Driver Cleaner, Omega Drivers And Tunexp

spinviperspinviper Join Date: 2003-05-08 Member: 16151Members
edited August 2004 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">For both ATI and NVDIA fans.</div> <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><b><span style='color:red'><a href='http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/' target='_blank'>DriverCleaner</a></span></b></span><!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Driver Cleaner is a program which helps you to remove parts of drivers that are left after uninstalling the old drivers. First you need to uninstall the drivers from the control panel than reboot and after that run the program. If you really want a good description of what steps you should do than you need to read the readme file included in the zip file and installation as it contains a detailed description step by step.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><b><span style='color:red'><a href='http://www.omegadrivers.net/' target='_blank'>OmegaDrivers</a></span></b></span><!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The purpose of the Omega Drivers is to provide gamers with an alternate set of drivers, ones that have more options and features than the original sets.  The drivers contain optimizations, extra features (like OC capabilities), more resolutions and internal tweaks that can give them the edge in a gaming enviroment over the normal drivers, which are often tailored for synthetic benchmarks. All Omega driver sets are tested (unless noted) by myself in my own PC or in an alternate PC (in the case of the nvidia drivers) to ensure maximum compatibility and reliability. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'><b><a href='http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/default.php' target='_blank'>Tune XP </a></b></span></span><!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->TuneXP is the official DriverHeaven.net Windows Tweaking software. TuneXP is the single most easy and featured XP tweaker, you'll ever find. Designed with easy-to-use dropdown menus, it will make your Windows installation go from its sluggish state to a red-blooded, optimized mode. All for free. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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  • HazeHaze O RLY? Join Date: 2003-07-07 Member: 18018Members, Constellation
    Awsomeness.
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  • spinviperspinviper Join Date: 2003-05-08 Member: 16151Members
    Just thought it would be useful for you guys. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    edited August 2004
    I'm checking out Omega Drivers, to me the other two sound pretty useless.

    [EDIT]

    ATi/Radeon users the driver tweaks are based off Catalyst 4.8 not the 4.9 beta edition

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  • SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Thursday-+Aug 25 2004, 03:01 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thursday- @ Aug 25 2004, 03:01 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm checking out Omega Drivers, to me the other two sound pretty useless.

    [EDIT]

    ATi/Radeon users the driver tweaks are based off Catalyst 4.8 not the 4.9 beta edition

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    The 4.8 cats are the latest version, they are far more stable than 4.9, which was basicly a frantic, make Doom 3 work good beta.
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  • DefianceDefiance Join Date: 2003-12-01 Member: 23847Members
    Driver cleaner is an amazing program, you'd be surprized how much better your hardware runs when you get rid of all the other drivers conflicting with each other.

    TuneXP is more or less TweakXP, and I've never used Omega Drivers.
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  • SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
    If your system works good with cats, don't use omega drivers, they're a nightmare to get rid of once thier installed (although driver cleaner might work, I haven't tryed), so reverting back to cats later gives you tonnes of problems, meaning your pretty much stuck with omega until you either decide to format, get a new computer, or go through to remove them manually, and most likey still have to suffer tonnes of rendering issues with bad driver interaction. Being stuck with omegas sucks because you have to wait for at least two weeks before you can update when new versions of cats come out, since the new omegas just aren't done for at least two weeks. But on the other hand they have lots of nice features and are really reliable, so don't feel bad about using them if you can't get cats to work properly.
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  • usernameusername Join Date: 2004-06-22 Member: 29473Members
    i just tried tunexp, startup takes like 5 seconds now (down from 15 or so)! :o
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  • spinviperspinviper Join Date: 2003-05-08 Member: 16151Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Swiftspear+Aug 25 2004, 05:15 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Swiftspear @ Aug 25 2004, 05:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If your system works good with cats, don't use omega drivers, they're a nightmare to get rid of once thier installed (although driver cleaner might work, I haven't tryed), so reverting back to cats later gives you tonnes of problems, meaning your pretty much stuck with omega until you either decide to format, get a new computer, or go through to remove them manually, and most likey still have to suffer tonnes of rendering issues with bad driver interaction. Being stuck with omegas sucks because you have to wait for at least two weeks before you can update when new versions of cats come out, since the new omegas just aren't done for at least two weeks. But on the other hand they have lots of nice features and are really reliable, so don't feel bad about using them if you can't get cats to work properly. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Lies... Dont listen to him. Their easy to get rid of. Uninstall, then run driver cleaner. Poof. Gone.
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  • spinviperspinviper Join Date: 2003-05-08 Member: 16151Members
    edited August 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Thursday-+Aug 25 2004, 03:01 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thursday- @ Aug 25 2004, 03:01 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm checking out Omega Drivers, to me the other two sound pretty useless.

