Omega Nvidia Drivers Development At Risk
Posted by: NewsFactory on: 06/27/2003 01:23 PM [ Print | 8 comment(s) ] · 3160 views
I got to say there's some sad peeps at Nvidia. Now over to Zardon from Driver Heaven...
Alot has been going on behind the scenes recently guys with Nvidia regarding Omegas drivers and it looks like Omega might be forced to stop making them. This is due to Nvidia's hard handed tactics and not wanting anyone to alter or touch their driver code in any way. Omega has even had to remove Nvidia logos from his site or legal action will be taken. This could possibly if taken further close these sites, so we really have no option.
Im sorry for the bad news, but unfortunately it looks like Nvidia Omega drivers will no longer be developed.
You can also check out what Terry Makedon, Senior Software Manager at ATI had to say here.
Alot has been going on behind the scenes recently guys with Nvidia regarding Omegas drivers and it looks like Omega might be forced to stop making them. This is due to Nvidia's hard handed tactics and not wanting anyone to alter or touch their driver code in any way. Omega has even had to remove Nvidia logos from his site or legal action will be taken. This could possibly if taken further close these sites, so we really have no option.
Im sorry for the bad news, but unfortunately it looks like Nvidia Omega drivers will no longer be developed.
You can also check out what Terry Makedon, Senior Software Manager at ATI had to say here.
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El_Coyote Senior Member Posts: 555 Joined: 2002-12-18 |
#45219 Posted on: 06/27/2003 01:48 PM
fortunately ATi and their driver team supports omega on his work with ati's drivers. it just shows what nvidia has regressed int after the whole nv3x fiasco. |
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Beastage Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: 2003-06-26 |
#45220 Posted on: 06/27/2003 01:50 PM
nvidia are pissing me off more and more with every action they take... they longer care for investing in their hardware line but instead use all sorts of dirty tricks to promote their products |
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AC Member Posts: 36 Joined: 2003-06-09 |
#45221 Posted on: 06/27/2003 02:02 PM
All you have to do is look the news, Nvidia fixing their drivers to get higher 3D Mark scores is a tad sad! |
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benno Unregistered |
#45222 Posted on: 06/27/2003 02:07 PM
First off all... its an old Tread in that forum! from once i may! have you guys got an official comment from the developer!? and, im working at geeknewz.dk, a site witch hosts the drivers, and we have recieved the newest versÃon at the 5 of june, this year... Conclusion: Comething here is wrong... |
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wb22gprix Unregistered |
#45223 Posted on: 06/27/2003 02:18 PM
Oh well. It has been in NVIDIA's license agreement forever that you can't alter their driver code in any way. ATI has the same stipulation in their license agreement, and they should change that if they're going to allow altering of their drivers to continue |
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PrOZaC Unregistered |
#45224 Posted on: 06/27/2003 05:15 PM
Well, Omega doesn't reverse-engeneering or change structurally anything within the files. He doesn't HACK/CRACK files, he just adds some tweaks here and there  |
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Chernobyl Member Posts: 65 Joined: 2003-05-03 |
#45230 Posted on: 06/27/2003 10:49 PM
Now I am pissed off. They produce inferior cards - I was holding to see if they would improve. Then they doctored the benchmarks and made themselves look real stupid. They have taken the fun out of their drivers - I used to look forward to each update in case it was faster, not these days, there doesnt seem to be much more they can get out of the cards. Now they wont even allow others to give us the performance and video tweaks they need. If this turns out to be right, I have truly lost my faith in them. I'll be buying ATI from now on. Sod you NVidia. |
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Stimpy Unregistered |
#45233 Posted on: 06/28/2003 02:32 AM
nVidia, you have lost my respect, and my custom. |
