ATI Catalyst 7.2 = buggy release

XabbaRus · 03-05-07, 03:42 PM

Are these 3rd party drivers like Omega worth it?

If it could get me a bit of extra performance I am all for it. It is just reliabilty that concerns me.

Gizzmoe · 03-05-07, 03:52 PM

Try them, for me they work great. If they don´t work correctly on your system for whatever reason you can always go back to the standard drivers.

SUBMAN1 · 03-05-07, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Are these 3rd party drivers like Omega worth it?

If it could get me a bit of extra performance I am all for it. It is just reliabilty that concerns me.

THe Omegas were better when they allowed for Macrovision removal. I had some old tapes that I wanted to preserve on DVD a while back so this driver was useful. Now they don't have a whole lot to offer anymore since that doesn't work these days - unless they re-enabled that capability. They have some more tweaks than the standard drivers is the only real difference now. As far as speed, it is not going to get you anything over the standard drivers unless you are into overclocking. My XTX is designed to be overclocked, so the standard ATI drivers do that already.

Gizzmoe could probably give you a better rundown if you need more info since it has probably been a couple years since I last tried them.

-S

03-05-07, 03:42 PM	#1
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Are these 3rd party drivers like Omega worth it? If it could get me a bit of extra performance I am all for it. It is just reliabilty that concerns me. __________________

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Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Try them, for me they work great. If they don´t work correctly on your system for whatever reason you can always go back to the standard drivers.