Radeon and AGP help needed

Eartaker · 12-31-2005, 06:08 AM

I was recently using a Voodoo 3 pci card, I upgraded my mobo processor and HD a few days ago and had to use the PCI card for a few days, I went and bought an ATI Radeon X850XT 256Mb AGP card and when I try to set the card to AGP 4X or 8X if always gets reset to agp as being off. Also when I goto play one of my games I get a message saying AGP is Deactivated and the graphics are horrable, any ideas?

Eartaker · 12-31-2005, 06:15 AM

O_o in device manager it says my AGP card's location is PCI bus 1, but it is pluged into the AGP port

deadlysnake · 12-31-2005, 10:46 AM

Umm i have no help with your problem sorry

but if you had a voodoo 3 pci card, why would you upgrade to a 850? i mean do you need all that power if you were find with your 3, ?

Eartaker · 12-31-2005, 02:04 PM

I had the old voodoo3 on my older pc that I just upgraded and that was the only video card I had to use. It was a peice of crap.

fade2green514 · 12-31-2005, 04:27 PM

well, id say good choice with the x850xt. good card. i wouldve gone and upgraded to pci-e though.
AGP set as off, could be a bios setting it sounds like.
check your biios

Blue · 12-31-2005, 05:53 PM

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I was recently using a Voodoo 3 pci card, I upgraded my mobo processor and HD a few days ago and had to use the PCI card for a few days, I went and bought an ATI Radeon X850XT 256Mb AGP card and when I try to set the card to AGP 4X or 8X if always gets reset to agp as being off. Also when I goto play one of my games I get a message saying AGP is Deactivated and the graphics are horrable, any ideas?

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check your biios

Agreed... It is most likely that AGP is disabled in bios. You usually can reach it by hitting the "delete" key at post (system start). Make sure AGP is enabled and that it is set too 8X in bios then go back and set it to AGP 8x in your drivers control panel.

12-31-2005, 06:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
Eartaker New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3	Radeon and AGP help needed I was recently using a Voodoo 3 pci card, I upgraded my mobo processor and HD a few days ago and had to use the PCI card for a few days, I went and bought an ATI Radeon X850XT 256Mb AGP card and when I try to set the card to AGP 4X or 8X if always gets reset to agp as being off. Also when I goto play one of my games I get a message saying AGP is Deactivated and the graphics are horrable, any ideas?

12-31-2005, 04:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 19 Posts: 3,623	well, id say good choice with the x850xt. good card. i wouldve gone and upgraded to pci-e though. AGP set as off, could be a bios setting it sounds like. check your biios __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3ghz HD 4850 512mb (750/2350mhz) 2x2gb G.Skill ddr2-835 (5-4-4-10) 2x80gb sata2 in RAID 0 system drive 250gb sata2 storage drive 13,574 - 3dmark06 score

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12-31-2005, 06:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
Eartaker New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3	O_o in device manager it says my AGP card's location is PCI bus 1, but it is pluged into the AGP port

12-31-2005, 10:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
deadlysnake New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6	Umm i have no help with your problem sorry but if you had a voodoo 3 pci card, why would you upgrade to a 850? i mean do you need all that power if you were find with your 3, ?

12-31-2005, 02:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Eartaker New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3	I had the old voodoo3 on my older pc that I just upgraded and that was the only video card I had to use. It was a peice of crap.