No AGP on HP nc8000 laptop - slow games

diademz · Feb 19, 2005, 04:13 PM

I've got a HP nc8000 laptop with a Radeon 9600 Pro Mobility 64MB.

When I play certain fast-paced games eg racing games such as Flatout or Colin Mcrae 2005 the game stutters at certain parts and is very smooth on others (ie in slow-mo). "Slow" games eg. RTS games like Warhammer 40k is fine. Have tried reducing the graphics details to the bare minimum in Flatout and it still stutters at certain parts.

I did a bit of digging around and found out that AGP has not been enabled on the notebook, according to SMARTGART and Sisoft Sandra (under Video Info).

In SMARTGART the AGP mode is set to OFF (laptop supposedly supports 4x AGP). When set to 1x/2x/4x and rebooted, it goes back to OFF.

Can someone shed some light on how AGP can be enabled? Have tried latest Catalyst 5.2 drivers and also the latest Omega drivers (currently using).

HP nc8000 laptop
P-M 1.6GHz 512MB RAM
Mobility Radeon 9600Pro 64MB
Win2000 SP4

INSTG8R · Feb 19, 2005, 04:27 PM

Probavly need to find Chipset Drivers for it as those would be to enable things like that. I dont know what chipset your laptop uses but Im sure the HP site would have them available

diademz · Feb 22, 2005, 10:27 AM

That did the trick indeed! Had to download the Intel INF drivers and wala, AGP drivers installed! Now everything's silky smooth.

Thanks INSTG8R.

Feb 19, 2005, 04:13 PM	#1
diademz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	No AGP on HP nc8000 laptop - slow games I've got a HP nc8000 laptop with a Radeon 9600 Pro Mobility 64MB. When I play certain fast-paced games eg racing games such as Flatout or Colin Mcrae 2005 the game stutters at certain parts and is very smooth on others (ie in slow-mo). "Slow" games eg. RTS games like Warhammer 40k is fine. Have tried reducing the graphics details to the bare minimum in Flatout and it still stutters at certain parts. I did a bit of digging around and found out that AGP has not been enabled on the notebook, according to SMARTGART and Sisoft Sandra (under Video Info). In SMARTGART the AGP mode is set to OFF (laptop supposedly supports 4x AGP). When set to 1x/2x/4x and rebooted, it goes back to OFF. Can someone shed some light on how AGP can be enabled? Have tried latest Catalyst 5.2 drivers and also the latest Omega drivers (currently using). HP nc8000 laptop P-M 1.6GHz 512MB RAM Mobility Radeon 9600Pro 64MB Win2000 SP4

Feb 19, 2005, 04:27 PM	#2
INSTG8R DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canadian lost in Norway Posts: 527 Rep Power: 0	Probavly need to find Chipset Drivers for it as those would be to enable things like that. I dont know what chipset your laptop uses but Im sure the HP site would have them available

Feb 22, 2005, 10:27 AM	Thread Starter #3
diademz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	That did the trick indeed! Had to download the Intel INF drivers and wala, AGP drivers installed! Now everything's silky smooth. Thanks INSTG8R.