_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|7174|Riva, MD
I right-click on the desktop, go to properties, go to display settings, go to advanced, go to troubleshooting, and then I see an option called "enable write combining".  What does this do?
The Stillhouse Kid
Licensed Televulcanologist
+126|7099|Deep In The South Of Texas
Enable Write Combining: Write Combining is a technique which merges multiple operations into a single read or write, increasing graphics performance. However just like Fast Writes (See BIOS section above), having it enabled may cause problems and exacerbate instabilities on various system configurations. For most people, I recommend ticking 'Enable Write Combining' as it increases performance and should not cause any problems. However if you continually experience crashes, particularly the 'infinite loop' error, you can try unticking this setting to see if things improve.
Source:

http://www.tweakguides.com/NVFORCE_5.html

Its the same for ATi as well.
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|7174|Riva, MD

The Stillhouse Kid wrote:

Enable Write Combining: Write Combining is a technique which merges multiple operations into a single read or write, increasing graphics performance. However just like Fast Writes (See BIOS section above), having it enabled may cause problems and exacerbate instabilities on various system configurations. For most people, I recommend ticking 'Enable Write Combining' as it increases performance and should not cause any problems. However if you continually experience crashes, particularly the 'infinite loop' error, you can try unticking this setting to see if things improve.
Source:

http://www.tweakguides.com/NVFORCE_5.html

Its the same for ATi as well.
Looks purely beneficial.  I'll try it.
The Stillhouse Kid
Licensed Televulcanologist
+126|7099|Deep In The South Of Texas
It's always been on for me, never noticed any problems.
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|7174|Riva, MD

The Stillhouse Kid wrote:

It's always been on for me, never noticed any problems.
Did you notice a performance enhancement?
Goven
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+125|6938|Purdue

_j5689_ wrote:

The Stillhouse Kid wrote:

It's always been on for me, never noticed any problems.
Did you notice a performance enhancement?
Same here, but I've never had it off, so I wouldn't have noticed anything >_<
The Stillhouse Kid
Licensed Televulcanologist
+126|7099|Deep In The South Of Texas

Goven wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

The Stillhouse Kid wrote:

It's always been on for me, never noticed any problems.
Did you notice a performance enhancement?
Same here, but I've never had it off, so I wouldn't have noticed anything >_<
Ditto

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