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[+]New feature
[-]Removed feature
[*]Updates
[F]Bug fix


What's New in Omega Drivers?
v4.8.442

[*] Based on the Catalyst 7.12 Official drivers.

[*] Major video card support rewrite from scratch. This time every Radeon card under the sun should be supported, if the divers don't install on your card you either have a freak of nature card or a card too new that not even the ATI has support for it. ;) (Many thanks to all the people that sent their unsupported IDs)

[*] Updated some old card names to the new ones designated by ATI. For example some 9600 cards are now identified as x1050, etc.

[+] Added support for desktop HD3k Series and laptop HD2k Series.

[+] Experimental Gamma settings. Now whatever gamma setting you set on your desktop should pass on to your 3D applications. (tested with Adobe Gamma)

[+] The "temporary" fix for AGP cards still included. Waiting for ATI releases an official fix... *sigh*

[*] Upgraded installer to reflect logo/site changes.

[*] Upgraded drivers to v4 because of the previous details, plus thanks to a new install method I found, reduced the driver's size by a lot without loosing any features or options.


Known Issues:
1) After installing the drivers you will notice that they give you version number 3.8.442 instead or 4.8.442, no need to worry, is just a typo, sorry about that, I added the new version number when I was building the new installer and totally forgot about the driver build, since it was already compiled.

2) For the 2D->3D gamma trick to work properly you must NOT run CCC (if you have it installed); when CCC is open it forces it's own gamma settings overriding any gamma you have set using a 3rd party tool. If you happen to open CCC by mistake, in order to recover the gamma correction values, you only need to run whatever gamma program you use and gamma should be back to your settings again.

3) Since Overscan has been from the drivers, if you need to connect your PC to a regular TV that DOES need overscan in order to view it properly, you need to install the official CCC Control Panel from ATI after my drivers so you have access to the new "scaling" feature and scale the overscan to fit your needs.

4) From Cat 6.6 and up ATI removed driver-level support for the following series of cards (including Mobility models): Radeon 7k, 8k, 9k-9250 Series. Since the Omega Drivers use ATI drivers as a base, that means they will also not include support for these chipsets, they may install, but the PC may give you a BSOD or a black screen upon boot, install newer drivers at your own risk. People that need to install Omega Drivers on these cards should use v3.8.252 or older, you can get these on the Archive section of my site.


What's new for ATI Tray Tools?
1.3.6.1067 Beta

[F] Fixed localization for CrossFire dialog window

[*] Updated ini files handling procedures to be more compatible with Windows Vista

[*] Improved compatibility with IE7 under Vista with UAC enabled???

[+] Added new localizations

[+] Added option to change "Black and White level"

[F] Fixed OSD rendering problem with Overlord game. (Thanks to Unwinder)

[+] Updated Overlay color handling procedure to support new ATI Overlay color modes

[+] Implemented Save/Restore icon positions under WinXP 64 and Vista 64.

[+] Updated support for Adaptive AntiAliasing. Added support Multi-Samplinmg and Super-Sampling modes

[+] Monitoring Graphs window now can be sent to system tray.

[+] Added option to auto load Monitoring Graphs window at start up

[+] Added option to hide tray icon on load. You can restore icon to access settings by starting ATT again. This will not load second copy of ATT in memory, but will send command to show tray icon. Also created new hotkey to hide and show tray icon.

[+] Added configuration option hide_display to hide Displays menu.


What was in previous Omega Drivers?
v3.8.421

[*] Based on the Catalyst 7.10 Official drivers.

[+] Added support for ALL the cards that where missing from last release. (Thanks to all the people that sent their unsupported IDs)

[F] Reworked the settings for lots of cards, now the drivers should be more compatible with Mobility chipsets and others.

[+] Added a temporary fix to the AGP problems (some cards not working) until ATI releases an official fix.

