Another ATI driver problem - Overclock.net

**ENTERPRISE** · 01-10-06

Hi guys well i was playing on a couple of games and noticed some grahpical corruptions due to driver problems as i know the card isnt overheating...i have been using driver cleaner to clean drivers and then i would use the latest omega drivers but when i went to chang graphic options under advance displays options i cant change the options its like everything messed up..can anyone tell me off a better and safe driver cleaning program apart from driver cleaner

Chim3ra · 01-10-06

Thats what I've been using. I usually uninstall the drivers from the Add/Remove Programs list and then I'd run driver cleaner afterwards.

killnine · 01-10-06

If you really wanna be thorough, you can reformat but Driver Cleaner is pretty much the only automated option I know of.

What graphic options are you trying to change, btw? Maybe its not messed up, the official ATI drivers and the Omegas have a slightly different layout so perhaps your trying to do something that isn't meant to be done.

**ENTERPRISE** · 01-10-06

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Originally Posted by killnine

If you really wanna be thorough, you can reformat but Driver Cleaner is pretty much the only automated option I know of.

What graphic options are you trying to change, btw? Maybe its not messed up, the official ATI drivers and the Omegas have a slightly different layout so perhaps your trying to do something that isn't meant to be done.

Urm im not reformatting too long and not worth it as i have fixed this before..As for the options im changing it would be th mipmap detail and such other things.

killnine · 01-10-06

And they cant be changed, or what? Why is "everything messed up"? This also may sound stupid, but did you do the driver uninstall and cleaning from safe mode? I actually had never done this before but I realized that I had a lot of residual installs on my hard drive whe installing 5.12 Cats. This does make a difference!

Also, your sig says "U: X800 GTO" is that what you are using or the 9600? I only say this because your customization of mipmap detail and such seems rather odd for such a nice card (given you are using the X800). Given that you are probably playing on the 19" monitor you have in your sig, things like resolution (1280x1024 I assume) and AA/AF will probably have more of a difference than the small details like mipmap and such.

Also, have you tried using ATI Tray Tools? This is a pretty rad program and has been great for me. Using ATT you can change a lot of settings (including your mipmap, A.I., and Aniosotropic optimizations). It also has some nice OC features and such. ATT comes with Omega Drivers now, and it 'supported' by it, which is nice.

**ENTERPRISE** · 01-10-06

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Originally Posted by killnine

And they cant be changed, or what? Why is "everything messed up"? This also may sound stupid, but did you do the driver uninstall and cleaning from safe mode? I actually had never done this before but I realized that I had a lot of residual installs on my hard drive whe installing 5.12 Cats. This does make a difference!

Also, your sig says "U: X800 GTO" is that what you are using or the 9600? I only say this because your customization of mipmap detail and such seems rather odd for such a nice card (given you are using the X800). Given that you are probably playing on the 19" monitor you have in your sig, things like resolution (1280x1024 I assume) and AA/AF will probably have more of a difference than the small details like mipmap and such.

Also, have you tried using ATI Tray Tools? This is a pretty rad program and has been great for me. Using ATT you can change a lot of settings (including your mipmap, A.I., and Aniosotropic optimizations). It also has some nice OC features and such. ATT comes with Omega Drivers now, and it 'supported' by it, which is nice.

Well i tried doing the thing in safe mode which went all well and i thought i had it all sorted but unfortunately it screwed up again below[IMG][/IMG] is a pic of what im getting.