ati drivers vs omega drivers

The Omega's as you probably know are based of ATI's official version. They offer a small but steady performance increase, usually just a few frames per second. At what cost, I am beginning to ask myself. I have been using the Omega's for quite a while now, recently when playing Half Life 2 I noticed game defects in certain parts of the game. Uninstalled the Omega 2.5.97 and intalled the Cat 4.12's, problem gone. I think I am going to stick to the official Catalyst's.
 
Another forum told me to stay with the omega since they are better, so hard to pick now.
 
DandyBear said:
The Omega's as you probably know are based of ATI's official version. They offer a small but steady performance increase, usually just a few frames per second. At what cost, I am beginning to ask myself. I have been using the Omega's for quite a while now, recently when playing Half Life 2 I noticed game defects in certain parts of the game. Uninstalled the Omega 2.5.97 and intalled the Cat 4.12's, problem gone. I think I am going to stick to the official Catalyst's.
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What defects are those exactly? I've been using Omega 2.5.97a on my 9600Pro and I haven't noticed any problems (except for a z-fighting bug on a small rectangular part of a wall somewhere, but as far as I know that's a bug in the level, since it only happens in that one spot in the entire game).
For some reason I can't install the original ATi drivers on my card, so I can't check what happens with those drivers in that spot.
 
I only used the Omega's in the beginning part of Half Life 2, but for instance going up to a locked door when trying to open it, I would see major artifacts. Like lines of black and brown shimmering up and down the wall. I like the Omega drivers don't get me wrong. CS:S test 2 or 3 fps better than the Cat's and counter strike and UT 2004 no problems at all. For me in HL2 my problems went away after switching to the Cat's.
 
I use the official Catalyst drivers. They have always been stable for me and I don't have performance issues, so I keep them installed. I have tried the Omega Drivers in the past, and they usually ended up either not increasing performance, or increasing performance and then having some sort of graphical artifacts. I just stick with what works. :)
 
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