New Nvidia Omega Drivers 1.0.80 for 9x/ME/2k/XP

Omegadrive · Jul 22, 2002, 03:49 PM

Here it is, a new release with updated features and more options.

I know there are some reviews out there that don't talk too good about the drivers, but I never forced anyone to use them, they are just an alternative set of drivers, it's your choice, so please don't flame my FREE work, I'm just trying to help people enjoy what they paid for.

Please see the "what's new" text for more info.

Get them <a target="_blank" href="http://www.omegacorner.com">here</a>, in the nvidia section.

WEBMASTERS: LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NVIDIA SECTION FOR SOME INFO ABOUT THE MIRRORS.

Having problems getting these drivers? ---- Fast <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fileconnect.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1087">Filec onnect mirror</a>

Thanks for your support and Enjoy!

Chaos · Jul 22, 2002, 05:44 PM

I have uploaded the Win2k/XP set at Computer Chaos

ztride · Jul 22, 2002, 07:24 PM

heh.. Omega, you must be kinda irritated by that one reveiw eh?

smackbadger · Jul 22, 2002, 08:02 PM

Will these drivers work on an NFORCE motherboards onboard video?

Omegadrive · Jul 22, 2002, 08:12 PM

no ztride, not at all, everyone has a right for opinion, I just ignore it, I know what I can do and what I can offer, nobody put limits in my life

(except for my wife

)

smackbadger, if you can use the standard nvidia 29.80 drivers, then my drivers support it.

Thanks Chaos, I have updated the page

Ban-Man · Jul 22, 2002, 08:54 PM

I will countinue to use your drivers b/c I like them I beleve that they are a great piece of work so just keep on tweakin'

Tipstaff · Jul 22, 2002, 09:26 PM

You said it Ban-Man. I listen to all these people talk about how "..my 3D Mark was 400 points better than yours" junk, and all I have to say is "That's nice. I've got better graphics than you, and it still runs at 100FPS.. so sit on it and rotate, kiddie." You just keep pimping those drivers Omega, because you have a following of people that do appreciate your hard work.

baiaz · Jul 22, 2002, 09:49 PM

I wonder if the driver will fit to Abit Gforce 2MX/400.

I have a lot of problem with this card concerning wireless tranmitting from my pc to my TV... My Monitor turns black, so I have to scream to persons in my livingroom where to navigate to start movies and stuff.... so it takes forever... and a waist of time.....

I was hoping that new drivers would make this easyer...

***craig5320*** · Jul 23, 2002, 03:28 AM

Keep it up Omegadrive, these drivers are cools, my nvidia's one's have been gathering dust in the corner of my hard drive since i found yours

ztride · Jul 23, 2002, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Omegadrive
no ztride, not at all, everyone has a right for opinion, I just ignore it, I know what I can do and what I can offer, nobody put limits in my life (except for my wife )

smackbadger, if you can use the standard nvidia 29.80 drivers, then my drivers support it.

Thanks Chaos, I have updated the page

good say

Omegadrive · Jul 23, 2002, 03:25 PM

There was an error with the installer last night and it didn't worked correctly, I ended up with bad setup files, and those where uploaded.
I have uploaded the files AGAIN, but now they don't include a setup, you have to extract them and the files are smaller.

Sorry again for this error, and thanks for your support.

Desert_Siege · Jul 23, 2002, 09:07 PM

These drivers are FAR superior to the reference drivers for Image quality. RtCW, Ghost Recon and SOF II look like different games with these drivers. Keep up the good work and f*** em if they can't take a joke!

kodiak · Jul 23, 2002, 11:55 PM

Will these work better on the G4 then the 30.30 nvidia drivers do. Never have tried them

bocybo · Jul 25, 2002, 10:06 AM

Beleive it or not, my 3dmark score was the EXACT SAME with you drivers, omega. I say if they look better, and work as good, then screw the "official" drivers. Keep 'em coming!

kronologic · Jul 26, 2002, 04:27 AM

okay,

I've installed them once again under Win2k and again I end up with the same problem as before.

I can't access the display advanced settings anymore because Win2k always says it couldn't execute c:\winnt\system32\desk.cpl.

This is kinda funny because now I have to remove the files manually because the deinstallation won't work

Does anyone have a solve for this gay problem?

Thx for replying anyway.

Ryoko · Jul 26, 2002, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by baiaz
I wonder if the driver will fit to Abit Gforce 2MX/400.

I have a lot of problem with this card concerning wireless tranmitting from my pc to my TV... My Monitor turns black, so I have to scream to persons in my livingroom where to navigate to start movies and stuff.... so it takes forever... and a waist of time.....

I was hoping that new drivers would make this easyer...

use tvtool, or get a hardware dvd decoder card

kronologic · Jul 26, 2002, 04:57 AM

I've also tried to install sp2 again to see if it's maybe a file problem but still the same thing.

