DSOTM

The setting you're referring to is AGP Aperture.
In simple terms, it's an amount of system memory to act as an overflow memory space for your graphics card.

As for the setting, it's a very contentious issue and people argue for all sorts, but in reality it's whatever works for you.

You have to consider what physical memory you have in your system before setting it though. If you only have 256MB Ram (in your PC) setting 128MB AGP aperture wouldn't be a good idea.

Depending on what you got, I'd try 64MB and 128MB.
If you don't do too much graphically with your machine, chances are you'll notice no difference whatsoever.
If you're a gamer, 128MB may be better especially if you play new games that are ever more hungry for graphics memory.

If you want to know more, have a read through this thread on Rage3D.com

The AGPx4 is the data rate from the motherboard to the graphics card. Which card do you have ? Might be helpful info
It may be you have a Motherboard capable of AGPx8 but a graphics card only capable of AGPx4.

Again, theres a lot of debate around whether x8 is worth having.
Personally, I do, but I have run at x4 and didn't notice a difference.

HTH

Fuzz

1GB of ram (dual mode enabled) (2x512)

Power colour Radion 9800 Pro (128MB)

Asus A7N8X deluxe

Cheers

Andy

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

there is some 9800 pros out there that do have only four pipelines was offered a brand new one for £200 not meaning to sound disheartening but this might be why your 3d score was lower than i was expecting

DSOTM

In that case, try whatever setting you like

Wouldn't go less than 64MB though.

Mr Footlong

iTrader: (7)

128 is best with your setup.

Fuzz

Don't frighten me like that Steve,
Just had me out down in the weelie bin out side looking for the box

Says AGP8X on the box. Phew!

128 it is then.
Thank you again peeps

Andy

super_si

I'd keep the boxes

Fuzz

have a setting in BIOS for "Enter to select the size of mapped memory for graphics data"

what should this be set to?
choices are
32
64
128
256
512

I have a 128Mb graphics card but it also has 256k bit rate??


also something to note is this little exerpt from the settings tab in 3D03



Why is it only utilising 4 of the available 8 pipelines ??
I have enabled 8x support within BIOS.

Cheers
Andy C

edit: poxy links

[Edited by Fuzz - 8/11/2003 9:19:07 PM]