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JackBurton

Lifer
Jul 18, 2000
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The only 9500 NP's that will mod to 9700's pros are the Red board ones with the memory in the L pattern. Newegg has some left.
Is THIS the one you are talking about? It is a Sapphire ATI OEM RADEON 9500 128MB DDR BULK.
 

NEVERwinter

Senior member
Dec 24, 2001
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mmmm
i installed Omega 3.4, and somehow.. it blurs (interlaced?) my video playback..... how's the 3.5? I'm using Sapphire's 8500 VIVO
 

rainypickles

Senior member
Dec 7, 2001
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i have a laptop with a radeon igp 320 (isnt that the radeon 7000?). im assuming that the omegas will work?

and what exactly do the omega drivers do? just boost performance?
 

rachaelsdad

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Aug 26, 2001
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Originally posted by: JackBurton
The only 9500 NP's that will mod to 9700's pros are the Red board ones with the memory in the L pattern. Newegg has some left.
Is THIS the one you are talking about? It is a Sapphire ATI OEM RADEON 9500 128MB DDR BULK.

That is the one. For sure you should have the 256 mem bus. Whether or not it soft mods to all 8 pipes without checkerboarding is all in your luck. I have had two: one with no artifacts and one with minor so I use it as a 9700 Pro anyway.

Rainypickles: According to him the drivers are also for Mobility chips.

 

Jeff7

Lifer
Jan 4, 2001
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Will these drivers work with Rage3d's tweaker? Or do these drivers include a really thorough tweak panel?
 

Blooz1

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I installed these drivers last night, and the IQ is even better than it was with the 3.4 based Omegas! I was VERY surprised, as IQ was already excellent! I'm using a Sapphire 8500 on this system, and this is definitely a good upgrade for the older cards!

This system also has Win98SE...(to be upgraded this week, hopefully!) The Win98 install has a definite problem! When running the driver, while "unpacking" it will stop and ask for "Disk #2", which of course, doesn't exist! At first I thought it was an incomplete D/L, so I did it again..no dice! I tried 2 other sites, same issue! There appears to be a corrupted or missing file.

There is a relatively simple workaround....install the stock ATi 3.5's, and don't bother with the Control Panel (you'll need to delete it before installing Omegas, so why bother?). Then install the Omegas...the same thing will happen. Cancel out of the installation, but note the location of the "unpacked" files under "Programs".

Go through Explorer to the Omega location, click "Install" again from the "unpacked" folder, and all will run normally! The missing file will already be in place from the stock ATi install, and seems to be untouched by Omega's optimizations.
 

LeeTJ

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Jan 21, 2003
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ok, i downloaded and installed on my hacked 9500 np.

i get 14800 on 3dmark 2001
multi texture fill rate is at 2600 (which i understand to be pretty good).

should i be happy with my results.
 

MemberSince97

Senior member
Jun 20, 2003
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Originally posted by: LeeTJ
ok, i downloaded and installed on my hacked 9500 np.

i get 14800 on 3dmark 2001
multi texture fill rate is at 2600 (which i understand to be pretty good).

should i be happy with my results.


Ummm nice results.!!!.......... but it seems like weare never happy... Huh?
 

LeeTJ

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Jan 21, 2003
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Originally posted by: MemberSince97
Originally posted by: LeeTJ
ok, i downloaded and installed on my hacked 9500 np.

i get 14800 on 3dmark 2001
multi texture fill rate is at 2600 (which i understand to be pretty good).

should i be happy with my results.


Ummm nice results.!!!.......... but it seems like weare never happy... Huh?

ya, i guess i should be happy. i'm getting 9700 pro type results for a card i paid 138.00 for. not much to complain about there.
 

clicknext

Banned
Mar 27, 2002
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Originally posted by: conlan
What about us old timers with a 8500 64MB, will it help us?

I'd like to know as well. I'm finally upgrading from a V5 to an 8500 64MB and am looking for the best drivers.

Not really, I didn't notice anything going from Cat 3.5 to these. Then again, I don't benchmark.
 

Noid

Platinum Member
Sep 20, 2000
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The D/L page is empty. Anyone else have same problem?
 

LastRide

Senior member
Jul 13, 2002
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I downloaded them for a 9800 pro So far so good.I got 200 extra points in 3DMarK2001SE.I am now at 20,727 .Never tested gaming yet.
 
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