Hades25 Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 ok i have read this post already read this link and it doesnt seem to help too much. Does it make any difference in speed or fps ? i have the 128 mb fx5200 .. dont knock me for the card it was $45 new. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
O(V)eGA_l2el) Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 B/t 64mb-128mb is common. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades25 Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 B/t 64mb-128mb is common. but what is better 64 or 128 ? ... my bios allows me to go to 512 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorkino Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 Hey since you have plenty of system RAM, I'd set it to 128MB. Anything more is unnecessary. What it doesn't need it won't use. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades25 Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 well then i will keep it at that....is there anything that would need to use 256 or 512? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorkino Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 Probably not. It's similar to the paging file concept that Windows uses for your disk i/o subsystem. I don't know of any games that really gain any performance by increasing your AGP aperature size over 128MB. In fact, most people ignore this setting altogether. The system BIOS default is generally sufficient. I do know of people who have experienced system trouble when setting the aperature size too high. Issues ranging from lockups and no-boot to being restricted in resolution size have happened to people. Since you aren't going to gain anything really by messing with this setting, I would just leave it alone, personally. "Don't fix it if it ain't broke," comes to mind! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 (edited) Probably not. It's similar to the paging file concept that Windows uses for your disk i/o subsystem. I don't know of any games that really gain any performance by increasing your AGP aperature size over 128MB. In fact, most people ignore this setting altogether. The system BIOS default is generally sufficient. I do know of people who have experienced system trouble when setting the aperature size too high. Issues ranging from lockups and no-boot to being restricted in resolution size have happened to people. Since you aren't going to gain anything really by messing with this setting, I would just leave it alone, personally. "Don't fix it if it ain't broke," comes to mind! in the comp i'm on now, it has a 256mb fx5200, so i figured i'd make the aperture size 256 not realizing it took it from system ram, and was experiencing problems. I don't technically know if it was this causing probs because my mobo was also bad at the time, but i don't care enough to attempt it again <_> EDIT: btw, i was wondering...i read that link you provided. How do you find out the speed of the RAM on your videocard? Edited October 30, 2003 by ClayMeow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades25 Posted October 31, 2003 Posted October 31, 2003 it should just tell you on the retail box .. or a tech reviews site like anandtech.com or something.....otherwise you can just download the overclocking software...i like coolbits cause it just edits the reg and you can use it in the display properties....it will show the the sliders for core and memory ... i think our card is at 450mhz.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sainou-Kun Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 Any Oc program or Drivers for the bios of your card should tell you the speed of the ram As for the ram. Say your card had 128Mb. If you set it for say.. 256 it will take the memnory form system ram, and thats called shared memory. Is basicely what on board chips do. Useing that can create slow downs and errors useing a AGP card. So Just set it at the ammount of memmory on your card. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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