I've upgraded my motherboard and now have the following system:

* Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard
* 2600+ Athlon XP
* Radeon 9800 graphics card
* 1GB DDR400 RAM

When I access the DirectX Diagnostic Tool (dxdiag), I notice that "AGP
Texture Acceleration" is not available, and can't be enabled (button is
grey).DirectDraw and Direct3D are both enabled.

I've installed the following drivers:

* Radeon Catalyst 5.10 drivers (latest)
* nForce all in one drivers 2.64 (latest from Asus site).

The following SMARTGART options are set in the ATI utility:

* AGP speed: 8 x
* Fast write: On
* Current statue: On

The following graphics-related BIOS options are set:

* Graphics aperture size: 512MB
* AGP Frequency: Auto
* Video RAM Cachable: Disabled
* AGP 8X support: Enabled
* AGP Fast Write Capability: Enabled

What else do I need to do?

Cheers,

P.

Those are very conflicting readings. :-)

Do any Direct3D games work? What about OpenGL games?

Reinstall DirectX 9.0c.

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"oceanclub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've upgraded my motherboard and now have the following system:
>
> * Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard
> * 2600+ Athlon XP
> * Radeon 9800 graphics card
> * 1GB DDR400 RAM
>
> When I access the DirectX Diagnostic Tool (dxdiag), I notice that "AGP
> Texture Acceleration" is not available, and can't be enabled (button is
> grey).DirectDraw and Direct3D are both enabled.
>
> I've installed the following drivers:
>
> * Radeon Catalyst 5.10 drivers (latest)
> * nForce all in one drivers 2.64 (latest from Asus site).
>
> The following SMARTGART options are set in the ATI utility:
>
> * AGP speed: 8 x
> * Fast write: On
> * Current statue: On
>
> The following graphics-related BIOS options are set:
>
> * Graphics aperture size: 512MB
> * AGP Frequency: Auto
> * Video RAM Cachable: Disabled
> * AGP 8X support: Enabled
> * AGP Fast Write Capability: Enabled
>
> What else do I need to do?
>
> Cheers,
>
> P.
>

"First of One" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:07mdnd1x1ax7qezenZ2dnUVZ_v-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Those are very conflicting readings. :-)
>
> Do any Direct3D games work? What about OpenGL games?
>
> Reinstall DirectX 9.0c.
>


.... and re-install the mobo drivers. Something wrong with those drivers is
usually the culprit. Try the unified NForce2 drivers direct from NVidia

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Shawk wrote:

> ... and re-install the mobo drivers. Something wrong with those drivers is
> usually the culprit. Try the unified NForce2 drivers direct from NVidia
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Buy that man a beer. That worked. The ones from the Asus site must be
duds.

P.

"oceanclub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Shawk wrote:
>
>> ... and re-install the mobo drivers. Something wrong with those drivers
>> is
>> usually the culprit. Try the unified NForce2 drivers direct from NVidia
>>
>> http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
>
> Buy that man a beer. That worked. The ones from the Asus site must be
> duds.
>
> P.
>

Nice one

oceanclub wrote:

> Buy that man a beer. That worked. The ones from the Asus site must be
> duds.

Asus has not updated that driver page for years. I wonder why.