Known Issues:
1) From Cat 6.6 and up ATI removed driver-level support for the following series of cards (including Mobility models): 7000, 7200, 7500, 8500, 9000, 9200, 9250. Since the Omega Drivers use ATI drivers as a base, that means they will also not include support for these chipsets, they may install, but the PC may give you a BSOD or a black screen upon boot. People that need to install Omega Drivers on these cards should use v3.8.252 or older, you can get these on the Archive section of my site.


What was in previous ATI Tray Tools?
1.3.6.1042

[*] Updated existing translation files

[+] Added Polish translation

[*] Updated Advances Tweaks databases

[F] Fixed procedure to collect monitoring sources from ATT in "Motherboard Sources" FlashOSD Plugin.

[F] Fixed current 3D profile detection in non CCC compatible mode

[*] Updated Monitoring Graphs module to support external plugins. This excellent idea was first implemented in RivaTuner by Unwinder. ATT and RT plugins are incompatible.

[+] Added example Monitoring Graphs plugin "Memory Monitor". Which can monitor global memory statuses like Memory Load %, Physical memory Available, Page File usage, Virtual memory usage. Source code included.

[+] Added monitoring plugin "HDD Temperature". Allows monitoring temperature of HDD disks via S.M.A.R.T.

[*] Updated plugins SDK to support new monitoring graphs plugins

[*] Minor GUI updates

[*] Updated Driver level Overclocking support for RV560/RV570 boards.

[+] Added test support for voltage regulation on X1950XTX boards

[*] Added monitoring plugin "X1xxx Voltages" to provide monitoring sources for GPU/Mem voltages.

[*] Updated installation GUI interface

[+] Added new configuration option. "Disable using OverDrive in "Driver Level" overclocking mode". This option can be useful if your video board has support for OverDrive, but ATT unable to overclock using "Driver Level" mode. Can be changed in atitray.ini or at installation process.

[*] Updated Overdrive 3 support detection procedure.

[*] Updated Core Names database. Added infotmation about RV610/M74/M72/M76/RV630 chips.

[*] Updated registry handling function under CCC compatibly mode

[*] Added support for Vista 32bit. Not all of functions will work under Vista at this time.

[-] Audio recorder and Volume control functionality disabled because of incompatible issues under Vista.

[*] Updated Advanced Tweaks registry editor to support Windows Vista

[+] Added new tweaks database "Avivo Tweaks" for Windows Vista only!

[F] Fixed memory calculation procedure for some of RV5xx video boards

[+] Added new option to automatically restore desktop icon positions after resolution changes.

[*] Updated RefreshLock subsystem. Now you should set only Width, Height and Refresh rate for refresh override. No need to set color quality. Old saved profiles are incompatible with this version so please recreate them again.

[+] Added new Game Profile option. "Force VSync=ON". This option can force using VSync in D3D8/9 games under Vista

[*] Now only "Driver level" mode overclocking are allowed for X1xxx video boards. If you want to use Low Level overclocking you should change options in atitray.ini.

[*] Added support for Radeon X1050

[*] Updated HW Monitor logging system. Added option to select log file folder location


Other Important Notes:

1. CCC will work with the Omega Drivers, but is NOT recommended that you install it, all the functions found in CCC are already included with RadLinker Omega Edition or will be included in a near future as this new CP project develops.

