Can't find "AGP Aperture" in bios!

2007-07-12 18:24:45

#1

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +698|6762|Washington St.

I went here: http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=22556 and got through all of the steps except #3. I have experience in BIOS and a fairly strong system:

ABIT AT8 32x
2gig ram
3800 X2
256mb Nvidia 7800 GT

but for the life of me I cannot find, in my bios (from the ABIT AT8 32x motherboard) where to change the AGP aperture. I'm also not sure what this helps (although I do believe you if you say it does) because I don't even have AGP slots on my motherboard, let alone an AGP card.
Is there some other name for it or am I just that dumb and I can't find it? Or is it even there on new(er) motherboards?

Thanks!

2007-07-12 18:29:26

#2

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|7188

is your 7800 a pci express card or agp? Cause if its agp than that means you have an agp slot... lol... its the little brown slot closest to the processor... and in regards to changing the agp settings in the bios... I tried it with my x800xl and it didnt do anything noticeable... better bet is to get... tray tools and oc a little... lots of cool feauture with tray tools and its free
http://www.guru3d.com/article/atitraytools/189/

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2007-07-12 18:30:47

#3

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +698|6762|Washington St.

[TUF]Catbox wrote:
is your 7800 a pci express card or agp? Cause if its agp than that means you have an agp slot... lol... its the little brown slot closest to the processor... and in regards to changing the agp settings in the bios... I tried it with my x800xl and it didnt do anything noticeable... better bet is to get... tray tools and oc a little... lots of cool feauture with tray tools and its free
http://www.guru3d.com/article/atitraytools/189/

lol no, its PCI-E. I'm not THAT dumb. and thanks, I'll DL that right now.

Last edited by pirana6 (2007-07-12 19:35:00)

2007-07-12 18:35:27

#4

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7188

How can you have AGP Apeture when you don't even have an AGP card... Think for a minute lawl

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2007-07-12 18:38:22

#5

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|7188

i was trying to be diplomatic.... lol...
and check your temps on your cat5 cabling... that can really drop fps in a game... j/k :-]

Love is the answer

2007-07-12 18:52:14

#6

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6910|King Of The Islands

pirana6 wrote:
lol no, its PCIx. I'm not THAT dumb. and thanks, I'll DL that right now.

Careful with your abbreviations, thar. You have PCI-E.

X is a different standard altogether.

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2007-07-12 20:28:00

#7

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +698|6762|Washington St.

Cheez wrote:
pirana6 wrote:
lol no, its PCIx. I'm not THAT dumb. and thanks, I'll DL that right now.
Careful with your abbreviations, thar. You have PCI-E.

X is a different standard altogether.

Roger that. Changes noted!

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
How can you have AGP Apeture when you don't even have an AGP card... Think for a minute lawl

Well, then is there a PCI-E version?

2007-07-12 20:37:14

#8

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7188

pirana6 wrote:
Cheez wrote:
pirana6 wrote:
lol no, its PCIx. I'm not THAT dumb. and thanks, I'll DL that right now.
Careful with your abbreviations, thar. You have PCI-E.

X is a different standard altogether.
Roger that. Changes noted!

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
How can you have AGP Apeture when you don't even have an AGP card... Think for a minute lawl
Well, then is there a PCI-E version?

Theres no PCI-E aperture thing... Because PCI-E is fast enough.

2007-07-12 22:18:13

#9

CrazeD: Member; +368|7144|Maine

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
pirana6 wrote:
Cheez wrote:

Careful with your abbreviations, thar. You have PCI-E.

X is a different standard altogether.
Roger that. Changes noted!

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
How can you have AGP Apeture when you don't even have an AGP card... Think for a minute lawl
Well, then is there a PCI-E version?
Theres no PCI-E aperture thing... Because PCI-E is fast enough.

lmao...

AGP Aperture size has nothing to do with the interface bandwidth. It is (to my understanding) the amount of system memory alloted in case you run out of video memory.

My friend has a PCI-e motherboard with AGP Aperture size as well.

2007-07-12 22:22:36

#10

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +698|6762|Washington St.

CrazeD wrote:
cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
pirana6 wrote:
Cheez wrote:
Careful with your abbreviations, thar. You have PCI-E.

X is a different standard altogether.
Roger that. Changes noted!

Well, then is there a PCI-E version?
Theres no PCI-E aperture thing... Because PCI-E is fast enough.
lmao...

AGP Aperture size has nothing to do with the interface bandwidth. It is (to my understanding) the amount of system memory alloted in case you run out of video memory.

My friend has a PCI-e motherboard with AGP Aperture size as well.

Then where the hell do you find it in the BIOS

2007-07-12 22:24:46

#11

CrazeD: Member; +368|7144|Maine

Not all BIOS are the same and you may just not have the option.

Why do you want it? It doesn't really help anything.

2007-07-12 22:26:54

#12

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +698|6762|Washington St.

CrazeD wrote:
Not all BIOS are the same and you may just not have the option.

Why do you want it? It doesn't really help anything.

From the tip from the link in my OP

2007-07-12 22:36:04

#13

CrazeD: Member; +368|7144|Maine

It honestly makes very little difference if any, unless your video card has very low memory. I've tried it with two cards (a 9600 Pro 128mb and an X800 256mb) and I saw no difference in performance.

2007-07-12 22:37:51

#14

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +698|6762|Washington St.

CrazeD wrote:
It honestly makes very little difference if any, unless your video card has very low memory. I've tried it with two cards (a 9600 Pro 128mb and an X800 256mb) and I saw no difference in performance.

aight, thanks man. +1

2007-07-12 23:23:02

#15

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|7041|Portland, OR, USA

CrazeD wrote:
It honestly makes very little difference if any, unless your video card has very low memory. I've tried it with two cards (a 9600 Pro 128mb and an X800 256mb) and I saw no difference in performance.

seriously? on my old 6800 gt I bumped the aperture from 256 to 512 and noticed a noticeable jump in performance...

2007-07-13 06:22:25

#16

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7188|Riva, MD

My BIOS don't have the option either. I'm guessing you're using an OEM BIOS set.

Last edited by _j5689_ (2007-07-13 06:23:01)

2007-07-13 06:26:49

#17

geNius: ..!.,; +144|6914|SoCal

CrazeD wrote:
It honestly makes very little difference if any, unless your video card has very low memory. I've tried it with two cards (a 9600 Pro 128mb and an X800 256mb) and I saw no difference in performance.

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2007-07-13 06:51:28

#18

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7053|SE London

CommieChipmunk wrote:
CrazeD wrote:
It honestly makes very little difference if any, unless your video card has very low memory. I've tried it with two cards (a 9600 Pro 128mb and an X800 256mb) and I saw no difference in performance.
seriously? on my old 6800 gt I bumped the aperture from 256 to 512 and noticed a noticeable jump in performance...

You shouldn't have. Those would be bad settings for a 6800GT. 64MB or 128MB would be best, anything bigger than that certainly won't help and may have a negative (not that you'd notice) impact on performance by making the GART table bigger.

Unless your video card has 64MB or less of video memory, you really will not notice any difference whatsoever.

It's very unlikely any performance gains you noticed were due to changing the aperture size.

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