But I need to get access there again to set VSync off and some other things

HELP

Ryoko · Jul 26, 2002, 05:08 AM

you could always try to replace the file manually. i can't tell you what source to replace it with, though, because i'm not very experienced with win2k.

kronologic · Jul 26, 2002, 06:13 AM

Well I ran completely out of ideas now.

The only driver that somehow works with it is 27.50

Btw it's an Abit Siluro Ti4600 ...

Doesn't matter what I do - after installing those drivers I just can't get in there anymore.

/k

kronologic · Jul 26, 2002, 06:41 AM

LoL...

I think I am gay but... I've done it another way - I just replaced all nvidia-files in that installer directory where I unzipped my original abit-drivers were and then let the installer install the faked 27.50's with the replaced dlls and shipping files of omega and it worked.

how gay is that??

greets...

Ryoko · Jul 26, 2002, 07:31 AM

maybe it's an abit conspiracy... i'll ask janusz next time he stops by

kronologic · Jul 26, 2002, 07:37 AM

Thanks a lot.

btw it's not a trick - it's just nologic lol

LardArse · Jul 28, 2002, 09:32 PM

Hi Omega. I've tried your previous drivers and found that FSAA 4Xs cannot work with your tweaked LOD bias. Is that correct? I can set it to 4Xs in my advanced properties, but I open up GF tweak utility and the change registered is actually FSAA 3x3 (LOD). And the difference in FSAA can be seen in games. Does this mean that you can't have FSAA 4Xs if you have a negative LOD?

Omegadrive · Jul 29, 2002, 11:06 PM

That's not true, the LOD setting is independant from the FSAA settings, but the speed penalty will be greater if you use both at the same time (high LOD and FSAA).
BTW, use RivaTuner, is WAY better than GFT Utility and have less bugs.

kronologic · Jul 31, 2002, 07:04 AM

I have another question.

I could install the drivers now without any problem (just don't install abit's original drivers b4 - thats the solve).

But I've encountered some other strange thing.
If I do the dxdiag-test after installing the 1080-omega-drivers - I don't see a clear box - I get a wiggling something on my screen.

I've tried to deinstall dx81 and reinstall it - but it was the same.
When I install nvidia's original 29.42 detonator driver - the box is displayed clearly.

Do you have a clue about that one maybe?

Thx in advance,

kronologic

Omegadrive · Jul 31, 2002, 04:46 PM

It's not a bug, is just that V-Sinc is turned off by default in my drivers, and the box will be displayed, but at an insanely high speed, that's the "wiggling something" you see, just turn on V-Sinc in the nvidia panels and do the test again.

kronologic · Aug 1, 2002, 03:27 AM

hehe ok kewl.

I first thought I had to take a lsd-trip or such to get a clear view rofl.

TnX for replying

kronologic · Aug 1, 2002, 04:11 AM

uhm rofl.

No - still the same - but I won't bug myself with it any longer. Everything else seems to work fine.

kronologic · Aug 2, 2002, 03:35 PM

Well oki,

that's an abit-ffs-case... I can't use any other drivers with it - as it seems.

I really have performance-loss if I use e.g. nvidia's whql drivers or if I install omega-drivers. It just doesn't matter. Installing abit's original 29.42 driverset works and gives me best performance again.

I played CS e.g. with the omega's and on big maps I got dropped to 70 in some cases even less than 70fps. I didn't reckon that since now with the abit-29.42 driver - works all fine.

Btw my sysconfigs

Asus p4s533 Mainboard
2x Samsung 512MB DDR-333 CL 2.5
Abit Siluro GF4Ti4600
Intel PIV 2.0GHz@23oo
W2k Pro

greets,

kronos

iceboy · Aug 6, 2002, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by kronologic
Well oki,

that's an abit-ffs-case... I can't use any other drivers with it - as it seems.

I really have performance-loss if I use e.g. nvidia's whql drivers or if I install omega-drivers. It just doesn't matter. Installing abit's original 29.42 driverset works and gives me best performance again.

I played CS e.g. with the omega's and on big maps I got dropped to 70 in some cases even less than 70fps. I didn't reckon that since now with the abit-29.42 driver - works all fine.

Btw my sysconfigs

Asus p4s533 Mainboard
2x Samsung 512MB DDR-333 CL 2.5
Abit Siluro GF4Ti4600
Intel PIV 2.0GHz@23oo
W2k Pro

greets,

kronos

I hope Abit didn't follow Asus' footsteps and useD Dynamic overclocking in their drivers.

