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  1. Mar 30th, 2004, 10:15 PM #1
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    Question Question about BIOS settings

    Hi.

    I newly baught a new mainboard and a new gfx card and I don't kow how to configure BIOS correctly.

    The settings I want to know more about are these:
    AGP Aperture Size (64M)
    AGP Driving Control (Auto)
    AGP Driving Value (Disabled (Gets enabled when setting Driving Control to Manualy))
    AGP Fast Write (Disabled)
    AGP Master 1 WS Write (Disabled)
    AGP Master 1 WS Read (Disabled)


    I use a Creative 3D Blaster GeForce FX 5600 Ultra with 128 MB.

    How should these values be set and what do they do?
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  2. Mar 31st, 2004, 03:08 AM #2
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    AGP Aperture Size is the ammount of system RAM the graphics card is allowed to use after it has used all of its RAM.
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    Leave the settings alone.
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    Re: Question about BIOS settings

    Originally posted by cyborg
    The settings I want to know more about are these:
    AGP Aperture Size (64M)
    AGP Driving Control (Auto)
    AGP Driving Value (Disabled (Gets enabled when setting Driving Control to Manualy))
    AGP Fast Write (Disabled)
    AGP Master 1 WS Write (Disabled)
    AGP Master 1 WS Read (Disabled)
    Driving control is controlling the signal strength between the card and your board.

    Fast write enables writing of multiple commands, instead of 'one at a time'.

    AGP Master write/read 1 WS lowers the Wait State to 1, instead of the default of 2.
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  7. Apr 1st, 2004, 12:05 PM #6
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    hehe...I might try over there later on...

    Do you think i should "leave the settings alone" or should i change something? I don't know what will give the best performance.
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  8. Apr 2nd, 2004, 02:45 PM #7
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    Fast write is a performance setting. So would settings the Read/Write Wait States (WS) to 1.

    Your aperture should be about half your RAM. I have 512 MB DDR, so I have mine at 256 MB.

    If you want a real performance boost then properly clock your RAM.

    Lower the Cas latency, put bank interweave at 4, etc. basically, if you can lower the number it'll probably make it go faster.
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  9. Apr 3rd, 2004, 05:38 AM #8
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    I also have 512 MB DDR RAM, so i could probably change that...

    The thing is that my GFX card gets really hot when playing games...
    Sometimes the computer automaticly reboots while playing demanding games, but i don't know if that is related to the heat.

    Will it get hotter by boosting it in different ways?
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  11. Apr 5th, 2004, 12:41 AM #9
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    the AGP Aperture Size is always subjective

    get yourself a 3d benchmark and tinker around to see what settings produce the best results

    as far as heat goes, what is your setup like? lots of air flow etc? also is there an extra power cable coming out of the card and is it plugged in
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  12. Apr 5th, 2004, 03:25 PM #10
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    My card has an extra power cable and it's plugged in.
    There should be lot's of air flowing, but the computer is placed under my desktop where there aren't much cold fresh air for it to use.
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    I have two fan ports on the back of my computer[see image]. So I made a conduit to allow my fan on the CPU heatsink to blow directly out the back of my computer. My CPU temp is down several degrees now.

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    My case even has a door. =P

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  15. Apr 6th, 2004, 02:34 PM #13
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    Wow! Really nice looking case!.....But it's not as big as mine!
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  16. Apr 6th, 2004, 11:41 PM #14
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    Originally posted by cyborg
    Wow! Really nice looking case!.....But it's not as big as mine!
    It's still a server case (note the 7 LEDs).

    8 5.25 " drive slots. 4 3.5 slots.

    I also have a board(ABIT KR7a) will fills the case(7 expansion slots).

    Spots for 3 case fans, I only use one though... I suppose my heatsink fan is technically a case fan.
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