ATi Catalysts vs ATi Omegas

"By removing the latest ATi Catalyst Drivers from my PC and installing the latest Omega Drivers, my games will run smoother and look better"

Discuss the above statement...



(Just for reference, I'm running a 9700 Pro on AMD AthlonXP 2500+ with 512MB DDR400, cl3)

In case people are wondering what the Omega Drivers are, here's a link:

http://www.omegadrivers.net/

Looks good.

I have the latest Catalysts installed, and am not experiencing any problems (aside from games freezing when AGP set at 8X - rectified by setting to 4X, resulting in a higher 3D-Mark score?!?!?).

I'm curious as to whether or not these Omega drivers will actually make any noticable difference to my computer's 3D performance.

Is anybody here able to make any comparisons between Catalysts and Omegas? 3D-Mark scores etc?

Cheers
Ju

man ill do anything that doesnt cost money to make my pc better so if this stuff really works ill probably switch to it but i got a question wat graphics cards work with it cuz i have an


ATI radeon 9600 se i hope this makes everything better

I have a 9800 pro. I wonder if I changed to the Omega if it would fix a weird bug I get. The screen distorts, almost blurry and with artificing. If I exist out and force a screen resolution change it fixes it---usually for a while. Any thoughts?

It's possible but I can't say for sure. Are you using the latest catalyst drivers?

My thoughts is if you want to fix something like that
you have to un-install every thing and start all over !
I personally have had Omega drivers corrupt very easy
were i've un-installed them used driver cleaner 3,
re-installed them ,and then they corrupt in about a weeks
time ....And if you go around to driver forums,you will find
it happens more than not with them.

I would install ATi Radeon Catalyst 4.9 Classic
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=862

Driver cleaner 3
http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/

Try them and see if the same thing happens .

you should be able to un-install the old ,run driver cleaner ,reboot,
and install the new ,then reboot it should take 5 mins.

Just my tips : never install drivers on top of each other.
always un-install drivers ,then use driver cleaner before you install the new drivers.

I have an Alienware Area 51M that is a little over a year old with a ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 using version 2.5.58 of the Omega drivers. Changing from the stock ATI drivers to the Omega showed me a leap in performance while playing Doom 3. I don't have any numbers on this, but the overall smoothness and quality noticeably increased. Further, the Omega drivers include the Radlinker overclocking utility to push your videocard even further. I am going to stick with the default setting on that section becuase I cant just go down to Frys and buy myself another video card for this. As always, your mileage may vary.