ATI AIW 9800 Pro

Hylian · 08-23-2005, 07:45 PM

When I goto
Control Panel -> Display -> Settings -> Advanced -> SmartGARD
it says AGP is off.
I own the ASUS P4S800, which is AGP 8x compatible, yet I'm curious if I'm getting the full use out of my card when I play games (SWG, CS:S, etc).

If I'm not, how would I go about activating my card to make use of the AGP features? Or am I misinterpreting the info?

randruff · 08-23-2005, 08:06 PM

If you have your card seated in your AGP slot and you are seeing imagery on your monitor, its on. Whether its running at 4x or 8x is another question.

Filip · 08-23-2005, 08:21 PM

Go to "run", type dxdiag=>display and see if AGP texture acceleration is on

Filip · 08-23-2005, 08:23 PM

if not, it might be disabled in BIOS

Filip · 08-23-2005, 08:25 PM

or your mobo drivers doesn't support AGP, i don't know it can be anything

Hylian · 08-23-2005, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by filip-matijevic

Go to "run", type dxdiag=>display and see if AGP texture acceleration is on

Says Not Available. I'll try fiddling around with the BIOS and researching a bit.

Hylian · 08-23-2005, 09:01 PM

Okay I' installed a driver off the Motherobard CD and now dxdiag is saying it's enabled

It's also reading as 8x in the first window I described.

And to think all I do is play games and I've never used AGP 8x before lol

GhostEye · 08-23-2005, 09:05 PM

4x and 8x has little difference

Filip · 08-23-2005, 09:58 PM

well done

Hylian · 08-24-2005, 10:11 PM

Well it seems that my computer crashes now when I use it. I've turned it off, and that seems to fix it.

I've had nothing but problems with catalyst and their multimedia center. Oh well. They have another few years till I upgrade again to get their act together.

08-23-2005, 07:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hylian Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 89	ATI AIW 9800 Pro - SmartGARD says AGP is off When I goto Control Panel -> Display -> Settings -> Advanced -> SmartGARD it says AGP is off. I own the ASUS P4S800, which is AGP 8x compatible, yet I'm curious if I'm getting the full use out of my card when I play games (SWG, CS:S, etc). If I'm not, how would I go about activating my card to make use of the AGP features? Or am I misinterpreting the info? __________________ X-Blade ATX Window Case - Enermax Liberty 620W Power Supply Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 - ASUS P5n32-SLI SE Deluxe OCZ 2GB 800MHz RAM 80GB Seagate SATA - 320GB Seagate SATA BFG GeForce 7950 GX2 1024MB PCI-E - LG L204WT 20.1" Widescreen Flatron LCD Sound Blaster Audigy 2 - Altec Lansing 5.1 Surround Sound Windows XP Pro - SP2

08-23-2005, 08:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
randruff Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 30 min south of iraq....oops....Detroit. Age: 27 Posts: 742	If you have your card seated in your AGP slot and you are seeing imagery on your monitor, its on. Whether its running at 4x or 8x is another question. __________________ Asus A8N SLI Deluxe AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 2GB OCZ Platinum PC3200 - Dual Channel 2x WD 74GB Raptor 10,000RPM - RAID 0 eVGA geForce 7800GTX Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Logitech Z-5500 Digital THX 5.1 1010W 19' Samsung 915N 8ms Raidmax 520W PSU

08-23-2005, 09:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Hylian Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 89	Okay I' installed a driver off the Motherobard CD and now dxdiag is saying it's enabled It's also reading as 8x in the first window I described. And to think all I do is play games and I've never used AGP 8x before lol __________________ X-Blade ATX Window Case - Enermax Liberty 620W Power Supply Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 - ASUS P5n32-SLI SE Deluxe OCZ 2GB 800MHz RAM 80GB Seagate SATA - 320GB Seagate SATA BFG GeForce 7950 GX2 1024MB PCI-E - LG L204WT 20.1" Widescreen Flatron LCD Sound Blaster Audigy 2 - Altec Lansing 5.1 Surround Sound Windows XP Pro - SP2

08-24-2005, 10:11 PM	#10 (permalink)
Hylian Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 89	Well it seems that my computer crashes now when I use it. I've turned it off, and that seems to fix it. I've had nothing but problems with catalyst and their multimedia center. Oh well. They have another few years till I upgrade again to get their act together. __________________ X-Blade ATX Window Case - Enermax Liberty 620W Power Supply Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 - ASUS P5n32-SLI SE Deluxe OCZ 2GB 800MHz RAM 80GB Seagate SATA - 320GB Seagate SATA BFG GeForce 7950 GX2 1024MB PCI-E - LG L204WT 20.1" Widescreen Flatron LCD Sound Blaster Audigy 2 - Altec Lansing 5.1 Surround Sound Windows XP Pro - SP2

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08-23-2005, 08:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Filip Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Croatia Age: 19 Posts: 1,977	Go to "run", type dxdiag=>display and see if AGP texture acceleration is on

08-23-2005, 08:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
Filip Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Croatia Age: 19 Posts: 1,977	if not, it might be disabled in BIOS

08-23-2005, 08:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
Filip Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Croatia Age: 19 Posts: 1,977	or your mobo drivers doesn't support AGP, i don't know it can be anything

08-23-2005, 09:05 PM	#8 (permalink)
GhostEye Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 252	4x and 8x has little difference

08-23-2005, 09:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
Filip Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Croatia Age: 19 Posts: 1,977	well done