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Xorcist · 06-28-2003, 10:08 PM

Okay, this is sorta sucking right now... as I just put together a new gaming machine, $$$ and I can't play the games I like. Here is the low down:

I have a Shuttle AV49N motherboard and a Sapphire "Atlantis" Radeon 9600 Pro. Problem is the card is running at 8x and a lot of games are crashing due to this (or at least this is what I'm being told). I would like to force it to 4x... thus begins the saga. (note my system is a P4 2.4b with 512MB DDR400)

1. With the installed ATI/Sapphire software I have no way of setting the AGP bus speed. Even though people have mentioned there is a way through the SmartGart tab, which surprisingly I don't have. (niether ATI control panel nor Catalyst driver updates added this either)

2. The motherboard manual shows a AGP Mode setting which would allow me to do what I need. Unfortunately this setting is NOT in the actual BIOS.

3. Flashing the BIOS to the latest version does not add this field and subsequently prevents Windows 2000 from booting. Nothing would let me past the screen with the white loading bar. Installation CD did the same. (reverting to the older BIOS let me back in)

So... anyone have any ideas? How exactly am I supposed to change the bus speed of the card?

06-28-2003, 10:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Xorcist Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 85	See today's most popular deals at » AGP Woes... ;( Okay, this is sorta sucking right now... as I just put together a new gaming machine, $$$ and I can't play the games I like. Here is the low down: I have a Shuttle AV49N motherboard and a Sapphire "Atlantis" Radeon 9600 Pro. Problem is the card is running at 8x and a lot of games are crashing due to this (or at least this is what I'm being told). I would like to force it to 4x... thus begins the saga. (note my system is a P4 2.4b with 512MB DDR400) 1. With the installed ATI/Sapphire software I have no way of setting the AGP bus speed. Even though people have mentioned there is a way through the SmartGart tab, which surprisingly I don't have. (niether ATI control panel nor Catalyst driver updates added this either) 2. The motherboard manual shows a AGP Mode setting which would allow me to do what I need. Unfortunately this setting is NOT in the actual BIOS. 3. Flashing the BIOS to the latest version does not add this field and subsequently prevents Windows 2000 from booting. Nothing would let me past the screen with the white loading bar. Installation CD did the same. (reverting to the older BIOS let me back in) So... anyone have any ideas? How exactly am I supposed to change the bus speed of the card?