nVidia Omega drivers!

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07-09-2002, 11:44 AM
destinier99

nVidia Omega drivers!

Yesterday I intalled Omega drivers 29.42 for my GeForce2 GTS and wow!, games have VERY BETTER image quality. OK I know you lose some hundred points in 3dmark but you will see a noticeable difference in iq. GeForce3/4 will do even better I suppose. So I strongly recommend these drivers for all those who really want the best iq of their GeForce card and don't mind if they lose 8-10 fps in games. For ex. Dungeon Siege looked far better with Omega drivers even without FSAA ( anyway I can't play it with FSAA on, cause fps drop in 6.7 frames during a battle in glacern for ex., but with FSAA turned off omega drivers made this game look better) or in Quake3 first time I saw the sky not ****ed up (it's still crappy but not soooo much) and terrain looks wonderfull. Give them a try!

www.omegacorner.com
Attention: See first the readme cause it says some very important things. For ex. not to change mip-maps or aniso etc..
And also be sure to download version 29.42b instead of a cause it corrects some serious bugs.

Please post your findings/impressions in this thread. And remember to be towards image quality. Especially aniso filtering does miracles under Omega drivers.
07-09-2002, 05:03 PM
Fatal

what kind of results has everybody else had with these drivers? im wondering if i should try them or stick with my extra fps
07-09-2002, 06:13 PM
anthraxx

Omega driver needed

Hey i was looking at the omega drivers yesterday but now thier driver downloads are down .. could you email the Win98 omega driver V.1.0.42a if thats the one you useing >>>
here`s my email [email protected]

ok thanks i need to try these out my self :)

Epox 8K7A
Amd XP 1900+
Geforce 2 Pro 32meg ddr

etc...........
07-09-2002, 06:51 PM
destinier99

Re: Omega driver needed

Quote:

Originally posted by anthraxx
Hey i was looking at the omega drivers yesterday but now thier driver downloads are down .. could you email the Win98 omega driver V.1.0.42a if thats the one you useing >>>
here`s my email [email protected]

ok thanks i need to try these out my self :)

Epox 8K7A
Amd XP 1900+
Geforce 2 Pro 32meg ddr

etc...........

Sorry antraxx but I use V.1.0.42b for WindowsXP
Try www.driverheaven.com, I think you'll find them there.
07-09-2002, 07:27 PM
anthraxx

:)

ok thanks anyway .i`ll try the link
07-09-2002, 09:55 PM
Nabby

I honestly didn't see much of change in texture quality with my geforce4. ALthough it does drop my fps so I went ahead and switched back to the Nvidia ones. I have another machine here with a Geforce 2. I'll try them on that one and report back to see if it changes anything. Also, it droped my fps drastically in SOF2 MP, but to be completely honest the netcode in that game in general is extremely buggy. But Still fun :D
07-09-2002, 10:05 PM
thebove

i've currently been using the 28.90 beta drivers with my gf3 ti500. they're every bit as fast as the famed 22.80 & 23.12 drivers for gf3's, but the 28.90 drivers also have vastly improved image quality over the other drivers, so i'm gonna stick with the ones i've got
07-09-2002, 10:08 PM
jagojago12

https://www.sharkyforums.com/

Have you tried any of the 29.40, 29.42 or 29.60 drivers? They all performed faster than the 28.90 (in my comparison) so most likely one of those drivers should be the fastest for you too.
07-09-2002, 10:11 PM
ryokuin1

im installin these babies right now.
gona run the full battery of tests and post with some impressions.
07-10-2002, 03:54 PM
LouIII

29.42 looks good

I just installed the 29.42 drivers and am impressed with the better image quality. My wallpaper is of a red Mustang GT, and the red looked a little mottled with the 28.32. With these new drivers, the red is much more even and realistic. And that's the end of my earth-shattering evaluation. Seriously, I don't have 3D Mark 2001 on my system right now, so digging the eye candy will have to suffice until I get around around to downloading it.

nVidia is also offering a trial of Keyhole Earthviewer 3D, an earth viewing system that replicates teloscopic satellite imagery. It looks like it'll be fun to play with.
07-11-2002, 12:09 AM
Ganja

*** are Omega drivers?
Are they official?
07-11-2002, 12:27 AM
jagojago12

Nope, they are drivers made by some guy on his free time.
07-11-2002, 07:23 AM
destinier99

Quote:

Originally posted by jagojago12
Nope, they are drivers made by some guy on his free time.

They are not like this.
In fact, they are based on the official nVidia 29.42 detonators drivers and this guy all that did, was to tweak the .ini file so that it can achive higher iq via lod bias and anisotropic filtering. It also added some more options in drivers menu.
Anyway, I haven't experienced any problems or incompatibilities with these drivers yet.
07-12-2002, 04:40 PM
anthraxx

real nice

I just got the Omega driver for win 98 :)
and they do make the games look alot better i was playing DOD last night it`s looks much better it`s not as washed out .
i`ll half to see how they perform on other games.........
07-12-2002, 05:35 PM
Ganja

Bleh
Umm so basicaly its no diferent then me opening GTU and setting ansiotropic filtering to max and setting lod bias to -3.0?
07-12-2002, 05:52 PM
Farmer_BOB

Quote:

Originally posted by Ganja
*** are Omega drivers?
Are they official?

They aren't official. The Omega guys have been making ATI drivers for a long time now. They aren't newbies when it comes to making drivers.
07-12-2002, 07:40 PM
jagojago12

Omega drivers are ok for the Radeon but what really made Omega so popular were their better-than-3dfx Voodoo3 drivers.
07-12-2002, 08:19 PM
Iceball_AARF

Quote:

Originally posted by Ganja
Bleh
Umm so basicaly its no diferent then me opening GTU and setting ansiotropic filtering to max and setting lod bias to -3.0?

Yes it IS different, some of the settings he uses are not available through most tweakers and others are set beyond the capacity of any tweak out there. I still have the private and first public beta drivers, the ones with the extra LOD bias, and i can tell you tgat you will not get the same effect by using GTU. Ohh and btw if you wanna try them please be smart and not like most people who download them and try them without actually reading the readme.

Peace.
07-12-2002, 08:27 PM
Farmer_BOB

Quote:

Originally posted by jagojago12
Omega drivers are ok for the Radeon but what really made Omega so popular were their better-than-3dfx Voodoo3 drivers.

You're telling me, I'm using the Omega drivers for my Banshee, and it works great.
07-12-2002, 10:38 PM
datboiwilly

Hmmm...I'm gonna download them now and see how they work out.
07-13-2002, 07:55 AM
Skywalker DK

Does anyone know another site that hosts these drivers? I just tried to download them, but the server is down.
07-13-2002, 09:45 AM
Skywalker DK

Nevermind, found it myself after digging the forums a bit :)

There's another mirror here