NDC
07-07-2002, 9:24 AM
Yep, it's true, at last, the first Official release (non beta) of the Nvidia Omega drivers is out. It took a while to completely make the drivers work like I wanted them to work, but is done, and you won't belive the kind of quality they will provide. I managed to fix the D3D problem, so now D3D textures will look as good as the OpenGL ones in the second beta drivers and D3D applications will not take a serious HIT in performance like in the first beta drivers.
Let me warn you of something before you download:
THESE DRIVERS ARE SLOWER THAN NVIDIA ORIGINALS!!!
Why?
Because the where made with QUALITY in mind, not speed. The speed hit will not be too high, from 1 to 8 FPS slower at most, but it could be higher in cards with 32MB of RAM or less, haven't tested but it should since the quality settings take a hit in FILL RATE, that's why it needs 64MB or more. For those of you who don't mind about the hit you are welcome to try them, I do care more about image quality than speed, since the nvidia cards are powerfull I don't think anybody would mind if Quake 3 runs at 98FPS with more quality than 104FPS with default quality.
These drivers where made as an "alternative" to anisotropic filtering, since enabling aniso would cause a MAJOR drop in performance, but with these drivers you WILL HAVE the same effect of aniso, but without the speed penalty. Also, the textures look A LOT better when FSAA is enabled, not blurred like before.
Hope you like the new Omega release since it was done with gamers in mind,
Enjoy!
(http://www.omegacorner.com/)
Let me warn you of something before you download:
THESE DRIVERS ARE SLOWER THAN NVIDIA ORIGINALS!!!
Why?
Because the where made with QUALITY in mind, not speed. The speed hit will not be too high, from 1 to 8 FPS slower at most, but it could be higher in cards with 32MB of RAM or less, haven't tested but it should since the quality settings take a hit in FILL RATE, that's why it needs 64MB or more. For those of you who don't mind about the hit you are welcome to try them, I do care more about image quality than speed, since the nvidia cards are powerfull I don't think anybody would mind if Quake 3 runs at 98FPS with more quality than 104FPS with default quality.
These drivers where made as an "alternative" to anisotropic filtering, since enabling aniso would cause a MAJOR drop in performance, but with these drivers you WILL HAVE the same effect of aniso, but without the speed penalty. Also, the textures look A LOT better when FSAA is enabled, not blurred like before.
Hope you like the new Omega release since it was done with gamers in mind,
Enjoy!
(http://www.omegacorner.com/)