I just got a 9600xt from eBay and was wondering what the best drivers for
games are? I don't plan on doing any overclocking.

Thanks.

"Blip" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:LMDzd.31956$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I just got a 9600xt from eBay and was wondering what the best drivers for
> games are? I don't plan on doing any overclocking.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

When I was playing Doom 3, I too was interested in the Omega drivers
performance, so downloaded the latest set. To my joy, they gave me a 10fps
incrase in the Doom 3 timedemo. The Omega drivers were based on betas of the
same ATI set. This pretty much sold me on the Omega drivers, and I haven't
used ATI since. I'm using a 9800 Pro 128MB btw.

where can I download those drivers?

On 26 Dec 2004, Mlaen wrote:

> where can I download those drivers?
>
>

Google "omega drivers" and it should be the first hit you get.


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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:14:22 -0000, "The Berzerker"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>"Blip" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:LMDzd.31956$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I just got a 9600xt from eBay and was wondering what the best drivers for
>> games are? I don't plan on doing any overclocking.

>> Thanks.

>When I was playing Doom 3, I too was interested in the Omega drivers
>performance, so downloaded the latest set. To my joy, they gave me a 10fps
>incrase in the Doom 3 timedemo. The Omega drivers were based on betas of the
>same ATI set. This pretty much sold me on the Omega drivers, and I haven't
>used ATI since. I'm using a 9800 Pro 128MB btw.

I have not used ATi's for the whole 9 years that the ' God Bless You'
man has been around.

For Blip & Mlaen : http://www.omegadrivers.net/ and make sure you read
his CP help / FAQ and particularly the MB BIOS link [s]

BoroLad

The Omegas are a little faster but I could not use them. I had major
tearing because vsync refuse to work. I switched to the Cat 412 and problem
solved.

DaveL


"Blip" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:LMDzd.31956$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I just got a 9600xt from eBay and was wondering what the best drivers for
> games are? I don't plan on doing any overclocking.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

"DaveL" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> The Omegas are a little faster but I could not use them. I had major
> tearing because vsync refuse to work. I switched to the Cat 412 and
problem
> solved.
>
> DaveL
>

Yeah, I think the latest Omega set actually had a bug that prevented v-sync
working.

I got the Omega drivers for my 9800 SE. Softmoded to open up the 4
pixel pipes on the card but I can't tell if it worked.
RivaTuner reads that there is 8 pixel pipes but I can't tell the
difference. In HL2 I'm getting 55FPS on the HL2 benchmarks. Run some
tests to see what drivers are best for you.

On 31 Dec 2004 15:39:12 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>I got the Omega drivers for my 9800 SE. Softmoded to open up the 4
>pixel pipes on the card but I can't tell if it worked.
>RivaTuner reads that there is 8 pixel pipes but I can't tell the
>difference. In HL2 I'm getting 55FPS on the HL2 benchmarks. Run some
>tests to see what drivers are best for you.

- Right click on your desktop
- Settings
- Advanced
- Adapter

- Adapter String : shows physical [ on pcb ] chip type
- Chip Type : shows [ software ] modded chip type

or use one of the many tools such as AIDA32/64 etc

BoroLad

Blip wrote:
> I just got a 9600xt from eBay and was wondering what the best drivers for
> games are? I don't plan on doing any overclocking.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Go with the OmegaDrivers, they are far better than ATIs. I can't stress
enough how good they are.

The only question I have is why ATI, being the manufacturer, does not
release better drivers? it's like they said to their coders "just get
the drivers to work and don't worry about performance".