Catalyst 4.6 Drivers Out Now!

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Had 'em installed for two weks now ;)

I forgot to post about them. Me bad. So a timely reminder there reef, nice one :)
 

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christopherpostill said:
Aparently the omega ones offer better quality.
So I've heard. Never tried 'em meself but I do know of several peeps who say they're the bees knees. Optimised for gaming, I'm led to understand.
 
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Yep - they are pretty good. i think that you lose a couple FPS but superior quality compared to the Standard ones.
 
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Here are some direct links to the new driver. I believe they can be used to flash bios of some cards to make them faster but not sure and im not chancing it!

http://www.newgenerationorder.org/rad_w2kxp_omega_2551.cab http://narkiz.net/rad_w2kxp_omega_2551.cab
http://mhzdata.com/rad_w2kxp_omega_2551.cab
http://mikemth.de:1337/downloads.php?d_op=getit&lid=688
http://omega.coldkingdom.net/rad_w2kxp_omega_2551.cab
http://www.hardware-city.com/index.php?templateid=download&file=121
http://www.link-empire.se/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=80

from

www.omegadrivers.net

20.4 meg. am downloading now. Driver was released on the 17th of this month. Here is what omega drivers are all about...

ABOUT THE OMEGA DRIVERS AND THIS SITE:
The purpose of the Omega Drivers is to provide gamers with an alternate set of drivers, ones that have more options and features than the original sets. The drivers contain optimizations, extra features (like OC capabilities), more resolutions and internal tweaks that can give them the edge in a gaming enviroment over the normal drivers, which are often tailored for synthetic benchmarks. All Omega driver sets are tested (unless noted) by myself in my own PC or in an alternate PC (in the case of the nvidia drivers) to ensure maximum compatibility and reliability.


I do this hobby in my spare time, since I have a personal life and a day work, so don't expect me to be up-to-date with everybody or everything, that means, don't send me E-Mail with questions like"When is the next set going to be released?" or "Are your drivers faster than "insert company here" drivers?", cause they will NOT be answered. When new official drivers are released by a company, expect an Omega release based on them, but don't expect a release date to be given, they will be ready when they are ready...



Important note:
I'm not God, so don't be calling me like that or pretend that I'm one, I only serve Jesus and His will, that's why I do this service in my spare time, I want to leave a mark in the world and let Him know that I did something good and noble for the world... make people happy ;-)




[font=helvetica,arial,sans-serif]Thanks and God bless you all, [/font]
OMEGADRIVE
This is weird too. http://www.omegadrivers.net/files/interview.swf

have fun, Regards, Chris
 

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Whilst looking to compare my 3DMark03 score (5716) in the net, i stumbled across someone who said that he used the latest omega drivers on his Radeon 9800(not pro) and he said that it performs aswell as a 9800pro, whether this is true or not is anyones guess!

But if someone with a 9800 could try 3DMark03 with the Catalyst 4.6 drivers, then the latest Omega drivers and compare the scores it could be helpful (cough try it Ian, cough)
 
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The omega drivers come with bios's to softmod a 9800se to a 9800/pro/XT !!

maybe that is what you are reading about - its just like an option on the list - to softmod your card or to just install the new driver. My cousin flashed his 9800 Non Pro to a 9800XT!!

btw i am impressed with your 3DMark03 score reefy!!!! i get only 6064 with my set up - though that was with the NON omega drivers. Also now have a raid array with a 32kb stripe size as opposed to 128kb so that should make a difference.

need a more recent bench though.
 

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I was very suprised how well mine did aswell!

I've seen higher spec PC's get less. I think it must be something to do with the Dual Channel memory setup?

I dont have raid or s-ata, and my processor is at 533mhz FSB, not a single bit og OC-ing throughout the machine! Just the normal 4.6 catalyst drivers!

ty for the compliment chris ^_^
 
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i have the dual channel memory too - and its a lot faster due to yoru lack of FSB. i am assuming you leave the 3dmark settings at default right?
 

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yeah man, i only got the free version from PCFormatt's cover DVD. And they've only set it to the normal one, what they use to test cards. Summut like 1024x768 32bit.

Buy the latest PCFormat (DVD Version, £6.50) and you'll get it too, and see.
 
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i just download the full version (only a hundred meg or so) from futuremark.com

play the demo - its A W E S O M E
 

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the full version of 3DMark03 free to download then??????????? if so please slap me the link!

I thought you had to buy that, i swear i seen it somewhere for sale.
 
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well you have to buy the liscense but people are openly giving away serials. dont know whether it legal or not - all i know is it means you cant use the online score compare bit. The program is fully usable though...
 

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Well its better than paying £30+ for it, thats for sure.

So you gonna give me any hints to what sites i can get these keys from ;) ?
 

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alwite, lads, any swapping of dodgy stuff, please do it via PM or preferably e-mail

or you could get us into trouble and we don't want that now do we?

I thank you :)
 
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Tsk Tsk Reefsmoka. How dare you condone using illegal cracks and just...NAUGHTY REEFSMOKA.

expect a PM soon.

chris
 

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