A6Ja x1600 Problem, please help!

I recently installed Omega Drivers 3.8.291 (Catalyst 6.9) on my A6Ja ATI x1600. Its working fine except when I play my usual games (NFS/NBA), the screen 'shrinks' and there are 2 black 'bars' on the left & right sides. Its kindda like a movie in widescreen format with black bars on top, but in my case the black bars are on the left & right sides. Prior to the driver update, the games occupy all of the 15.4" screen.

Is this an inherent problem with the new driver? Or is there an setting w/c I have to adjust so I can make use of the entire screen while playing?

TIA.

 

Yes I've had this problem with WC3 using Omegas. I think there is an ini file somewhere you can mod to fix this, but I don't remember where.

 

hi gatordude,

thanks for the info. did you modify that .ini file yourself? i hope you can recall what file it is or how to modify it.

more suggestions are appreciated. thanks.

 

Don't use Omega drivers, problem solved. You want the latest Mobility Catalyst from ATI, nothing else.

The 6.9 drivers have a ton of issues - there have been lots of posts here reporting blue screens, no graphics on reboot, etc when installing even the stock 6.9s on x1600 machines.

ATI is up to 6.11 now, I would try those. Omega is more trouble then it's worth.

 

Ok, thanks for the info.

If I cant solve my 'screen shrinking' problem, I'll put in the new ATI 6.11 driver. I hope the 6.11 is more stable than its predecessor. As it was released just recently, Im not sure if problems have already been reported on the 6.11.

 

if it ain't broke don't change ur drivers ^__^)v stock ftw, unless u really need the extra 5 fps in X game