This is a setting that I have overlooked in the past. Recently I have been
wondering if this setting should be changed from it's normal setting of the
usually default 64mb after obtaining a more powerful Video Card.

here's my setup.

Asus A7N8X Deluxe
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ @2.08GHz
512 Dual Channel DDR400 (2x256MB)
Albatron Gigi nVidia GeForce FX5200EP 128MB

I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly application based. Some 3D Max
Rendering, PhotoShop, etc.
Would it benefit me to increase the Aperture Size to maybe 128 or 256MB??

Any suggestions or comments would be helpful.

Thanks,
Steve

"SteveC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> This is a setting that I have overlooked in the past. Recently I have
been
> wondering if this setting should be changed from it's normal setting of
the
> usually default 64mb after obtaining a more powerful Video Card.
>
> here's my setup.
>
> Asus A7N8X Deluxe
> AMD Athlon XP 2600+ @2.08GHz
> 512 Dual Channel DDR400 (2x256MB)
> Albatron Gigi nVidia GeForce FX5200EP 128MB
>
> I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly application based. Some 3D Max
> Rendering, PhotoShop, etc.
> Would it benefit me to increase the Aperture Size to maybe 128 or 256MB??
>
> Any suggestions or comments would be helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>

Why don't you try it and find out?

--
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I am aren't I?? LOL

I did a google search and it only tells me what the setting does...I wanna
know if it's gonna hurt my performance or not??

Steve
"Derek Baker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "SteveC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bnlj7i$jf6$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > This is a setting that I have overlooked in the past. Recently I have
> been
> > wondering if this setting should be changed from it's normal setting of
> the
> > usually default 64mb after obtaining a more powerful Video Card.
> >
> > here's my setup.
> >
> > Asus A7N8X Deluxe
> > AMD Athlon XP 2600+ @2.08GHz
> > 512 Dual Channel DDR400 (2x256MB)
> > Albatron Gigi nVidia GeForce FX5200EP 128MB
> >
> > I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly application based. Some 3D Max
> > Rendering, PhotoShop, etc.
> > Would it benefit me to increase the Aperture Size to maybe 128 or
256MB??
> >
> > Any suggestions or comments would be helpful.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
> Why don't you try it and find out?
>
> --
> Derek
>
>

according to an article i read on tweak3d.net, generally speaking, the
higher the aas, the better. however, benchmark testing will be
required to determine what setting works best with your system.
if you're doing a lot of 3d rendering, then yes 256mb should be good,
but again, test to determine which aas boosts your performance the
most.

hth,

monty


On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 07:49:03 -0330, "SteveC" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>This is a setting that I have overlooked in the past. Recently I have been
>wondering if this setting should be changed from it's normal setting of the
>usually default 64mb after obtaining a more powerful Video Card.
>
>here's my setup.
>
>Asus A7N8X Deluxe
>AMD Athlon XP 2600+ @2.08GHz
>512 Dual Channel DDR400 (2x256MB)
>Albatron Gigi nVidia GeForce FX5200EP 128MB
>
>I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly application based. Some 3D Max
>Rendering, PhotoShop, etc.
>Would it benefit me to increase the Aperture Size to maybe 128 or 256MB??
>
>Any suggestions or comments would be helpful.
>
>Thanks,
>Steve
>

I use the OB memory amount....64 megs 64 aperture 128 megs 128 aperture..... thats my way of determining it....

"SteveC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:bnlj7i$jf6$(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is a setting that I have overlooked in the past. Recently I have been
> wondering if this setting should be changed from it's normal setting of the
> usually default 64mb after obtaining a more powerful Video Card.
>
> here's my setup.
>
> Asus A7N8X Deluxe
> AMD Athlon XP 2600+ @2.08GHz
> 512 Dual Channel DDR400 (2x256MB)
> Albatron Gigi nVidia GeForce FX5200EP 128MB
>
> I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly application based. Some 3D Max
> Rendering, PhotoShop, etc.
> Would it benefit me to increase the Aperture Size to maybe 128 or 256MB??
>
> Any suggestions or comments would be helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>

Cross post, top post.... The world has enough rules without anger trolls
writing new rules everytime something bugs them.
I'm glad I bumped into this post because I've been trying to figure this
out myself. Most of the writing on the web on the topic seems to date back
to when 128megs of rams was considered overkill.
I'm finding how high I can set it depends on the drivers I'm using. There
also seems to be a noticable improvement in in game image quality with a
higher setting.

Good luck.

