P4P800 AGP 8X with ATI

[Mike]

I purchased the P4P800 and and ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. I could not get
the AGP 8x enabled in "smartgart". When I updated to the latest
drivers (3.10 ) it dropped the card into PCI mode. I flashed the bios
to the latest version (something I am very leary of doing) and still
no help.

Finally, I started surfing the motherboard disk and installing drivers
from there. Once I installed the "Intel Chipset inf Update Program"
it worked. I was able to get AGP 8x in fast write mode, in fact
smartgart selected this mode for me.

I am posting this here because I could not find any information in the
group, ASUS or ATI websites. So if someone else is looking, this is
how I fixed it.

 

[Todd Clayton]

I purchased the P4P800 and and ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. I could not get
the AGP 8x enabled in "smartgart". When I updated to the latest
drivers (3.10 ) it dropped the card into PCI mode. I flashed the bios
to the latest version (something I am very leary of doing) and still
no help.

I was able to get my 9600Pro into 8X mode no problem. Try this handy guide:

http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34558

The relevant part:

32b. for non AIW ATI cards: (For ATI card owners: When you go to the
link above, be sure to either download both the latest Display Driver
and the Control Panel, or download the "High Speed Cable/DSL" full
driver package. Then use the following method for installing the drivers.

32b1. If you downloaded the "High Speed Cable/DSL" Full Driver Set, then
simply click on the downloaded file and let it do its thing. When you
get back to the desktop do the following: - - Open the advanced
properties for your display and click on the SMARTGART tab. Move the
slider around and then return it to its original position. Click apply.
Reboot when prompted. (This step seems to solve problem for people with
slow 2d performance.)

32b2. If you downloaded the driver and the control panel separately,
install as follows: Install the ATI driver. Do NOT reboot when prompted.
Install the ATI Control Panel. DO NOT REBOOT. Go into the Administrative
tools of the Windows Control Panel and then go into "Services." Make
sure the ATI Smart Service is set to run "automatically.” NOW reboot.
When you get back to the desktop do the following: - - Open the advanced
properties for your display and click on the SMARTGART tab. Move the
slider around and then return it to its original position. Click apply.
Reboot when prompted. (This step seems to solve problem for people with
slow 2d performance.)

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