Dunc
05-12-2004, 02:10
At last, the new omega's are out :D. You can download em here (http://www.omegadrivers.net/)
These are based on the catalyst beta's that came with specific optimisations for HL2 and source in general
Please remember to give that ad banner of his a click or two, thats the only thing keeping it all going and it only takes a second
Release notes etc:
OMEGADRIVE here!
These are my "optimized" drivers for the ATI Radeon family of video cards.
What's New? (2k/XP 2.5.97)
* Based on the Catalyst 4.12 Beta drivers.
* New Radlinker installation method, now it should install correctly every time.
* Fixed gamma issues with color control panel.
* WMV acceleration is now off by default, you can turn it on in the Options panel.
* New quick shortcut for Radlinker, just right click your desktop and go directly
to all the Advanced 3D settings.
* Fixed Standby/Suspend/Hibernation bug.
* Added a lot of new resolutions for wide screen monitor/dfp users.
* Fixed the Forced Anisotropic settings, now they should not reset to Performance mode.
* Removed the special Counter Strike OpenGL from the package, now that CS:S is available,
this is no longer necessary.
* Fixed some uninstall issues, now the drivers should completely be removed if you select
to do so.
**************
Important Notes:
1. Well, at last, the fix for the dreaded overlay video on some laptops bug has been found.
The cause IS NOT the ATI drivers or any of my settings, the cause is a hardware bug, more
specifically a BIOS bug. In the testing, many people already updated their Sager notebooks
with a new BIOS provided by Sager and the video problem is GONE! So I encourage you to
go to your manufacturer's web page and see if a new bios update has been issued for your
laptop, and if not, e-mail the manufacturer so they can rush out a fix for this.
2. CCC will work with the Omega Drivers, but is NOT recommended that you install it, all
the functions found in CCC are already included with RadLinker Omega Edition or will
be included in a near future as this new CP project develops.
3. Now the Omega Drivers will use a built-in, special RadLinker version ("Advaced 3D" tab)
with the following features:
> Uses NO resources.
> Doesn't require .NET to work.
> New settings for both D3D and OGL.
> Golbal controls to set both D3D and OGL in one pass.
> Automatic Per-application profiles.
> Integrated Overclocking.
> Desktop and Game Color/Gamma control.
> Game Color/Gamma control for profiles.
> Temporal AA settings (T2 & T3) and Temporal AA Threshold control.
> Trilinear filtering can be forced for Anisotropic filtering.
> Catalyst AI support.
This new CP was made in conjunction with ChrisW, maker of Radlinker, as an exclusive
feature for the Omega Drivers and we will keep adding features in future releases.
4. Since RadLinker is now a vital part of the Omega Drivers, it will not be an option
to select during setup anymore, it will now automatically look for and uninstall ANY
previous version and replace it with the new one.
These are based on the catalyst beta's that came with specific optimisations for HL2 and source in general
Please remember to give that ad banner of his a click or two, thats the only thing keeping it all going and it only takes a second
Release notes etc:
OMEGADRIVE here!
These are my "optimized" drivers for the ATI Radeon family of video cards.
What's New? (2k/XP 2.5.97)
* Based on the Catalyst 4.12 Beta drivers.
* New Radlinker installation method, now it should install correctly every time.
* Fixed gamma issues with color control panel.
* WMV acceleration is now off by default, you can turn it on in the Options panel.
* New quick shortcut for Radlinker, just right click your desktop and go directly
to all the Advanced 3D settings.
* Fixed Standby/Suspend/Hibernation bug.
* Added a lot of new resolutions for wide screen monitor/dfp users.
* Fixed the Forced Anisotropic settings, now they should not reset to Performance mode.
* Removed the special Counter Strike OpenGL from the package, now that CS:S is available,
this is no longer necessary.
* Fixed some uninstall issues, now the drivers should completely be removed if you select
to do so.
**************
Important Notes:
1. Well, at last, the fix for the dreaded overlay video on some laptops bug has been found.
The cause IS NOT the ATI drivers or any of my settings, the cause is a hardware bug, more
specifically a BIOS bug. In the testing, many people already updated their Sager notebooks
with a new BIOS provided by Sager and the video problem is GONE! So I encourage you to
go to your manufacturer's web page and see if a new bios update has been issued for your
laptop, and if not, e-mail the manufacturer so they can rush out a fix for this.
2. CCC will work with the Omega Drivers, but is NOT recommended that you install it, all
the functions found in CCC are already included with RadLinker Omega Edition or will
be included in a near future as this new CP project develops.
3. Now the Omega Drivers will use a built-in, special RadLinker version ("Advaced 3D" tab)
with the following features:
> Uses NO resources.
> Doesn't require .NET to work.
> New settings for both D3D and OGL.
> Golbal controls to set both D3D and OGL in one pass.
> Automatic Per-application profiles.
> Integrated Overclocking.
> Desktop and Game Color/Gamma control.
> Game Color/Gamma control for profiles.
> Temporal AA settings (T2 & T3) and Temporal AA Threshold control.
> Trilinear filtering can be forced for Anisotropic filtering.
> Catalyst AI support.
This new CP was made in conjunction with ChrisW, maker of Radlinker, as an exclusive
feature for the Omega Drivers and we will keep adding features in future releases.
4. Since RadLinker is now a vital part of the Omega Drivers, it will not be an option
to select during setup anymore, it will now automatically look for and uninstall ANY
previous version and replace it with the new one.