Blankenship,

* Click Omega Drivers
* Click Ati Radeon
* Click your operating system
* Click RADEON OMEGA DRIVERS
* Click Save
* Click Desktop
* Click Save

* Click Driver Cleaner
* Scroll down until you see the word Download
* Click the grey icon under the red arrow
* Click Save- Desktop- Save
* Click Start- My Computer or double click the My Computer icon
* Open the C: drive
* Right click on the downloaded DC3Setup_33.zip file, hold the right mouse button and drag the icon onto the C: drive. Let go with the right mouse button
* Choose Extract
* Click Next
* Click Next
* Remove the check
* Click Finish

* Disconnect the system from the internet

* Click Start- Control Panel - Add or Remove Programs
* Select the Ati driver you want removed and then click the Change/Remove button
* The InstallShield Wizard dialog box, select the Remove check box
* Click Next
* If you get a window for "Remove Share Component", click "Yes to All"
* If you get a window for "Remove Share File", click "Yes to All"
* Click Yes
* When finished, close all boxes. The system will want to restart
* Restart the computer
* At the first beep or on the blue Dell screen, tap the F8 key or the F5 key
* At some point, the Advanced Options menu will appear
* Select Safe Mode [Press the Enter Key]
* Select the first or only operating system listed [Press the Enter Key]
* Windows might load a default video card driver, that's ok. Just get to the desktop

* Open the C: drive
* Open the DC3Setup_33 folder
* Double-click the file setup.exe
* Click Next
* Insert a dot to "I accept the agreement"
* Click Next
* Click Next
* Click Next
* Click Next
* Click Install
* Click Next
* Clean every Ati listing
* Click Finish. Don't restart the system
* Double-click the downloaded Omega driver from your desktop
* Click Next
* Click Next
* Click Next
* Click Next
* Click Next
* Click Next
* Insert a dot to "I agree.."
* Click Next
* Click Start
* Click OK
* Click OK
* Click Next
* Insert a dot to "I agree.."
* Click Next
* Click Next
* Click Next
* Click Close
* Click Finish
* Click Yes
* Click Next
* Click Yes
* Click Continue Anyway
* Click Continue Anyway
* Click OK
* Click Finish. The system should restart and do some possible refresh testing

Thanks for the reply.  I have read some good and bad about Omega Drivers.  Some messages have said that they didn't fix or help problem and they are very hard to uninstall.  What do you think?

IL2-PF can be twitchy in setting the right graphic choices.  I spent hours tweaking different settings until I was happy.  Run the Setup program which can be found in the IL-2 folder (instead of the Video Options while running the program--though "Perfect" mode can only be chosen from within the game, I think). 

From the Setup program you can change between Direct3D and OpenGL--switch to the one you're not currently using to see if that helps.  On another tab there's a box to specify your hardware.  If it's not pointing at the x800 selection, then try changing to that...if it is already try the "Maximum Settings" selection.  For me the Maximum Settings was a better choice than directly identifying my video card family.

Good luck!

It's amazing all the different stuff you read.  I've read some posts that say you really don't need to do the driver cleaner stuff.  That you can just install one on top of the other and the install is coded to remove/replace the older version.

Message Edited by CastleBravo on 12-17-2004 04:28 PM