Jul 22, 2002, 03:49 PM	#1
Omegadrive Drivers? What Drivers??? Join Date: May 2002 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,526 Rep Power: 73	New Nvidia Omega Drivers 1.0.80 for 9x/ME/2k/XP Here it is, a new release with updated features and more options. I know there are some reviews out there that don't talk too good about the drivers, but I never forced anyone to use them, they are just an alternative set of drivers, it's your choice, so please don't flame my FREE work, I'm just trying to help people enjoy what they paid for. Please see the "what's new" text for more info. Get them <a target="_blank" href="http://www.omegacorner.com">here</a>, in the nvidia section. WEBMASTERS: LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NVIDIA SECTION FOR SOME INFO ABOUT THE MIRRORS. Having problems getting these drivers? ---- Fast <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fileconnect.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1087">Filec onnect mirror</a> Thanks for your support and Enjoy! __________________ DRIVERHEAVEN ADMINISTRATOR <<E-MAIL>> <<PC SPECS>> GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Jul 22, 2002, 05:44 PM	#2
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,269 Rep Power: 165 System Specs	New Omega Drivers I have uploaded the Win2k/XP set at Computer Chaos __________________

Jul 22, 2002, 08:02 PM	#4
smackbadger DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	NFORCE? Will these drivers work on an NFORCE motherboards onboard video?

Jul 22, 2002, 08:12 PM	Thread Starter #5
Omegadrive Drivers? What Drivers??? Join Date: May 2002 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,526 Rep Power: 73	no ztride, not at all, everyone has a right for opinion, I just ignore it, I know what I can do and what I can offer, nobody put limits in my life (except for my wife ) smackbadger, if you can use the standard nvidia 29.80 drivers, then my drivers support it. Thanks Chaos, I have updated the page __________________ DRIVERHEAVEN ADMINISTRATOR <<E-MAIL>> <<PC SPECS>> GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Jul 22, 2002, 08:54 PM	#6
Ban-Man DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Flower Mound, TX Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	Keep on pumping them out omega I will countinue to use your drivers b/c I like them I beleve that they are a great piece of work so just keep on tweakin'

Jul 22, 2002, 07:24 PM	#3
ztride DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 80 Rep Power: 0	heh.. Omega, you must be kinda irritated by that one reveiw eh?

Jul 22, 2002, 09:26 PM	#7
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,660 Rep Power: 187 System Specs	Damn straight You said it Ban-Man. I listen to all these people talk about how "..my 3D Mark was 400 points better than yours" junk, and all I have to say is "That's nice. I've got better graphics than you, and it still runs at 100FPS.. so sit on it and rotate, kiddie." You just keep pimping those drivers Omega, because you have a following of people that do appreciate your hard work. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Jul 22, 2002, 09:49 PM	#8
baiaz DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Norway, Europe Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	Will it fit to: Abit Gforce 2 mx/400 I wonder if the driver will fit to Abit Gforce 2MX/400. I have a lot of problem with this card concerning wireless tranmitting from my pc to my TV... My Monitor turns black, so I have to scream to persons in my livingroom where to navigate to start movies and stuff.... so it takes forever... and a waist of time..... I was hoping that new drivers would make this easyer...

Jul 23, 2002, 03:28 AM	#9
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,286 Rep Power: 428 System Specs	You Go Dude! Keep it up Omegadrive, these drivers are cools, my nvidia's one's have been gathering dust in the corner of my hard drive since i found yours __________________

Jul 23, 2002, 03:25 PM	Thread Starter #11
Omegadrive Drivers? What Drivers??? Join Date: May 2002 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,526 Rep Power: 73	Sorry guys.... There was an error with the installer last night and it didn't worked correctly, I ended up with bad setup files, and those where uploaded. I have uploaded the files AGAIN, but now they don't include a setup, you have to extract them and the files are smaller. Sorry again for this error, and thanks for your support. __________________ DRIVERHEAVEN ADMINISTRATOR <<E-MAIL>> <<PC SPECS>> GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Jul 23, 2002, 09:07 PM	#12
Desert_Siege Professional Slacker Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KY Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	Keep pumpin' 'em out dude!! These drivers are FAR superior to the reference drivers for Image quality. RtCW, Ghost Recon and SOF II look like different games with these drivers. Keep up the good work and f*** em if they can't take a joke!

Jul 23, 2002, 11:55 PM	#13
kodiak DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 102 Rep Power: 0	Will these work better on the G4 then the 30.30 nvidia drivers do. Never have tried them

Jul 25, 2002, 10:06 AM	#14
bocybo DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 89 Rep Power: 0	Beleive it or not, my 3dmark score was the EXACT SAME with you drivers, omega. I say if they look better, and work as good, then screw the "official" drivers. Keep 'em coming! __________________ Barton 2500 @ 11.0x215 Epox 8RDA+ 1GB Corsair PC3200 ATI Radeon 9800 Pro @ 420/380 SB Audigy Lite-on 52x32x52 Maxtor 120GB ATA133

Jul 26, 2002, 04:27 AM	#15
kronologic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	okay, I've installed them once again under Win2k and again I end up with the same problem as before. I can't access the display advanced settings anymore because Win2k always says it couldn't execute c:\winnt\system32\desk.cpl. This is kinda funny because now I have to remove the files manually because the deinstallation won't work Does anyone have a solve for this gay problem? Thx for replying anyway.

