Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP AGP - Battlefield problems

Snizbatch · Jun 30, 2005, 10:08 AM

Hi everyone - This is my first post. Sorry to start on a negative note, but I could use some help.

First off: System Specs
Toshiba A75-S209 Laptop
1.5GB Memory
ATI Radeon 9000 IGP AGP Video (64MB Default - uses system memory)
I configed this to 128MB when I got the computer and can't change it back now
ATI Chipset
Realtek AC97 Audio

Everything was working well... I've been playing Battlefield Vietnam and 1942 on it regularly with no real problems. Original drivers, and DirectX 8. Every once in a while it slows way down, and the computer's fan kicks in as CPU usage skyrockets, and then a few seconds later it runs well again. This wasn't a problem for me.

I bought Battlefield 2 the day it came out... and I figured I could at least play it on the very minimum settings (Specs say Radeon 8500+). It wouldn't work at all until I installed Modded Catalyst 5.6 drivers. Framerate was <= 15.0 FPS as per BF2's renderer.showfps 1 option. I can turn the settings all the way down or all the way up with almost no change in framerate. It's always bad.

I tried running Battlefield Vietnam again after all this and now it too has horrible framerates regardless how low you set display settings. What happened?

I can't turn down my AGP Bus speed to 4X because the BIOS has no option for it and SmartGart wont work at all on my computer. I also have no way of adjusting fastwrite.

I'm trying to avoid wiping the whole computer and reinstalling the factory installation just so I can play BFV again. Nevermid BF2. I can do without that for now.

I was going to come on here and ask how to get BF2 working, but now my main concern is getting BFV back to it's old self again.

What do you think?

Aligokalppeker · Jun 30, 2005, 04:41 PM

I think you started using computer yet.......Everything you talked about is easy to do with some programs and settings..... :-).First you can revert your UMA memory size from your BIOS , but i think you don't want...because lowering it can cause slowdowns in games.....Also you can enable fastwrite by Ati tray tools.You are too brave to play Battlefield 2 with this card(Also i've that).Why do you want to lower everthing you see?,,Graphic memory , AGP port.....lowering this settings won't provide you performance increase....despite thay cause problems and slowness.Omega drivers are far away better than factory drivers,if you can use right settings.Also you can download ATI GART drivers from ati's official site.

Snizbatch · Jul 1, 2005, 02:54 AM

Aligokalppeker,
Actually, all the things I want to do are disabled for some reason. The memory size is NOT available in BIOS. My BIOS is a piece of crap... the only settings available in it are very basic settings like date/time and boot order. It's a Phoenix BIOS. The only reason I wanted to try lowering it was because it's one of the only things I haven't tried yet. Originally there was a tab under display properties with 64MB and 128MB options available, but it is now gone after installing the new catalyst drivers. About SmartGart... I have the Gart drivers. But for some reason I am unable to get the Smartgart tab to appear under advanced display properties. Running ATIPRBXX.EXE /g doesn't do anything either. The hard drive crunches for a while but nothing ever appears. I do realize that there are supposed to be methods for adjusting these items, I just can't figure out how to trick them into appearing.

guitargeekgreg · Jul 8, 2005, 08:31 AM

I've got a Gateway laptop with the same video card and have been having problems with running BF2. My card is currently set to 64MB of video memory, and I can't seem to change it. Any idea how I can increase it to 128MB? I can't change it in my BIOS settigs or in my display properties. Do I need to flash my BIOS? If so, where could I get one? (Gateway doesn't have a new one that helps).

Thanks,

Greg

Snizbatch · Jul 10, 2005, 09:57 PM

Greg, If you want I can send you my Toshiba drivers for the Radeon 9000 IGP. They enable a tab in display settings and make it possible to adjust UMA to 128MB. Don't know if they'll work with your laptop but you can give it a try.

Just to let you know, BF2 may not run well at any memory setting. I tried every possible configuration over a span of a week to get BF2 to work with no luck. I think it has to do with the fact that the IGP shared memory is being accessed by the video card and by the system for retrieving the level. It runs okay for a little bit but then suddenly the workload skyrockets and the game just about stops.

