Video Card

[Paolo]

i'm not able to set my agp speed to 8x. At smart gr
table, fastwrite is always off and agp speed is o and
when i try to change the speed, it tells me to restart
and nothing changes. i'm using ati sapphire9800 pro

 

[Cari \(MS MVP\)]

What motherboard are you using? Do you have the latest BIOS?

 

[V Green]

ATI SmartGart knows what it's doing when
it won't enable 8x and turns it off when you try.

Something in your hardware setup won't allow it.

Check Event Viewer>>System and Device Manager
for clues.

 

[Nathan McNulty]

Here ya go. See if this works for you. Go here and download the ATI
Uninstaller - http://www2.ati.com/drivers/cat-uninstaller.exe

Also, go here and download the latest drivers and install them after you
run the above uniinstaller and REBOOT -
http://www.ati.com/home/online/CatalystXPdriver.html

Finally, when booting your computer, check in your BIOS (by pressing
either DEL key or F1) and look for Sidebanding, Fastwrites, and AGP. If
you find those, set the proper settings for them. Your motherboard may
not support certain things, but some of these functions may be disabled.
Also, Fastwrites is not that important and actually causes instability
often times. OmegaDrivers (Gamers version of ATI Catalyst Drivers) have
that feature disabled.

Once you have done all this, and have reinstalled the drivers, go back
and see if it is working. If not, try playing with Everest Home Edition
from www.lavalys.com and see what it tells you about your Video Card.

Nathan McNulty