"JAD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I use the OB memory amount....64 megs 64 aperture 128 megs 128
aperture..... thats my way of determining it....
>
> "SteveC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bnlj7i$jf6$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > This is a setting that I have overlooked in the past. Recently I have
been
> > wondering if this setting should be changed from it's normal setting of
the
> > usually default 64mb after obtaining a more powerful Video Card.
> >
> > here's my setup.
> >
> > Asus A7N8X Deluxe
> > AMD Athlon XP 2600+ @2.08GHz
> > 512 Dual Channel DDR400 (2x256MB)
> > Albatron Gigi nVidia GeForce FX5200EP 128MB
> >
> > I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly application based. Some 3D Max
> > Rendering, PhotoShop, etc.
> > Would it benefit me to increase the Aperture Size to maybe 128 or
256MB??
> >
> > Any suggestions or comments would be helpful.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
>

I've always been told 1/2 the amount of RAM you have. I've tried
several settings on my NF7-S (and other boards) and it made all of
zero difference ....





"SteveC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<bnlj7i$jf6$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> This is a setting that I have overlooked in the past. Recently I have been
> wondering if this setting should be changed from it's normal setting of the
> usually default 64mb after obtaining a more powerful Video Card.
>

>
> Thanks,
> Steve

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 07:49:03 -0330, Knowing that it was a Hollywood
invention that lemmings jump off cliffs "SteveC"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote :

>This is a setting that I have overlooked in the past. Recently I have been
>wondering if this setting should be changed from it's normal setting of the
>usually default 64mb after obtaining a more powerful Video Card.
>
>here's my setup.
>
>Asus A7N8X Deluxe
>AMD Athlon XP 2600+ @2.08GHz
>512 Dual Channel DDR400 (2x256MB)
>Albatron Gigi nVidia GeForce FX5200EP 128MB
>
>I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly application based. Some 3D Max
>Rendering, PhotoShop, etc.
>Would it benefit me to increase the Aperture Size to maybe 128 or 256MB??
>
>Any suggestions or comments would be helpful.
>
>Thanks,
>Steve

Just like the windows swapfile there's no specific answer as it's
dependant on hardware and usage.
http://www.cybercpu.net/howto/basic/...ture/index.asp



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I have an ATI 9100 128MB
and leave my Aperture at 64MBs, works fine, play a lots of games.
I would suggest you leave yours at 128MB.
That gives you 256MBs of graphics memory for your system to call on.

Maybe send an e-mail to Adobe and ask them what they recommend for Photoshop
use.


"SteveC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bnlj7i$jf6$(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is a setting that I have overlooked in the past. Recently I have
been
> wondering if this setting should be changed from it's normal setting of
the
> usually default 64mb after obtaining a more powerful Video Card.
>
> here's my setup.
>
> Asus A7N8X Deluxe
> AMD Athlon XP 2600+ @2.08GHz
> 512 Dual Channel DDR400 (2x256MB)
> Albatron Gigi nVidia GeForce FX5200EP 128MB
>
> I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly application based. Some 3D Max
> Rendering, PhotoShop, etc.
> Would it benefit me to increase the Aperture Size to maybe 128 or 256MB??
>
> Any suggestions or comments would be helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>

FWIW...
Graphics Aperture Size:
It's best to keep the aperture size in the 64MB-128MB range so that
the GART (Graphics Address Relocation Table) won't become too big. As
the amount of local memory on graphics cards increases and texture
compression becomes commonplace, there's less of a need for the AGP
aperture size to grow beyond 64MB.

http://www.rojakpot.com/

Cheers,
Ed

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 21:21:32 GMT, "Tod" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have an ATI 9100 128MB
>and leave my Aperture at 64MBs, works fine, play a lots of games.
>I would suggest you leave yours at 128MB.
>That gives you 256MBs of graphics memory for your system to call on.
>
>Maybe send an e-mail to Adobe and ask them what they recommend for Photoshop
>use.
>
>
>"SteveC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:bnlj7i$jf6$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> This is a setting that I have overlooked in the past. Recently I have
>been
>> wondering if this setting should be changed from it's normal setting of
>the
>> usually default 64mb after obtaining a more powerful Video Card.
>>
>> here's my setup.
>>
>> Asus A7N8X Deluxe
>> AMD Athlon XP 2600+ @2.08GHz
>> 512 Dual Channel DDR400 (2x256MB)
>> Albatron Gigi nVidia GeForce FX5200EP 128MB
>>
>> I don't do a lot of gaming, mostly application based. Some 3D Max
>> Rendering, PhotoShop, etc.
>> Would it benefit me to increase the Aperture Size to maybe 128 or 256MB??
>>
>> Any suggestions or comments would be helpful.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>