In the game you can hit the '~' key to get the console up, then type "renderer.drawfps 1" to display the framerate in the upper left hand corner of the screen. The game displays all framerates below 15.0 FPS as 15.0 FPS. Guess they don't want you to know what it really is! Anyway, mine was bottomed out the entire time. No combination of low settings could fix this. Looking up into the sky will get you great framrates but that's about it.

If you find a fix for this please let me know!

Jim

jack53 · Nov 26, 2005, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snizbatch

I configed this to 128MB when I got the computer and can't change it back now

I just got a Toshiba A75-S209 Laptop and would like to know how to configure this to 128MB from 64MB?

My notebook specs:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP 64MB VRAM (user adjustable to 128mb)
1012MB PC 2700 DDR333 SDRAM
60GB 4200RPM Enhanced IDE HD
15.4" diagonal WXGA TFT active-matrix LCD

Aligokalppeker · Nov 26, 2005, 08:07 PM

You can configure it from your bios.....I don'y know exact menu location but toshiba's bios menus are too simple that you can easily find it.....

jack53 · Nov 26, 2005, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aligokalppeker

You can configure it from your bios.....I don'y know exact menu location but toshiba's bios menus are too simple that you can easily find it.....

DUH! I shoulda thought of that!
Thanks!

jack53 · Nov 26, 2005, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jack53

I just got a Toshiba A75-S209 Laptop and would like to know how to configure this to 128MB from 64MB?

My notebook specs:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP 64MB VRAM (user adjustable to 128mb)
1012MB PC 2700 DDR333 SDRAM
60GB 4200RPM Enhanced IDE HD
15.4" diagonal WXGA TFT active-matrix LCD

Would configuring the BIOS to make it 128MB really help speed up my games being I have 1024 ram memory too? Or would it be best to leave it at 64MB?

GFX MODEL:
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP 128MB VRAM (shared memory)

LAPTOP MAKE and MODEL:
Toshiba Satellite A75-S209

GFX CLOCK SPEEDS:
1mb L2 cache, 533MHz Front Side Bus

CPU:
Intel Pentium 4 Processor 3.06GHz Hyper-Threading

MEMORY:
512MB upgraded to 1012MB PC 2700 DDR333 SDRAM

HARD DRIVE:
60 GB

SCREEN RESOLUTION:
15.4 @ 1280x800

Bry113 · Nov 28, 2005, 05:18 AM

I couldn't find anywhere in my BIOS where to change my UMA from 64MB to 128MB (PheanixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.1). Anyone know where I could change it incase I somehow skipped over it? Or if not, want to send your drivers this way (actually please send the drivers even if I find it in the BIOS please). I would be VERY thankful to you if you did ^^.

EDIT:: Here are my specs:

Toshiba A70-RX1

CPU: P4 3.2Ghz w/HT
Ram: 512MB (soon to be 1024, but it is also less than 512 due to the shared memory of video card)
GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon 9000/9100 IGP AGP 64MB (but I used to be able to change it from 16 to 128, but ever since I installed Omega I haven't been able to)
HDD: 100GB 4200RPM
Windows XP Home Edition w/SP2

Anything else really matter? Well if you need more info jsut say. Oh, and for the drivers to send, via AIM? E-mail? MSN? Please and thanks ^^.

swimtech · Nov 28, 2005, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jack53

Would configuring the BIOS to make it 128MB really help speed up my games being I have 1024 ram memory too? Or would it be best to leave it at 64MB?

GFX MODEL:
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP 128MB VRAM (shared memory)

Only way to know for sure is to try. Probably not a large difference, but some, as game textures are loaded and processed faster from memory than from the hard drive.

As for the guys with the inability to access the memory change, you might need to reinstall the chipset/mainboard drivers - but I looked at Toshiba and they are not available for some as a download - might find them on your system CD in that case...

