AGP Aparture

[williams22]

I was in my BIOS looking to find my case temperature and I came accross something that said AGP Aparture: 64mb. I have a Radeon 9700 pro which is a 128mb card. Should I change the 64 to 128? Im new to this so I dont know what the effects may be.

The AGP setting defines the amount of system memory the video card can utilize for texture storage. If 3D textures fill the AGP video card's memory, then it can use AGP texturing to buffer additional textures to the system's main memory.

The AGP specification declares the AGP aperature should be 1/2 the amount of system memory. Honestly, with a 128 mb video card, you will notice no real performance difference in 3D games, as most games do not require more than 80-90mb of texture storage. Honestly, if everything is stable, then just leave the setting alone if you have no interest in massive 3D professional development applications (not likely with a Radeon ).

Robert Richmond

[Peter M]

To word that a bit clearer, the Aperture Size defines how much system memory the AGP card may borrow when it runs out of its own.
Setting to more than half of your total system RAM makes no sense; setting to less doesn't either - this is because the setting just denotes an upper limit, the actual system RAM consumption being completely dynamic on an as-needed basis.

But all that doesn't matter anyhow, since today's cards have plenty of RAM, so AGP procedures hardly ever happen at all.

[Droppyale]

I would say if you have more thatn 256Ram, set the aperture to 128mb....

otherwise, leave it at 64mb.