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r4esh
Which are the best ATI drivers? I imagine this question i asked ALL the time, but when i searched for it, i found nothing current; onyl things from like 3.2 and stuff, but now ATI has 4.2 out.
r4esh
Anyone? I know this is an early bump, but i'm looking for a quick awnser.
Tiburon
i use the omega's personally =.
Hypoxiaicon
Never had any Problems with the Official ATi Catalysts™

Try them all, see which you prefere. I'd never had any reason to change.
tickbabies
i used to use omega's, but recently been using ati's. omega's gave me a few hundred more points when a ran some bench marks but somtimes they take a lil while before they come out so i switched. i didnt like the dna's.
Bhav
i tried omegas, but every so often i'd get a blank screen on start up once it had reached windows. so i went back to ati...and no problems.
Xahid
Omega Rulz when it comes to Drivers for (Ati & Nvidia)
It gives me performance boost!
theyarecomingforyou
I use Omega's and have found them to be great.
tgumbel
I prefer Omega over the default ATi drivers any day.
jeavis
When I had an ATI card I always used the Omega's
M/\TT
I've never really had any reason to use anything other than the official ATI drivers since getting my 9800 Pro.

I may try Omega or DNA drivers with 3D Mark to see if they improve things at all.
insanekiwi
official ati drivers are fine. omega comes with alot of tweaks and stuff.
Jexxster
I have been using the Omega's since 3.9 and have been very pleased.
Matt
i used the omegas until ati fixed the num lock/arrow key issue when playing half life mods
Josh
I tried the Omegas and had nothing but stability issues... however, after installing the Catalyst drivers and uninstalling CCC (Catalyst Control Center) my Radeon 9800 Pro runs like a champ. thumbs_up.gif
.hasan
im having lagging issues wif sum races on nfsu2 on the latest omega drivers, any one know why? restarting the race gets rid of the lag n lets me start the race normally
Hills420
I used to use the Omegas, now I use Techconnect Magazine's Optimized drivers (www.tcmagazine.info).
BeyondGodlike
omega's
the radlinker shipped w/ em is amazing
the official cats have that horrible catalyst control center which is plain stupid so i use omegas for better fps/stability/quality
Rogue`
I found the official ones to be the best for me smile.gif

Edit: without the Catalyst Control Center
.hasan
what are the DNA drivers?
tickbabies
QUOTE([HUSKY] @ Jan 16 2005, 21:13)
what are the DNA drivers?
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http://www.dna-drivers.nl/ take a look here whistle.gif
Kerm
When i install the ATI drivers i get this error;

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Any ideas?
Dwarden
i found NGO drivers very interesant ... especially that multiple builds of redo OpenGL ...
xhobbitx
I've never had problems with Omega or Official ATI, but I am currently on the new Omega drivers.
Ghatak
i still use ATI driver, never had any prob with it
recommend u ATI catalyst
GrymmWolf
Used to use the Omega's but switched to DNA back when the Cat 3.9 came out. I play CoD-UO alot and found the DNA drivers to be superior.

AMD 64 3000+
Radeon 9200SE 128MB (Sapphire)
512Ram
groveman
When i install the ATI drivers i get this error;

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Any ideas?


Kerm,

You are getting that error because the Catalyst Control Center requires Microsoft .NET framework v 1.1 to be installed. Go to www.microsoft.com to download.
Tungsten T
I use the Nvidia DNA's so I would think that there ATI drivers are just as good an NVIDIA
DoNuTs©
Hey guys

Found this over at Warp2Search
It's an ATi Driver comparison between Catalyst - DNA and Omega ( all Latest )

http://www.rage3d.de/artikel/vergleiche/ca...isch/seite1.php
Coffeee
For ATi i go for omega but nVidia (what im going to get) I'm not really sure. When i get it, should i just stick with the nVidia drivers?
Tungsten T
QUOTE(Coffeee™ @ Feb 11 2005, 20:29)
For ATi i go for omega but nVidia (what im going to get) I'm not really sure. When i get it, should i just stick with the nVidia drivers?
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try DNA's or Prometia's
dstalker3
How do I use Omega drivers? I DLed one and installed it, but I still couldn't launch WoW because it said 3d acceleration undetected or something. ( worked when I had official drivers )

And also, after the installation of Omega, I still get popups on startups saying new material has been detected ( I uninstalled all the other ATI drivers from my comp before launching Omega ) and asking for the install cd etc.
CJC
I have used the official and omega. I didn't notice a performance increase, but I stuck with Omega just because of the extra options.
eminem213486
another vote for Omegas...
!!!!!
QUOTE(DoNuTs© @ Feb 10 2005, 22:36)
Hey guys

Found this over at Warp2Search
It's an ATi Driver comparison between Catalyst - DNA and Omega ( all Latest )

http://www.rage3d.de/artikel/vergleiche/ca...isch/seite1.php
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iwent there but i didnt findit...plz help 2 find it out..
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QUOTE(!!!!! @ Feb 13 2005, 17:08)
iwent there but i didnt findit...plz help 2 find it out..
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oops ..i found it..sorry..lol blush.gif
IK47
Catalyst 5.2 for me.


I tried Omega and didn't like it. too shabby.
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