Bry113 · Nov 28, 2005, 05:50 AM

^
Yeah they were with my default drivers, but they vanished once I downloaded Omega drivers

. And the problem with my CD is that in order for me to get my old drivers back, I may need to reformat? I am not 100% sure, but from what I have seen I think that's the story ; ;.
Like I said in my earlier post, anyone up for sending me thair drivers?

Caroline · Nov 28, 2005, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bry113

^
Yeah they were with my default drivers, but they vanished once I downloaded Omega drivers

. And the problem with my CD is that in order for me to get my old drivers back, I may need to reformat? I am not 100% sure, but from what I have seen I think that's the story ; ;.
Like I said in my earlier post, anyone up for sending me thair drivers?

Here are the Toshiba drivers for your machine .. it will allow the changes you need!!

[color=red]http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/sa70vidx.exe[/color]

Bry113 · Nov 28, 2005, 06:27 AM

^
Downlaoding now, but if these really are the default drivers my laptop came with thank you SO much! I must have missed them somehow, even though I slaved through google or what seemed to be forever xD. Me love you long time!

Thanks VERY much ^^.

jack53 · Nov 30, 2005, 04:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jack53

I just got a Toshiba A75-S209 Laptop and would like to know how to configure this to 128MB from 64MB?

My notebook specs:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP 64MB VRAM (user adjustable to 128mb)
1012MB PC 2700 DDR333 SDRAM
60GB 4200RPM Enhanced IDE HD
15.4" diagonal WXGA TFT active-matrix LCD

Boy, it was simple! All I did was add 512MB more ram memory to make it 1024MB and it automaticly made it 128MB for the graphics and 896MB for the rest of the system. Cool... and it is FAST now!

Bry113 · Dec 1, 2005, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jack53

Boy, it was simple! All I did was add 512MB more ram memory to make it 1024MB and it automaticly made it 128MB for the graphics and 896MB for the rest of the system. Cool... and it is FAST now!

I envy you

I don't get my RAM till Christmas

.

AlexSkob · Aug 27, 2007, 10:12 PM

HI,

I have a toshiba A75-211 and i added memory and all together i have 1 gb but i still cant find the video memory option in BIOS i installed vista business on it and i cant find a driver for the video card the card installed is the ATi Mobility Radeon 9100 AGP i tried installing the one for windows xp but it says failed try to reboot system. PLEASE HELP

palm15 · Oct 7, 2007, 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlexSkob

HI,

I have a toshiba A75-211 and i added memory and all together i have 1 gb but i still cant find the video memory option in BIOS i installed vista business on it and i cant find a driver for the video card the card installed is the ATi Mobility Radeon 9100 AGP i tried installing the one for windows xp but it says failed try to reboot system. PLEASE HELP

2 months passed whats the news now so i can help you out

i have ATI radeon 9000 IGP

Jun 30, 2005, 10:08 AM	#1
Snizbatch DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP AGP - Battlefield problems Hi everyone - This is my first post. Sorry to start on a negative note, but I could use some help. First off: System Specs Toshiba A75-S209 Laptop 1.5GB Memory ATI Radeon 9000 IGP AGP Video (64MB Default - uses system memory) I configed this to 128MB when I got the computer and can't change it back now ATI Chipset Realtek AC97 Audio Everything was working well... I've been playing Battlefield Vietnam and 1942 on it regularly with no real problems. Original drivers, and DirectX 8. Every once in a while it slows way down, and the computer's fan kicks in as CPU usage skyrockets, and then a few seconds later it runs well again. This wasn't a problem for me. I bought Battlefield 2 the day it came out... and I figured I could at least play it on the very minimum settings (Specs say Radeon 8500+). It wouldn't work at all until I installed Modded Catalyst 5.6 drivers. Framerate was <= 15.0 FPS as per BF2's renderer.showfps 1 option. I can turn the settings all the way down or all the way up with almost no change in framerate. It's always bad. I tried running Battlefield Vietnam again after all this and now it too has horrible framerates regardless how low you set display settings. What happened? I can't turn down my AGP Bus speed to 4X because the BIOS has no option for it and SmartGart wont work at all on my computer. I also have no way of adjusting fastwrite. I'm trying to avoid wiping the whole computer and reinstalling the factory installation just so I can play BFV again. Nevermid BF2. I can do without that for now. I was going to come on here and ask how to get BF2 working, but now my main concern is getting BFV back to it's old self again. What do you think?

