Geforce to ATi-XT, need Radeon driver suggestions

Average Joe · 12-29-05, 12:46 AM

Think I'll try the Omega drivers first. I found the latest version (Radeon Omega Drivers 2.6.87, Catalyst 5.12).

Wolfram, do you mean the official drivers require MS's 'NET. Framework' driver? Hmm I don't like that idea... It takes about 75mb of space, installed. I use that program to 'edit' certain things but don't keep it on the drive.

I may DL the latest (official) Catalyst drivers too, just in case there's any trouble with the Omega drivers. I have my C: partition backed up for very quick restore, so I can play-around a bit with different drivers.

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Perilscope, If I need the official drivers I'll watch out for the excess 'cake' as you mentioned.

If I'm understanding you correctly, it sounds as if a bunch of unwanted things 'can' be installed with official drivers.

That reminds me when trying to install sound-drivers for an SB-Live! card, and ending up with about 320MB of 'media player', 'juke-box', tons of sound-files, and a mess of other junk

Oh yeah, cookies 'on' too... Oyy!!

Thanks a bunch

p.s. I see Omega 5.12 driver is a 'lighter' 24MB .exe file.
ATI official 5.13 driver is 34MB with CCC and WDM, not to mentioned NET. Framework's required 75MB install.

12-29-05, 12:46 AM	#5
Average Joe Eternal Patrol Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: U.S. Posts: 202 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Think I'll try the Omega drivers first. I found the latest version (Radeon Omega Drivers 2.6.87, Catalyst 5.12). Wolfram, do you mean the official drivers require MS's 'NET. Framework' driver? Hmm I don't like that idea... It takes about 75mb of space, installed. I use that program to 'edit' certain things but don't keep it on the drive. I may DL the latest (official) Catalyst drivers too, just in case there's any trouble with the Omega drivers. I have my C: partition backed up for very quick restore, so I can play-around a bit with different drivers. __ Perilscope, If I need the official drivers I'll watch out for the excess 'cake' as you mentioned. If I'm understanding you correctly, it sounds as if a bunch of unwanted things 'can' be installed with official drivers. That reminds me when trying to install sound-drivers for an SB-Live! card, and ending up with about 320MB of 'media player', 'juke-box', tons of sound-files, and a mess of other junk Oh yeah, cookies 'on' too... Oyy!! Thanks a bunch p.s. I see Omega 5.12 driver is a 'lighter' 24MB .exe file. ATI official 5.13 driver is 34MB with CCC and WDM, not to mentioned NET. Framework's required 75MB install. __________________ Avg. Joe