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post #41 of 56
4/3/06 at 9:12pm
about the omega drivers, they still disable the Ati powersaving features?
Which is bad :/
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post #42 of 56
4/3/06 at 11:16pm
edweiser63, you said you messed around with some settings besides getting the omega drivers, what settings in particular did you change?
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post #43 of 56
4/4/06 at 10:12am
Maybe its just my ignorance showing, but where can I get the omegadrivers? I have a I6400 on its way and I want to be able to get it going as well as possible as soon as possible.
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post #44 of 56
4/4/06 at 12:30pm
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Originally Posted by pjkane
Maybe its just my ignorance showing, but where can I get the omegadrivers? I have a I6400 on its way and I want to be able to get it going as well as possible as soon as possible.
have you tried using google?
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post #45 of 56
4/4/06 at 12:31pm
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Originally Posted by dragndrop
edweiser63, you said you messed around with some settings besides getting the omega drivers, what settings in particular did you change?
I dropped the res. and changed of a few of the settings to medium, but left textures and lighting on high. Also I dropped the field of view to about 70%
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post #46 of 56
4/4/06 at 4:31pm
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Originally Posted by pjkane
Maybe its just my ignorance showing, but where can I get the omegadrivers? I have a I6400 on its way and I want to be able to get it going as well as possible as soon as possible.

Easy, Omegadrivers.net
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post #47 of 56
4/4/06 at 5:42pm
I used the OmegaDrivers in my now defunct eMachines M6805 for its dedicated ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (64MB of VRAM). They definitely made a large difference in the few games I played like SW Kotor/Kotor 2 and City of Heroes/Villains. Of course, a better card in that machine would have made it even better Shame the mobo/videocard in the machine bought it, but with luck, my E1505 should arrive this evening.
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post #48 of 56
4/16/06 at 3:31am
So would everyone agree the x1400 is an ok card for gaming? If you don't turn everything up to full?
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post #49 of 56
4/16/06 at 4:16am
i just sold my XPS2 that had the 6800 ultra card in it,
I wanted something more portable and lighter, so i had to give up some stuff.
I now have had the E1505 in my sig for 2 days and i love it.
yea the X1400 isnt as good obviously, but it runs better than i actually thought it would. I wasnt expecting it to be amazing. But i play bf2 everyday and im running the game at 1024x768 with most stuff on medium. it looks just fine for me and the framerates are ok.

now i wish i could overclock it. the latest version of powerstrip wont let me do it. I try to change the clock settings and it just sits there, doesnt change. anyone get this card to overclock?
Im using the omega drivers too
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post #50 of 56
7/10/06 at 6:47pm
I have a Dell 6400/E1505

T2400 1.83Ghz Intel Core Duo
1 gig 667Mhz DDR2 Ram
X1400 ATI M 256MB
60gig HDD 5400 RPM

I get 61-75fps on BF2 and 40-60 on artillery explosions 1024x768 Resolution

I have the Omega Drivers installed, and all settings on medium no AA, nothing.

I believe that FPS would be higher if BF2 was not such a ram hog.

Here are some pics, look in the top left corner for Frame rates
http://ownagesoft.phpnet.us/images/pic.JPG
http://ownagesoft.phpnet.us/images/pic2.JPG
http://ownagesoft.phpnet.us/images/pic3.JPG
http://ownagesoft.phpnet.us/images/pic4.JPG
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post #51 of 56
7/10/06 at 7:18pm
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Originally Posted by ownagesoft
I have a Dell 6400/E1505

T2400 1.83Ghz Intel Core Duo
1 gig 667Mhz DDR2 Ram
X1400 ATI M 256MB
60gig HDD 5400 RPM

I get 61-75fps on BF2 and 40-60 on artillery explosions 1024x768 Resolution

I have the Omega Drivers installed, and all settings on medium no AA, nothing.

I believe that FPS would be higher if BF2 was not such a ram hog.

Here are some pics, look in the top left corner for Frame rates
http://ownagesoft.phpnet.us/images/pic.JPG
http://ownagesoft.phpnet.us/images/pic2.JPG
http://ownagesoft.phpnet.us/images/pic3.JPG
http://ownagesoft.phpnet.us/images/pic4.JPG
I hope you mean the Left digits instead of the ones on the right.
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post #52 of 56
7/10/06 at 9:18pm
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Originally Posted by tricknasty
now i wish i could overclock it. the latest version of powerstrip wont let me do it. I try to change the clock settings and it just sits there, doesnt change. anyone get this card to overclock?
Im using the omega drivers too
You need v 3.63 of PowerStrip for it to work. Reports are that the latest version does not work on the x1400 at least.
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post #53 of 56
7/11/06 at 1:14am
of course the left I only wish i could overclock the FSB, then id get more
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post #54 of 56
7/11/06 at 1:20am
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Originally Posted by edweiser63
Bought Battlefield 2 yesterday and from what I've read the x1400 should play it no problem on high res....I turned everything up at 1600x1200 res and it struggled BIG TIME.

I just downloaded the lastest version of dx9, is there anything I can do to help make this game actually playable?

Specs are
E1705
2.0 Core Duo
1gb ram
60gb hd @ 5400
ATI x1400
1900x1200 screen.


edit: I turned down a lot of the effects and I'm still not quite pleased.

BF2 can played on medium settings. Your resolution too high making it lag
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post #55 of 56
7/11/06 at 1:40am
I agree 1600x1200 does struggle i get from 15-25fps on that res and high settings
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post #56 of 56
7/11/06 at 2:43am
BF2 is a resource hog. To say that you expected a card like this to handle MAX settings on a game with explosions, 3d enviornemt, and so much going on for anything less than a top of the line laptop is just ridiculous. I play it on medium settings just fine.
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