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09-03-2002, 10:17 AM
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AGP 4X ....what the??
Did anyone successfully enable the AGP4X on VIA motherboard without crashing the machine?I was hoping that I could gain 1-2%
performance on my AGP. 
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09-03-2002, 10:49 AM
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Resident Slacker
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Suisun City, California (i know, where the hell is that?!?!?)
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nope, on my board i had to drop it down to 2x... but i'm sure it's been done somewhere.
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09-03-2002, 11:37 AM
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yep, 4x here. Sorry tho, I didn't do anything to make this work. I am interested in your problem. Is this wide spread? I know if I was a reviewer, I would give a board a 7 at best if unable to operate at 4x. I do have fast write enables, shows as disabled in all my programs. I may be updating my 4 in 1's. Don't know if you've tried that.
Hey, I broke the century mark, 100 posts! Last edited by Texuspete00; 09-03-2002 at 12:02 PM. |
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09-03-2002, 02:24 PM
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Mondsreitersmann
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Yes, post your system specs as this is most strange. I have a VIA board and I set the AGP to 4x. No problems.
Why did you have to set it to 2x, homer15? Got problems too?
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09-03-2002, 02:56 PM
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without it being set to 2x, it'd freeze during gameplay. it sort of sucked. someone here suggested the 2x switch, and it curbed the freezing.
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09-03-2002, 03:54 PM
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Computing Professor
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4X here as well with no trouble.
What's your mainboard? |
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09-03-2002, 04:09 PM
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Sibak
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
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4x good for me too!
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09-03-2002, 05:41 PM
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I have seen more than one VIA board that refuses to do 4x. Some work some don't.
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09-04-2002, 01:09 AM
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Member (9 bit)
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my mobo is VIA apollo pro 133A and I couldn't get 4x rates.I've check the VIA sites and it proves it can do 4x...how come?
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09-04-2002, 03:43 AM
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Is it really worth the performance gain?
I ask in advance cause my current mobo aint capable hehe |
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09-04-2002, 09:11 AM
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Sibak
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Location: Houston, Texas, USA
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Quote:
YES!!! |
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09-04-2002, 01:21 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2002
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No!!
There is no benefit to instability, is there? Run at x2 and be happy. You'd never see the diff anyway. Far better performance will be in tweaking the settings, such as 16 bit color as opposed to 32, etc. That is VIA for you.... |
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09-04-2002, 02:40 PM
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Member (12 bit)
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I have the MSI KT3 Ultra2 with default settings, and I changed my AGP setting from AUTO to 4X, and I booted up fine, browsing the web right now and running some background programs, and no lockups/freezes yet.
Fantasy, when do you experience the crash? Startup? Normal operation? -Matt |
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09-05-2002, 04:18 AM
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Member (9 bit)
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It always crash whenever I play games such as Counter-Strike...
even sometimes in Normal operation |
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09-05-2002, 04:45 AM
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Banned
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Location: Bakersfield,CA
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After 30 plus builds with KT133 and Kt266A, I have never had a problem with 4x AGP.
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09-05-2002, 05:53 PM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Sep 1999
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how can I chk to see if 4x?
Is it in the setup? |
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09-07-2002, 05:46 PM
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Member (8 bit)
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: UK
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Biab, it's in the BIOS.
I flicked mine to 4x and notice zero difference. |
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09-10-2002, 09:43 PM
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Member (10 bit)
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THANKS
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