AGP problem, 256 Mb card only being seen as 128

[vndgmachine]

I am running a Radeon 9800 Pro, on an FIC AD11 motherboard. In the adapter properties for the Radeon, it says the card is 128 MB although it's actually 256. During most games, I notice a strange effect where textures have a transparent checkerboard overlaid on them. When I installed the game Second Life, the setup informed me that there was a problem with the AGP controller. I downloaded the most recent drivers for the AMD 761-AGP controller, but the problem was not fixed. Any ideas?

 

[isatippy]

Try just reinstalling the card and see if that works.

 

[Tedster]

Check BIOS to see if 256MB is allocated for video.

 

[dgower2]

You Have a Bad Video Card, IMO

My guess is that your card is bad. The AGP Aperature memory setting in the BIOS should not cause those problems, nor should old drivers.

 

[sllewe]

hmmm

I notice a strange effect where textures have a transparent checkerboard overlaid on them.

If you have the lastest drivers, and the DirectX 9.0c then i would try a differnt card, as the 9800 might be bad.

Sean

BTW- Where did you get the drivers from.

 

[zephead]

considering the board i'd say it's more likely that the problem is with your board than your video card.