Help with AGP 8x

rhinochan321 · Jul 27, 2003, 06:22 PM

Hi I have a shappire Radeon 9500 modded to a 9700. Everything is great, but there is one thing. I cannot get APG 8x to be activated, my mobo is a Gigabyte GA-7VAX (KT400, bios revision F10) and it does support 8x AGP- in fact in bios it says that my video card is running at 8x. The moment I get into windows XP though and look at the SmartGard tab- it says my system is running at 4x AGP, if I move the slider to 8x and hit apply, windows tells me to reboot (which i do, and the setting reverts back to 4x).
How do I fix this, I know 8x and 4x doesn't differ that much- but still... it kinda bothers me. I have also tried using the smartgard uninstaller- after completeing uninstall, comp reboots- but smartgard is still there?!?!? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
-sheng

Shadow Lady · Jul 27, 2003, 08:09 PM

have u set the smartgart to 8x? also set the fastwrites disabled, I hope that can help

try using rivatuner or something else to activate the 8x

Vampyromaniac · Jul 28, 2003, 12:10 AM

Maybe Smartgart is auto-switching it back to 4x for compatability reasons

Don't worry, you're not missing out on much.

Teronius · Jul 28, 2003, 06:57 AM

I had the same problem with my setup and the way I fixed it was to use the SMARTGART uninstaller (Note: It DOES work but the tab remains visible under properties. If you try to change the settings, it will tell you that it is not functional). Then I went into BIOS and changed the settings to what I wanted (e.g. AGP 8x + Fastwrites = ON/OFF). Now, if you re-install the Control Panel AND the Catalyst Drivers, SMARTGART should now show your current settings.

Hope this helps!

rhinochan321 · Jul 28, 2003, 09:13 AM

Thanks for the help guys and gals I will try it out.
-shengs

Jul 27, 2003, 06:22 PM	#1
rhinochan321 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Help with AGP 8x Hi I have a shappire Radeon 9500 modded to a 9700. Everything is great, but there is one thing. I cannot get APG 8x to be activated, my mobo is a Gigabyte GA-7VAX (KT400, bios revision F10) and it does support 8x AGP- in fact in bios it says that my video card is running at 8x. The moment I get into windows XP though and look at the SmartGard tab- it says my system is running at 4x AGP, if I move the slider to 8x and hit apply, windows tells me to reboot (which i do, and the setting reverts back to 4x). How do I fix this, I know 8x and 4x doesn't differ that much- but still... it kinda bothers me. I have also tried using the smartgard uninstaller- after completeing uninstall, comp reboots- but smartgard is still there?!?!? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -sheng

Jul 27, 2003, 08:09 PM	#2
Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotÃ¡ city :p Posts: 1,267 Rep Power: 0	have u set the smartgart to 8x? also set the fastwrites disabled, I hope that can help try using rivatuner or something else to activate the 8x __________________ Oblivion ftw

Jul 28, 2003, 12:10 AM	#3
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	Maybe Smartgart is auto-switching it back to 4x for compatability reasons Don't worry, you're not missing out on much. __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Jul 28, 2003, 09:13 AM	#5
rhinochan321 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	thx Thanks for the help guys and gals I will try it out. -shengs

Jul 28, 2003, 06:57 AM	#4
Teronius DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I had the same problem with my setup and the way I fixed it was to use the SMARTGART uninstaller (Note: It DOES work but the tab remains visible under properties. If you try to change the settings, it will tell you that it is not functional). Then I went into BIOS and changed the settings to what I wanted (e.g. AGP 8x + Fastwrites = ON/OFF). Now, if you re-install the Control Panel AND the Catalyst Drivers, SMARTGART should now show your current settings. Hope this helps!