2. The Omega Drivers use a special ATI Tray Tools version with the following features:

> Use very little resources.
> Doesn't require .NET to work.
> Lots of new settings for both D3D and OGL.
> Automatic Per-application profiles.
> Trilinear filtering can be forced for Anisotropic filtering.
> Catalyst AI support.
> Support for ATI Control Center.
> Support for TV Out and displays with profiles.
> Options to change Theater mode together with TV Out.
> Overclocking with templates including FAN Control.
> Automatic overclocking when application required 3D mode.
> Temperature monitoring.
> Artifact Tester with ability to find maximum stable clocks for GPU and Memory.
> Game profiles with desktop shortcut creation.
> Direct3D settings with templates, GUI form and tray popup menu.
> OpenGL settings with templates, GUI form and tray popup menu.
> Hardware low level color correction.
> Hardware tweaks. Setting PCI latency timer.
> Radeon Information Show information about memory type, active rendering pipe lines and more.
> System wide Hot Keys. (Load profiles any profiles/work with colors/run any application)
> Refresh Lock system with ability to set separate refresh rates for each resolution.
> Tweak for overriding Pixel and Vertex Shaders.
> Speed improvement tweaks for Anisotropic/Trilinear Filtering. Support for Catalyst A.I.
> Unique OSD system. Displays FPS, GPU/Memory speed and temperatures, FAN speed.
> Support for system options, VPU Recover, DMA Copy and so on.
> Support Display Rotation.
> Support for MMC applications.
> Support for HYDRAVISION applications.
> Monitoring Graphs. (GPU/Env temperature. GPU/Mem speed, Main CPU Usage).
> A lot of useful things. Like Save/Restore Desktop icon positions and more.
> Audio Recorder.
> Screenshots system.
> Powerful Plug-Ins support.
> PCI Register Set. Allow to program any registers in any PCI device at start up time. (For advanced users only!)

The drivers where made in conjunction with Ray Adams, maker of ATI Tray Tools, as an exclusive feature for the Omega Drivers and we will keep adding features in future releases.


REMINDERS:
A- If you have the normal ATI drivers installed, uninstall the ATI Control Panel or CCC BEFORE upgrading to these drivers, the Omega Drivers already have the CP integrated and another CP will cause conflicts or other problems.

B- There is no need to uninstall ANY previous drivers (ATI or OMEGA) when installing these, the new ones will overwrite any previous settings, but if you still want to uninstall them completely, is ok.

C- In Windows 2k/XP, ALWAYS disable DDC in the ATI "Displays/Monitor" CP after installing drivers to be able to use ALL the refresh rates and resolutions your monitor supports, also this is the best way to avoid the 60Hz RR bug.

D- The WDM drivers for VIVO and AIW cards are not included, but they can be downloaded separately from a link in my drivers page.

E- The Radeon cards do support FastWrites and they will work with it on (on some machines), but it is not recommended, there is NO SPEED gain when using FW, and this option will affect your PC's stability a LOT, most game crashes and problems are because FW is enabled. The only time I recommend using FW on is with Radeon 9600 cards that doesn't work properly with FW off or for Athlon64 system with any Radeon AGP card.

F- Install the included Multires utility to have access to ALL the available resolutions in the Omega Drivers, standard Windows doesn't show all of them.

G- After installing the new drivers and rebooting, if your desktop is SLOW and games won't run, is because AGP acceleration has been disabled by Windows, in order to fix this you MUST re-install the latest AGP chipset drivers for your Mother Board (this also includes laptops). After rebooting check the Advanced SmartGart Options in the Omega Start Menu and see if at least AGP/PCI read are both ENABLED, if all of them are enabled, the better, but some MBs doesn't support AGP/PCI write functions, if all still disabled, just click on "Retest All" and press OK to restart.

H- If you are using an Omega soft-mod and you are experiencing crashes, black screens, artifacts or the "check board effect" during game play, run the new included Driver Swapper utility and select the Normal driver, the reason is that your card is not accepting the soft-mod due to broken/incompatible hardware.

I- See Omega FAQ for further questions.


Extra info:

I don't recommend the use of ANY external tweakers with my drivers (like Rage3D Tweaker or ATITool), as they override my special settings and will make my work useless. The only time I recommend a tweaker is when you have a specific problem with a specific tweak and need to change it in order to make the drivers work correctly. Also if you use a tweaker for overclocking, FSAA, Gamma or Aniso settings, is just fine, but you'll be better off using the integrated ATI CP/RadLinker for that (which is ok if you change any setting in it).

If you have any problems with this drivers please go to my webpage and look in the ATI help section for answers. If still have problems look for the drivers thread in DriverHeaven.net forums and let me know what is going on.

IMPORTANT: Don't bother ATI about these drivers as they are unsupported by them!
 
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