Catalyst or Omega for a newb OCer?

[Bowlo]

Just having a read through the posts here and see a lot using the Moega drivers.
As im abit newish to overclocking anything and only intend to push my card slightly over stock, I was just wondering which driver set would be best for my X1800 XT. I did always dislike the CCC for some reason but as im not overclocking extremes I didnt know which to go with.

 

[dale1uk]

If your new to OC'ing graphics cards then I'd just use the CCC. The x1800xt should max out the settings available but since your not planning a major clock then that will be fine. Thats all I use on my x1800xt as they seem to be a bit of a pain to clock compared to other cards I've done in the past, but the results are still good and you'll see a nice gain.

 

[Bowlo]

How does the overdrive in CCC compare to other things like Rivatuner or using ati tool? Does it come with a temp and clock monitoring display that you can keep as a system try icon or is that what the third party software is used for?