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Offline FOGOLD

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« on: February 03, 2006, 01:49:14 PM »
Just got a new 1900XT. Thought I would try the Omega drivers. What a nightmare! SEEMED ok, but on reboot after installation windows still detecting new hardware. Yellow ?? everywhere even though the grahics card shows up in Device Manager. Last straw was BSOD when try to launch ATI tool thingy that came with the omegas.

Cleared the lot out and went back to Catalysts, despite misgivings about the  CCC.  No problems now and boy is it fast!

Anyone know where I went wrong? I simply downloaded the latest, extracted and ran the exe. Followed the instructions and it all installed. HMM.
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Offline wrag

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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2006, 03:47:26 PM »
Did you uninstall the old drivers 1st?

Hmmm well you followed instructions so thinkin you prbably did uninstall 1st?
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Offline FOGOLD

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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2006, 04:03:47 PM »
Yeah I've done a few cards in my time, uninstall everything regcleaner the lot. Can't help but think either omega aren't ready for 1900 or I screwed something up. It put me off anyhow!

I put in 2gig of ram when I was at it. Feels really over the top though I have to say:o

I had a policy mature, thats why I'm splashing all this cash:D  Better reinvest some I guess.
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Offline buzkill

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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2006, 07:44:17 AM »
CCC isn't as good as you may think and you don't need it....you'll probably run better with the regular CP
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Offline FOGOLD

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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2006, 11:37:26 AM »
I don't think the Control Panel works with the latest cards. I may be wrong. I am aware of the limitations of CCC, but If Omega drivers don't work properly and CP doesn't work with newest cards we're stuck with CCC for AntI Aliasing etc.

I am finding CCC doesn't hogg as much resources as people complain about, although the PC is slower to boot.
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Offline buzkill

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« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2006, 05:26:41 PM »
YA...I'M STILL RUNNING MY SAPPHIRE 9600XT SO THE ONLY DRIVERS I CAN USE (THAT I'VE FOUND) ARE 4.12 AND 5.3 (5.3 JUST TRIED RECENTLY AND IT PERFORMS FOR ME JUST SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN 4.12, SAME STABILITY) SO I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE NEWEST DRIVERS, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THEY MAKE C.O.D UO AND C.O.D. 2 STUTTER LIKE MAD
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