    [EDIT]

    ATi/Radeon users the driver tweaks are based off Catalyst 4.8 not the 4.9 beta edition

    [/EDIT] <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Before installing ANY type of new drivers do this: Uninstall from control Panel. Reboot to Safe mode (like in the Driver cleaner readme), run driver cleaner. Reboot. Install drivers, reboot. Poof, your done.
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  • SpetsnazSpetsnaz Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24761Members, Constellation
    edited August 2004
    just altered some settings with TUNE XP, ill tell you if my system gets any faster (although it takes 10 - 20 seconds to load up)

    brb

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    WOW that has certainly improved my computer's speed of shutting down.

    Nifty little prog. save me from going around in windows XP and doing it myself!
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Swiftspear+Aug 25 2004, 10:15 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Swiftspear @ Aug 25 2004, 10:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If your system works good with cats, don't use omega drivers, they're a nightmare to get rid of once thier installed (although driver cleaner might work, I haven't tryed), so reverting back to cats later gives you tonnes of problems, meaning your pretty much stuck with omega until you either decide to format, get a new computer, or go through to remove them manually, and most likey still have to suffer tonnes of rendering issues with bad driver interaction. Being stuck with omegas sucks because you have to wait for at least two weeks before you can update when new versions of cats come out, since the new omegas just aren't done for at least two weeks. But on the other hand they have lots of nice features and are really reliable, so don't feel bad about using them if you can't get cats to work properly. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I find them good, driver cleaner gets rid of them easily (tested your little theories out you see). So using both won't be hard.
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    Tune XP is great. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Thanks for posting this! (Though I already knew of the other two things, Tune XP makes this topic pure gold.)
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    Making a shortcut with "Shutdown -s -t 0" shuts my computer down as fast as I need ^__^
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  • spinviperspinviper Join Date: 2003-05-08 Member: 16151Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-CForrester+Aug 25 2004, 07:02 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CForrester @ Aug 25 2004, 07:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Tune XP is great. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Thanks for posting this! (Though I already knew of the other two things, Tune XP makes this topic pure gold.) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Aww shucks, no problem. Version 2.0 is coming out late october/november with a LOT of new private tweaks.
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    What are some of the better options to enable for TuneXP?
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    edited August 2004
    Check the documentation.
    (start it, click Help, click Documentation)
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Align+Aug 25 2004, 08:58 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Align @ Aug 25 2004, 08:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Check the documentation.
    (start it, click Help, click Documentation) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wonderous! Exactly what I needed.
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  • SandrockSandrock Join Date: 2002-12-16 Member: 10905Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Documentation does nothing for me... somecare to post it somewhere or something
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Sandrock+Aug 25 2004, 11:14 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sandrock @ Aug 25 2004, 11:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Documentation does nothing for me... somecare to post it somewhere or something <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Sure.

    ACCELERATE DLL UNLOADING Recommended for benchmarking
    This tweak affects the swiftness of Windows to unload cached DLLs from the main memory. This tweak makes sure that
    no DLL will clog up the RAM by uncaching them quicker. Might be a performance gain in benchmarks, but might slow down
    general Windows usage by a small amount

    CLEAR PAGEFILE ON SHUTDOWN No recommendation
    This tweak makes Windows clear the pagefile on shutdown. Will make shutdown slower, but might make bootup and paging
    a bit faster (marginally)

    DISABLE PAGING EXECUTIVE 512MB RAM or more required
    This tweak removes the pool of system files that Windows will force to be paged. Instead, they will be loaded into the
    RAM. This tweak will use a bit of memory, but will make Windows quicker and more responsive.

    FASTER SHUTDOWN Recommended for everyone
    This tweak alters the speed of Windows application/service shutdown times from 20 seconds to 1, and will make
    Windows shutdown around 5 times quicker.

    FILE ALLOCATION SIZE TWEAK Recommended for everyone
    This tweak alters the size of the memory file allocation size. The effect is not drastic, but most people see a
    (slight) improvement in general responsivity.

    OPTIMIZE PREFETCH Recommended for everyone
    This tweak optimizes the way, the Windows prefetcher works. The prefetcher allocates short bits of applications and
    DLL's and speeds up the process of application loading (especially larger applications) by doing so

    INCREASE NTFS PERFORMANCE Recommended for NTFS users
    This tweak removes the "Last Access Stamp" from all files. This improves general disk performance by removing
    massive bandwidth overhead.

