & trippy....almost.

EDITED BITS: Just wanted to mention that Omegadrive's beta XP set has been 'leaked' and is now in the wild.

Chaos · May 27, 2002, 10:30 AM

I just gave them a go in Unreal Tournament and they do look real good. Better performance than the last set also.

***Zardon*** · May 27, 2002, 10:44 AM

http://www.warp2search.net/article.p...thread&order=0

looks like someone likes to "borrow" the info on "leaked" sets from here... interesting.

***Zardon*** · May 27, 2002, 11:00 AM

ive emailed both warp2search, rancho and newsfactory along with that german site http://planetxp.mip.mikemth.de/modul...cle&sid=1597.. to just "clear up" the fact that they got them from omegas official support forum HERE, very uncool they didnt even mention this place at all. a little common courtesy or asking the author would go a long way. they even have the drivers mirrored FGS.

Chaos · May 27, 2002, 11:05 AM

I did see mention on warp2search in the comments that they did originate here

***Zardon*** · May 27, 2002, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chaos
I did see mention on warp2search in the comments that they did originate here

http://www.warp2search.net/article.p...thread&order=0 not here they didnt.

digitalwanderer · May 27, 2002, 11:17 AM

...did you notice that the poster's name was a bit familiar?

Chaos · May 27, 2002, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
http://www.warp2search.net/article.p...thread&order=0 not here they didnt.

If you scroll down you will see this comment:

Hummmmm ya the poster's name does sorta look familiar : )

The comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Also the 1.0.2941 beta set for win9x/me is up (Score: 1)
by digitalwanderer on Monday, May 27 @ 18:10:20 CEST
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Omegadrive posted a comment about them over at http://www.rageunderground.com and you can find more comments about them over at http://www.driverheaven.net, Omegadrive & Cyborg's new site.

BTW-The D3D on this set is NOT finished nor is it really ready for primetime yet, they are definately beta....but the openGL is looking REAL good.

***Zardon*** · May 27, 2002, 11:22 AM

yes thats because digital wanderer saw it and stepped in

, its nothing to do with warp2search, I know the guys well and they are cool...

ive emailed everyone with regards to this, I want some credit on the german site to this forum and more importantly I feel omega should have been asked. not only are his drivers mirrored but the important information in this thread he posted wasnt reproduced for users, NOR was he asked.

thats common courtesy.

Chaos · May 27, 2002, 11:31 AM

Cool, I'm not trying to defend the site I just mentioned that I saw mention in the comment by digitalwanderer

***Zardon*** · May 27, 2002, 11:33 AM

ok they have fixed it im glad to see

my emails paid off then

NewsFactory · May 27, 2002, 11:54 AM

Hi Zardon,

I Always give credit to the site or the person that I get news from but on this occasion I spotted the drivers on our sister site and did mention @ the time that I wasn't sure where they got the drivers as I could not find them on Omegacorner.com but that's changed after I got your email and all links point here to Driverheaven! am not going to steal stories from here as I post here on a regular bases!

Regards

NewsFactory

***Zardon*** · May 27, 2002, 11:57 AM

no I never said you did. I know you bud, you are cool

its been sorted out in email.... I just respect the work omega and cyborg put into the sets and this site. its only common courtesy. thats not much to ask. perhaps this wont happen again.

this forum means alot to me, and I hope you are all getting something good from it. thats why it is here.

NewsFactory · May 27, 2002, 12:00 PM

No problem mate! why do you think I post my stories here ? best place to be when your not on http://www.warp2search.com !LOL

***Zardon*** · May 27, 2002, 12:04 PM

yes warp2search is one of my favs as well

Impulse · May 27, 2002, 06:43 PM

These drivers perform great under Quake 3 Using a GF3 under Win2k SP2

. Good job, Omega

PAP · May 27, 2002, 07:29 PM

when the beta omega drivers were posted here did you not think they would reach around the world in 80 seconds. i think you did, maybe you just wanted to see if there was interest. believe me the world waits for your new set of drivers, as i do! keep up the good work. PAP

snoz · May 27, 2002, 11:50 PM

But i cant get NVrefresh tool working with them

so all modes are in refresh 60hz.

When i run the program it shows the right modes and refresh rates and i hit update .. reboot but when i play a game in X res it defaults to 60hz

Graphics do look alot shaper , so i hope very much u can fix this.

Im running

windows 2k

athlon xp 1900+
geforce 4 ti4400

mark99 · May 28, 2002, 04:42 AM

Can we get back on-topic please =)..

I'd really like to try these drivers for their OpenGL, although their not much good unless D3D is also working. In other words, can you release a version with just the OpenGL improvements and no changes to the D3D? Or indeed, can I do this myself, which I doubt if the primary .inf file has been altered too much.

***Omegadrive*** · May 28, 2002, 09:54 PM

mark, the D3D part IS working and optimized, only the LOD is NOT ready, and in this case, with the current settings you may experience a slowdown in D3D, but the graphics are sharp (well... too sharp) and games run.
I'll update the drivers again this weekend with the D3D detail turned down to the standard mode until I get a hold of the problem (of fix it).

Skinner · May 29, 2002, 04:47 PM

Man, you finally did it, take away the blur in d3d, although it's a little bitle to much lodbias, but I read you gonna lower it a bit.

I searched myself a bit to find a way to increase the load in d3d and now you have done it in your driver, nice work

I can finally drop the anisotropic filteringhit, and