SMARTGART stays off

[bioderm]

I recently installed a new motherboard and CPU and after doing a
format/fresh install of XP and Cat 4.2 drivers I noticed the SMARTGART is
set to off. I tried turning it on and after rebooting it was set to off
again.

On my old motherboard SMARTGART worked fine so I'm guessing it doesn't like
my current mobo for some reason.

Current mobo: Abit IC7 Max

Is SMARTGART necessary in the first place? My system and games seem to run
just fine even though it's off. Is there a performance gain with it turned
on?

 

[Locutus]

you need to install smartgart with the chipset drivers

 

[Clint]

If you have an Intel motherboard, try getting the latest Intel Accelerator
drivers for your system. Seems to me I had to do that when I did my last
install. According to the 3dMark 2001 I ran before and after, there WAS a
difference in performance. And one game in particular (Need For Speed)
would get quite choppy in places without the driver. With them, it ran
fine.

Clint

 

[Slug]

I recently installed a new motherboard and CPU and after doing a
format/fresh install of XP and Cat 4.2 drivers I noticed the SMARTGART is
set to off. I tried turning it on and after rebooting it was set to off
again.

On my old motherboard SMARTGART worked fine so I'm guessing it doesn't like
my current mobo for some reason.

Current mobo: Abit IC7 Max

Is SMARTGART necessary in the first place? My system and games seem to run
just fine even though it's off. Is there a performance gain with it turned
on?

I have an IC7 and Smartgart is on. Better look elsewhere for the
solution. Run "dxdiag" and tell me if it shows AGP acceleration on or
not. Did you set your agp aperature to 64mb or higher in the bios? Did
you set it to initialize agp card first in the bios?

 

[Wayne Youngman]

If you have an Intel motherboard, try getting the latest Intel Accelerator
drivers for your system. Seems to me I had to do that when I did my last
install. According to the 3dMark 2001 I ran before and after, there WAS a
difference in performance. And one game in particular (Need For Speed)
would get quite choppy in places without the driver. With them, it ran
fine.

Hi,
I don't think IAA has anything to do with graphics. It's meant to *enhance*
the Hard-disk performance on Intel chipsets.

 

[Slug]

Hi,
I don't think IAA has anything to do with graphics. It's meant to *enhance*
the Hard-disk performance on Intel chipsets.

Correct, but maybe the OP forgot to install the chipset drivers for
i875 mb's which installs drivers for agp to pci bridge. First thing
one must do after installing the OS is install the chipset drivers.

 

[Clint]

Well, it may not be IAA, but it may have something to do with the Intel
chipset drivers.
http://www.videocard-forum.com/ati/AGP_Speed_172513.html
http://www.ocforums.com/archive/thread/273172-1.html

Sorry to be misleading.

Clint

 

[bioderm]

I have an IC7 and Smartgart is on. Better look elsewhere for the
solution. Run "dxdiag" and tell me if it shows AGP acceleration on or
not. Did you set your agp aperature to 64mb or higher in the bios? Did
you set it to initialize agp card first in the bios?

I got it fixed by installing my chipset drivers which is something I forgot
to do when finished installing WinXP.