    IO PAGE LOCK LIMIT Recommended for everyone
    This tweak alters the size of the IO paging area in memory. The larger RAM amount you have, the higher a limit
    you can set. Improves general performance, especially when loading larger applications.

    CLEAR PREFETCH FOLDER Recommended for everyone
    This tweak cleans out the folder with all the prefetches, Windows has allocated. This is recommended to be done
    every now and then (for instance, every week) to improve the general Windows performance.

    In version 1.5, this tweak has been bug fixed

    DEFRAG BOOT FILES Recommended for everyone
    This function quickly assembles the bootfiles and stacks them together. Speeds up boot performance.

    DISABLE ZIP FOLDERS Recommended for people with a 3rd party archiving tool
    This function uninstalls the builtin ZIP capability of Windows. This frees up resources, but if you want to open
    ZIP-files afterwards, you will need a 3rd party application, like WinZip or WinRAR.

    ULTRA-FAST BOOTING Recommended for everyone
    This is a multi-stage tweak. First, it moves the bootfile to the edge of the drive, after which it defrags the
    system drive. Can reduce Windows boot time substantially, sometimes more than 300%

    CD-BURNING Recommended if you need it
    This tweak enables/disables the builtin CD burning capabilities of Windows.
    If you have a 3rd party CD writing tool, you can turn it off to save resources

    ENABLE UDMA-66 Recommended for most people
    Enables UltraDMA-66 on Intel chipsets. Recommended for people with ATA-66/UDMA-66 or higher compatible IDE controller
    chipsets

    INCREASE CPU PRIORITY Recommended for benchmarking
    Changes the way Windows works with CPU resources. Increases performance for the primary application, and slightly neglects background services. Useful for benchmarking

    INCREASE USB POLLING INTERVAL Recommended for mobile users/benchmarking
    Changes the latency of USB polling from 1ms to 5ms. Usable for some mobile users, as polling uses a fair slice of CPU performance. Hence, the CPU might not be able to enter a power-saving state. Likewise, it might be usable for benchmarkers because of a slightly reduced CPU load.

    SPEED-UP WINDOWS IRQ HANDLING Recommended for everyone
    This tweak optimizes the way Windows deals with the system bus IRQ, and in turn, makes the whole lot run quicker.

    IP SETTINGS Recommended for everyone
    This small tool lets you view, release and renew your IP adress(es)

    INCREASE DNS CACHE Recommended for everyone
    This tweak increases the size of the Windows DNS cache, and will make access to websites or other network locations
    with DNS faster

    FAST USER SWITCH
    This is a service, which allows for several users to be logged on at the same time, so the user switching process
    can be speeded up. This service, however, uses a fair bit of RAM and CPU cycles. If you want performance,
    you should turn it off.

    MESSENGER
    The messenger service (not Windows/MSN messenger) is the ill-rumoured net send service. If disabled, you won't
    see any annoying popups.

    THEMES
    This service handles all Windows graphic layout themes. If it is disabled, resources and CPU will be freed up,
    but Windows will be more "classic" (ugly says some) to look at.

    CHECK DISK
    This well-known tool checks the disk for errors.

    DEFRAGMENT
    Another well-known tool, with a small GUI client.

    SYSTEM FILE CHECKER
    Checks the Windows files to see, if they are valid

    WINDOWS UPDATE
    Launches Windows Update
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  • BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
    Omega Drivers messed up my PC and wouldn't let me play Doom 3.

    I think I'll stick with the offical nVidia drivers.
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  • SandrockSandrock Join Date: 2002-12-16 Member: 10905Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Thank you much dragon mech <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Sandrock+Aug 25 2004, 12:13 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sandrock @ Aug 25 2004, 12:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Thank you much dragon mech <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No sweat. Awesome little program isn't it?
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  • ThE_HeRoThE_HeRo Join Date: 2003-01-25 Member: 12723Members
    Oh yeah. I like it alot.
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  • TykjenTykjen Join Date: 2003-01-21 Member: 12552Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    nice! these will come in handy

    thank you
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  • spinviperspinviper Join Date: 2003-05-08 Member: 16151Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Skidzor+Aug 25 2004, 12:47 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Skidzor @ Aug 25 2004, 12:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Omega Drivers messed up my PC and wouldn't let me play Doom 3.

    I think I'll stick with the offical nVidia drivers. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Sigh... Okay, first did you uninstall the OLD drivers from the control panel. And following that did you run driver cleaner? If not.... I dont know what to say.
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  • CreepieCreepie Join Date: 2003-02-19 Member: 13734Members
    Your sig makes my head hurt spinviper.
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