AGP Architecture?

hardwaregEEk · 24-June-04, 04:32 PM

Hi everyone,

1 simple question... what is the AGP Architecture and what should it set to? i was looking around my bios this morning and found it.. the default was 64MB so switched to 128MB (since have 128MB radeon 9600) thanks for the help...

Joose · 24-June-04, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by hardwaregEEk


	Hi everyone, 1 simple question... what is the AGP Architecture and what should it set to? i was looking around my bios this morning and found it.. the default was 64MB so switched to 128MB (since have 128MB radeon 9600) thanks for the help...

You're probably referring to the AGP Aperature size in the BIOS, and yes, it should be set to the amount of memory you have on your video card.

abyssling · 24-June-04, 04:56 PM

the agp aperture number has absolutely nothing to do with the ram on your card. what it refers to is the amount of system memory that your agp card will use when it runs out of gpu memory.

for a 128 mb card it really doesnt matter what you set it to as long as it is at 64+

for a card with less than 128 i personally recommend setting it at half your system memory. I set mine to 256 on my main gaming pc's which incidentally is half my system memory and twice my gpu mem and seem to have the best results there

Andrevas · 24-June-04, 08:25 PM

I read in Gaz's guide to higher 3dMark scored setting the Apeture size to 2x of what you have on your video card or half your system RAM usually works best.

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hardwaregEEk Apex Master Tech Apprentice	AGP Architecture? Hi everyone, 1 simple question... what is the AGP Architecture and what should it set to? i was looking around my bios this morning and found it.. the default was 64MB so switched to 128MB (since have 128MB radeon 9600) thanks for the help...

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24-June-04, 04:56 PM		#3 (permalink)
abyssling Apex Tech Maniac	the agp aperture number has absolutely nothing to do with the ram on your card. what it refers to is the amount of system memory that your agp card will use when it runs out of gpu memory. for a 128 mb card it really doesnt matter what you set it to as long as it is at 64+ for a card with less than 128 i personally recommend setting it at half your system memory. I set mine to 256 on my main gaming pc's which incidentally is half my system memory and twice my gpu mem and seem to have the best results there

24-June-04, 08:25 PM		#4 (permalink)
Andrevas Apex Elite Tech	I read in Gaz's guide to higher 3dMark scored setting the Apeture size to 2x of what you have on your video card or half your system RAM usually works best.