Jul 26, 2002, 04:57 AM	#17
kronologic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	I've also tried to install sp2 again to see if it's maybe a file problem but still the same thing. But I need to get access there again to set VSync off and some other things HELP

Jul 26, 2002, 05:08 AM	#18
Ryoko American Soldier Join Date: May 2002 Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 1,725 Rep Power: 0	you could always try to replace the file manually. i can't tell you what source to replace it with, though, because i'm not very experienced with win2k.

Jul 26, 2002, 06:13 AM	#19
kronologic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	Well I ran completely out of ideas now. The only driver that somehow works with it is 27.50 Btw it's an Abit Siluro Ti4600 ... Doesn't matter what I do - after installing those drivers I just can't get in there anymore. /k

Jul 26, 2002, 06:41 AM	#20
kronologic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	LoL... I think I am gay but... I've done it another way - I just replaced all nvidia-files in that installer directory where I unzipped my original abit-drivers were and then let the installer install the faked 27.50's with the replaced dlls and shipping files of omega and it worked. how gay is that?? greets...

Jul 26, 2002, 07:31 AM	#21
Ryoko American Soldier Join Date: May 2002 Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 1,725 Rep Power: 0	maybe it's an abit conspiracy... i'll ask janusz next time he stops by

Jul 26, 2002, 07:37 AM	#22
kronologic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	Thanks a lot. btw it's not a trick - it's just nologic lol

Jul 28, 2002, 09:32 PM	#23
LardArse DH No1 AMD Overclocker Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 83 Rep Power: 0	Hi Omega. I've tried your previous drivers and found that FSAA 4Xs cannot work with your tweaked LOD bias. Is that correct? I can set it to 4Xs in my advanced properties, but I open up GF tweak utility and the change registered is actually FSAA 3x3 (LOD). And the difference in FSAA can be seen in games. Does this mean that you can't have FSAA 4Xs if you have a negative LOD?

Jul 29, 2002, 11:06 PM	Thread Starter #24
Omegadrive Drivers? What Drivers??? Join Date: May 2002 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,526 Rep Power: 73	That's not true, the LOD setting is independant from the FSAA settings, but the speed penalty will be greater if you use both at the same time (high LOD and FSAA). BTW, use RivaTuner, is WAY better than GFT Utility and have less bugs. __________________ DRIVERHEAVEN ADMINISTRATOR <<E-MAIL>> <<PC SPECS>> GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Jul 31, 2002, 07:04 AM	#25
kronologic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	I have another question. I could install the drivers now without any problem (just don't install abit's original drivers b4 - thats the solve). But I've encountered some other strange thing. If I do the dxdiag-test after installing the 1080-omega-drivers - I don't see a clear box - I get a wiggling something on my screen. I've tried to deinstall dx81 and reinstall it - but it was the same. When I install nvidia's original 29.42 detonator driver - the box is displayed clearly. Do you have a clue about that one maybe? Thx in advance, kronologic

Jul 31, 2002, 04:46 PM	Thread Starter #26
Omegadrive Drivers? What Drivers??? Join Date: May 2002 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,526 Rep Power: 73	Hehe, don't worry... It's not a bug, is just that V-Sinc is turned off by default in my drivers, and the box will be displayed, but at an insanely high speed, that's the "wiggling something" you see, just turn on V-Sinc in the nvidia panels and do the test again. __________________ DRIVERHEAVEN ADMINISTRATOR <<E-MAIL>> <<PC SPECS>> GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Aug 1, 2002, 03:27 AM	#27
kronologic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	hehe ok kewl. I first thought I had to take a lsd-trip or such to get a clear view rofl. TnX for replying

Aug 1, 2002, 04:11 AM	#28
kronologic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	uhm rofl. No - still the same - but I won't bug myself with it any longer. Everything else seems to work fine.

Aug 2, 2002, 03:35 PM	#29
kronologic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	Well oki, that's an abit-ffs-case... I can't use any other drivers with it - as it seems. I really have performance-loss if I use e.g. nvidia's whql drivers or if I install omega-drivers. It just doesn't matter. Installing abit's original 29.42 driverset works and gives me best performance again. I played CS e.g. with the omega's and on big maps I got dropped to 70 in some cases even less than 70fps. I didn't reckon that since now with the abit-29.42 driver - works all fine. Btw my sysconfigs Asus p4s533 Mainboard 2x Samsung 512MB DDR-333 CL 2.5 Abit Siluro GF4Ti4600 Intel PIV 2.0GHz@23oo W2k Pro greets, kronos