Changing AGP to 4x

[Moliere]

In the Nvidia Tweak utility I set the AGP at 4x, but in the 3d mark system list it says 2x. I can't find a way to change it in BIOS. Is there another way?

3d mark score 6147 with nothing overclocked. AMD XP1800 + K7AMA, 256 DDR Ram, GeForce3 ti200.

[$1500-P4 gamer]

Are you sure that board is 4x agp? Just cause the tweak has that setting doesnt mean it is suported. Kinda like SBA and Fast writes.

[Peter M]

AGP mode will improve your 3D-Mark score, but will do zip in real life. Reason is that games that won't fit their scenes into your graphics card's local RAM will experience a HUGE performance drop because system RAM is considerably slower to access, no matter what AGP mode.

regards, Peter

[Strat]

If your mobo supports AGP 4X. Then there will be an option in BIOS to use 4x AGP.

[Moliere]

Thanks for all the feedback!

Anybody know how I can find out for sure (other than the BIOS) if my mobo has 4x capability?

ECS brand of an AMD XP1800+, K7AMA, ALI Magic

[$1500-P4 gamer]

Check the mobo hame page and check the specks on that mobo. If it says 2x agp well then you know!:)

[NDD]

K7AMA (http://www.ecs.com.tw/products/k7ama.htm) supports AGP 4x.
Install this (ftp://www.ali.com.tw/driver/agp_1.90_eng.zip) ALi AGP v1.90 driver to enable AGP 4x.

[$1500-P4 gamer]

There you go. ND was even nice enuff to do your homework for you! Just click the links and away you go!