Catalyst or Omega

Talha · Oct 21, 2004, 01:28 AM

hello
i am new here
i just wanna ask that which drivers are better
the original Catalyst drivers from ATI
or the modded drivers from omega

High FPS as well as High IQ
can u tell me which one gives me these 2 things, omega or catalyst

bug77 · Oct 21, 2004, 01:51 AM

Keep in mind that you're talking about the same driver. Omega's is the same as Catalyst, only with different default settings and comes with other goodies. So, basically, any difference you'll actually see will be in benchmarks (the difference is always within 5% range - you'll never notice that in real life). That said, you could easily use the official Catalysts along with the tweaker of your choice (Rage3DTweak, RivaTuner, ATiTool, whatever). I use Omega's (and lately Unian) because they allow me to define new graphic modes, and I'm too lazy to install a tweaker. Oh, and Unian is such a small package to download...
The thing to keep in mind is that there's just ONE driver and that's Catalyst.
Clear enough? If not, just ask...

MindlessOath · Oct 21, 2004, 05:22 AM

its always better to stick with the default drivers unless u want to try and improve performance or quality.

i would say their are two things to choose from.

either use ATI's new control panel, CCC (catalyst Control Center) which requires .net
or use omega drivers because he offers his own type control panel designed by chrisW/radlinker which uses no resorces and is much faster than CCC, with the addition of new features like catalyst AI.

omega offers better image quality, sometimes it increases frames per secound, so its a plus.

omega also offers other options, like softmods for certain cards (make sure to never softmod a card unless u know that spacific card can be softmodded).

omega offers multiple differnt resolutions and other various options and 3rd party applications - like overclocking utilities included etc.

same thing goes with UniAN drivers, which i love - cause it offers alot of tools and has a small package, omega on the other hand supports most languages and most all cards including whatever he can for most laptops and whatever video cards come out that he can impliment - so it makes them a bit larger for him.

both of those modders are very nice and talk to the community (lucifer the creator of unian drivers is korean - he is a bit busy now i dont think we will see many new releases for a while, or mabe we will, i have no idea since he is so busy).

ATI drivers are stable, and work for most configs, their not spacifically tuned for anything but general computer usage, and gaming all around.

oxySyzygy · Oct 23, 2004, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bug77

Keep in mind that you're talking about the same driver. Omega's is the same as Catalyst

The thing to keep in mind is that there's just ONE driver and that's Catalyst.
Clear enough? If not, just ask...

I think he knows it, he said modded drivers from omega.

As for me I recommend Omega since you don't need the CCC for some features it has, without needing the high memory usage.

Oct 21, 2004, 01:28 AM	#1
Talha -=[DHzer0point Team]=- Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0	Catalyst or Omega hello i am new here i just wanna ask that which drivers are better the original Catalyst drivers from ATI or the modded drivers from omega High FPS as well as High IQ can u tell me which one gives me these 2 things, omega or catalyst

Oct 21, 2004, 05:22 AM	#3
MindlessOath DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,121 Rep Power: 0	its always better to stick with the default drivers unless u want to try and improve performance or quality. i would say their are two things to choose from. either use ATI's new control panel, CCC (catalyst Control Center) which requires .net or use omega drivers because he offers his own type control panel designed by chrisW/radlinker which uses no resorces and is much faster than CCC, with the addition of new features like catalyst AI. omega offers better image quality, sometimes it increases frames per secound, so its a plus. omega also offers other options, like softmods for certain cards (make sure to never softmod a card unless u know that spacific card can be softmodded). omega offers multiple differnt resolutions and other various options and 3rd party applications - like overclocking utilities included etc. same thing goes with UniAN drivers, which i love - cause it offers alot of tools and has a small package, omega on the other hand supports most languages and most all cards including whatever he can for most laptops and whatever video cards come out that he can impliment - so it makes them a bit larger for him. both of those modders are very nice and talk to the community (lucifer the creator of unian drivers is korean - he is a bit busy now i dont think we will see many new releases for a while, or mabe we will, i have no idea since he is so busy). ATI drivers are stable, and work for most configs, their not spacifically tuned for anything but general computer usage, and gaming all around. __________________ ATI Radeon X800XT PE <---- LOOK UPDATED!! AMD Athlon 2Ghz, nforce2, 512mb ddr3500 LINKS U SHOULD KNOW!!!! DriverCleaner - use every time u install new drivers! ATI driver feedback - to report driver problems Tacticalcenter - my Gaming website and forums ATI 3rd party Optimized Driver Compairison

Oct 21, 2004, 01:51 AM	#2
bug77 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: around Posts: 792 Rep Power: 0	Keep in mind that you're talking about the same driver. Omega's is the same as Catalyst, only with different default settings and comes with other goodies. So, basically, any difference you'll actually see will be in benchmarks (the difference is always within 5% range - you'll never notice that in real life). That said, you could easily use the official Catalysts along with the tweaker of your choice (Rage3DTweak, RivaTuner, ATiTool, whatever). I use Omega's (and lately Unian) because they allow me to define new graphic modes, and I'm too lazy to install a tweaker. Oh, and Unian is such a small package to download... The thing to keep in mind is that there's just ONE driver and that's Catalyst. Clear enough? If not, just ask...