View Full Version : Help with AGP Fastwrites & Sideband addressing
KnightElite
09-06-2002, 06:09 PM
I just got the newest detonators, and I installed Coolbits 40.41, and I really like it. However, even if I enable fastwrites in the BIOS, I can't enable them in the driver, and I can't enable sideband addressing either. I tried RivaTuner, and it wouldn't do it either. Any ideas?
I'm running an MSI Ti500, on an AT7-MAX.
Oh, and does anyone know what the 2D command buffer caching does? Any effect on 3Dmark?
Creative
09-06-2002, 08:14 PM
Ive always been under the impression that Fastwrites and Sideband is bad so I disable it asap after installing vid card drivers. I get the occasional infinite loop error if I have either installed.
:)
sysfailur
09-06-2002, 09:32 PM
They are bad? I've always kept agp fastwrites on in my bios. I thought, ya know.. "fast" in "fastwrites" is good... cus fast is good! Fear my preschooler logic.
KnightElite
09-07-2002, 12:22 AM
Fastwrites are disabled due to stability issues by nVIDIA's driver I think. But they do add speed as far as I know.
docah
09-07-2002, 06:06 AM
They do add speed , but i was never able to run them on my GF3.
They do add speed, but the performence gain is minimal, compared to the instability it added.
sysfailur
09-07-2002, 09:46 AM
Hmmm, I'll try it on and off then. Maybe I can get some more FSB out of my comp. then.