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    It's my opinion that the Dell drivers are better than the Omega drivers (E1505 + X1400)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by count_schemula, Dec 14, 2006.

  1. count_schemula

    count_schemula Notebook Deity

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    Reverting to the Dell drivers for my X1400 seems to have largely solved my main screen flickering for a second when driving an external monitor.

    Flash animations seem to run a little smoother.

    My laptop does not freak out when I pull the AC power out. LCD would go black sometimes.

    You may have a specific tweak that you like with the Omega drivers, I just used them "as is."

    Using custom install I only installed the drivers and not the "catalyst."
     
    count_schemula, Dec 14, 2006
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    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

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    which version of catalyst are the dell drivers?
     
    link1313, Dec 14, 2006
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  3. postmortem

    postmortem Notebook Consultant

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    of course they are. Same goes for nvidia, only official drivers has 0 issues. Everything else is repackaged driver for desktop cards.
     
    postmortem, Dec 14, 2006
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  4. Iceman0124

    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    yeah, the 2-3 fps gain isnt worth the instability issues and weird happenings with hacked drivers
     
    Iceman0124, Dec 14, 2006
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