Omega Radeon Driver Comparison!

News Writer · 4th Nov 2004, 10:44 PM

If you own an ATI Radeon graphics card, chances are you would have heard of the Omega drivers. While most people choose to use the official ATI Catalyst drivers, the Omega drivers were developed for users who are a bit more adventurous and are looking to squeeze the best performance out of their graphics cards.

So, do these Omega drivers really make a difference? Let's find out!

Link : Omega Radeon Driver Comparison!

Rolphus · 5th Nov 2004, 07:23 PM

One small correction to the article... as far as I'm aware, CS: Source (and anything else that runs in the Source engine, such as HL2) isn't an OpenGL renderer. It's a DX9/8/7 engine with support for PS2, PS1.4, PS1.1, and fixed-function shading. As far as I can ascertain from playing the game and looking around the documentation (such as it exists), there's no OpenGL path yet.

I suspect that the minor improvements seen by the "special CS OpenGL driver" are actually within the bounds of usual statistical error.

Hope that helps,

Rolphus

Papercut · 5th Nov 2004, 07:52 PM

Hi Rolphus. Yes, I just got a message from someone else about that and we'll be correcting that in the article shortly. My mistake, I should have realised that a lot sooner.

News Writer · 5th Nov 2004, 11:25 PM

The article has just been updated!

If you own an ATI Radeon graphics card, chances are you would have heard of the Omega drivers. While most people choose to use the official ATI Catalyst drivers, the Omega drivers were developed for users who are a bit more adventurous and are looking to squeeze the best performance out of their graphics cards.

So, do these Omega drivers really make a difference? Let's find out!

Here's the update:-

Updated the comparison to remove results of the Special OpenGL mode.

Link : Omega Radeon Driver Comparison Rev. 1.1!

djsatane · 6th Nov 2004, 02:19 AM

Too bad you didn't mention the fact that 4.10 drivers crash systems running games with Punk Buster enabled. Whether this is caused by ATI new AI interfering with PB or PB having its own problems is another story. Fact is 4.10 crash when playing online with PB enabled game such as Q3A or RTCW, or COD.

This is a big issue and in case you don't believe me or havent heard anyone talk about it please visit rage3d forums, there have been rain of posts on that topic. Hopefully ATI fixes this problem.

Chai · 6th Nov 2004, 02:25 AM

This is interesting. I wonder if the same thing happens on Omega drivers.

Maximus_Detritus · 6th Nov 2004, 02:32 AM

Good article, Papercut

hope to see more of the same

Papercut · 6th Nov 2004, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djsatane

Too bad you didn't mention the fact that 4.10 drivers crash systems running games with Punk Buster enabled. Whether this is caused by ATI new AI interfering with PB or PB having its own problems is another story. Fact is 4.10 crash when playing online with PB enabled game such as Q3A or RTCW, or COD.

This is a big issue and in case you don't believe me or havent heard anyone talk about it please visit rage3d forums, there have been rain of posts on that topic. Hopefully ATI fixes this problem.

I hadn't heard anything about this; will go check it out shortly. Thanks for your feedback

Update: Found the thread on Rage3D forums: http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33784027

And here's a report from the Inquirer about it: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19501

Viper007Bond · 8th Nov 2004, 07:08 PM

Does this comparison deal with Catalyst 4.10 and whatever the lastest Omegas are?

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Rolphus Newbie Join Date: 9 Apr 2003 Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Error in article? One small correction to the article... as far as I'm aware, CS: Source (and anything else that runs in the Source engine, such as HL2) isn't an OpenGL renderer. It's a DX9/8/7 engine with support for PS2, PS1.4, PS1.1, and fixed-function shading. As far as I can ascertain from playing the game and looking around the documentation (such as it exists), there's no OpenGL path yet. I suspect that the minor improvements seen by the "special CS OpenGL driver" are actually within the bounds of usual statistical error. Hope that helps, Rolphus Last edited by Rolphus : 5th Jul 2008 at 12:30 AM.

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News Writer News Writer Join Date: 7 Sep 2004 Location: ARP Posts: 67 Reputation: 13 Rep Power: 0	The article has just been updated! If you own an ATI Radeon graphics card, chances are you would have heard of the Omega drivers. While most people choose to use the official ATI Catalyst drivers, the Omega drivers were developed for users who are a bit more adventurous and are looking to squeeze the best performance out of their graphics cards. So, do these Omega drivers really make a difference? Let's find out! Here's the update:- Updated the comparison to remove results of the Special OpenGL mode. Link : Omega Radeon Driver Comparison Rev. 1.1! __________________ The Hunt For The BOG Book Contest! Over USD 5000 worth of prizes MUST be WON!

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Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 28,124 Reputation: 4649 Rep Power: 82	This is interesting. I wonder if the same thing happens on Omega drivers. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

6th Nov 2004, 02:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
djsatane Newbie Join Date: 6 Nov 2004 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Too bad you didn't mention the fact that 4.10 drivers crash systems running games with Punk Buster enabled. Whether this is caused by ATI new AI interfering with PB or PB having its own problems is another story. Fact is 4.10 crash when playing online with PB enabled game such as Q3A or RTCW, or COD. This is a big issue and in case you don't believe me or havent heard anyone talk about it please visit rage3d forums, there have been rain of posts on that topic. Hopefully ATI fixes this problem.

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