R9600 XT on 4x?

[Rory7]

I thought that the ASUS R9600 XT was an 8x card, yet wen i look in the advanced section of the settings it says its running only on 4 x, how can i change this?

 

[vassil3427]

Go into your BIOS, there should be an option to change the AGP speed, change it to 8x.

 

[Rory7]

wen i go into the agp options it only lets me select either 4x or flexible 8x or somthing. Anyway i left it as flexible 8x but it still says its running on 4x on my settings

 

[Vehementi]

If you're using the Gigabyte 8SG-800 motherboard listed in your profile, then the only thing keeping you from using 8x AGP is the setting in your BIOS.

 

[Rory7]

Say what? it doesnt give me the option to put it on 8x, just flexible 8x which just seems to be 4x. Am i missing what your saying here?

 

[somekid007]

dont worry about it. running it at agp 4x makes it 0.00000000000000001% slower

 

[Rory7]

lol, thanks

 

[groudon39]

Do you have the SMARTGART enabled in the control panel of the video card? I can change my AGP speed in there and then it verifies that the settings are correct during the next restart? Maybe you still have it on 4x in there? Just a thought, I'm a newbie at all of this groudon39

 

[MrGaribaldi]

The only diff you can do with SMARTGARt that would be any use would be to make sure that fastwrites are on which makes a much bigger difference than 8x or 4x AGP...

 

[Rory7]

Well i got a big ole virus the other day and had to format. Once i reinstalled everything again it was on 8X, so no more worries.