Omega driver: optimum settings

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astpaul · #1 Post by **astpaul** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:12 pm

For the ones that have a Radeon 9600 and use Omega drivers,

what are the optimum settings (stability vs. speed) that you've find using Omega ? for Core & Memory? Currently i have 31725/20925 and it's quite slow!

thanks

mtbiac · #2 Post by **mtbiac** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 2:35 pm

what do you mean its quite slow? you cant play games or ?? oh and what are your specs/model #?

Conmee · #3 Post by **Conmee** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 3:38 pm

astpaul,

IBM underclocks the graphics alot... mainly thermal issues... you can find my 3DMark01 and 3DMark03 scores elsewhere in this forum where I tested default speeds and then cranked up the speeds to around 347.50/245.00 I believe, core/mem speeds. I achieved 10000+ scores in 3DMark01 and close to 3000 in 3DMark03 for the default tests. And that was on my 2373GRU with FireGL T2 128MB and default ATI FireGL drivers supplied by IBM. I've played Serious Sam and Serious Sam 2, Unreal, etc and both OpenGL and DirectX run well enough for game play on a notebook.

Daniel.

astpaul · #4 Post by **astpaul** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:55 pm

My T42 (2373-9xu) has 1.8Ghz, 1GB RAM and a Radeon 9600.
I'm preocupied by the actual normal use, no game. Menus are quite slow, windows too. etc.

That is why i thought i would boost the card even if it might because of the speedstep techno?

Daniel · #5 Post by **Daniel** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 2:59 am

Omega drivers won't help with your 2D (non-gaming) speed. If anything, they'll make your system less stable. There are methods of making the menus appear faster but I can't recall them at the moment. Somewhere in the display settings and/or registry. I'm sure someone else will help.

wetnine · #6 Post by **wetnine** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:51 am

I have just installled the latest omega driver for the ati 9600 (64 mb)on the T42, but problem occurs when there is a change in resolution. I currently keep the resolution as 1400*1050, and whenever I play any game with lower resolution, the screen is getting small (not a full screen mode). can any one guide me to fix this problem or didI mess up the driver during installation?

thx

smakdown61 · #7 Post by **smakdown61** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 8:11 am

There is an option somewhere in the ati control panel (also in the omegas im sure) that lets you scale the screen to full screen that should fix your problem.

benz · #8 Post by **benz** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 8:41 am

And check in the Thinkpad configuration utility, under the display options, that Stretch screen is enabled.

G-Man · #9 Post by **G-Man** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 9:58 am

Run ThinkPad Configuration, and click the LCD icon on the right, and enable Screen expansion.

Regards,
G-Man

wetnine · #10 Post by **wetnine** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 8:21 pm

that fixes the problem
thx all

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