Jul 10, 2005, 09:57 PM	Thread Starter #5
Snizbatch DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Greg, If you want I can send you my Toshiba drivers for the Radeon 9000 IGP. They enable a tab in display settings and make it possible to adjust UMA to 128MB. Don't know if they'll work with your laptop but you can give it a try. Just to let you know, BF2 may not run well at any memory setting. I tried every possible configuration over a span of a week to get BF2 to work with no luck. I think it has to do with the fact that the IGP shared memory is being accessed by the video card and by the system for retrieving the level. It runs okay for a little bit but then suddenly the workload skyrockets and the game just about stops. In the game you can hit the '~' key to get the console up, then type "renderer.drawfps 1" to display the framerate in the upper left hand corner of the screen. The game displays all framerates below 15.0 FPS as 15.0 FPS. Guess they don't want you to know what it really is! Anyway, mine was bottomed out the entire time. No combination of low settings could fix this. Looking up into the sky will get you great framrates but that's about it. If you find a fix for this please let me know! Jim Last edited by Snizbatch; Jul 10, 2005 at 09:58 PM. Reason: typo

Nov 26, 2005, 08:07 PM	#7
Aligokalppeker DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: TR Posts: 184 Rep Power: 0	You can configure it from your bios.....I don'y know exact menu location but toshiba's bios menus are too simple that you can easily find it..... __________________ [color=#0000ff][AGP][/color]

Nov 28, 2005, 05:18 AM	#10
Bry113 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Help as well I couldn't find anywhere in my BIOS where to change my UMA from 64MB to 128MB (PheanixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.1). Anyone know where I could change it incase I somehow skipped over it? Or if not, want to send your drivers this way (actually please send the drivers even if I find it in the BIOS please). I would be VERY thankful to you if you did ^^. EDIT:: Here are my specs: Toshiba A70-RX1 CPU: P4 3.2Ghz w/HT Ram: 512MB (soon to be 1024, but it is also less than 512 due to the shared memory of video card) GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon 9000/9100 IGP AGP 64MB (but I used to be able to change it from 16 to 128, but ever since I installed Omega I haven't been able to) HDD: 100GB 4200RPM Windows XP Home Edition w/SP2 Anything else really matter? Well if you need more info jsut say. Oh, and for the drivers to send, via AIM? E-mail? MSN? Please and thanks ^^. Last edited by Bry113; Nov 28, 2005 at 05:25 AM.

Aug 27, 2007, 10:12 PM	#17
AlexSkob DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Toshiba A75-211 HI, I have a toshiba A75-211 and i added memory and all together i have 1 gb but i still cant find the video memory option in BIOS i installed vista business on it and i cant find a driver for the video card the card installed is the ATi Mobility Radeon 9100 AGP i tried installing the one for windows xp but it says failed try to reboot system. PLEASE HELP

Jun 30, 2005, 04:41 PM	#2
Aligokalppeker DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: TR Posts: 184 Rep Power: 0	I think you started using computer yet.......Everything you talked about is easy to do with some programs and settings..... :-).First you can revert your UMA memory size from your BIOS , but i think you don't want...because lowering it can cause slowdowns in games.....Also you can enable fastwrite by Ati tray tools.You are too brave to play Battlefield 2 with this card(Also i've that).Why do you want to lower everthing you see?,,Graphic memory , AGP port.....lowering this settings won't provide you performance increase....despite thay cause problems and slowness.Omega drivers are far away better than factory drivers,if you can use right settings.Also you can download ATI GART drivers from ati's official site.

Jul 1, 2005, 02:54 AM	Thread Starter #3
Snizbatch DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Aligokalppeker, Actually, all the things I want to do are disabled for some reason. The memory size is NOT available in BIOS. My BIOS is a piece of crap... the only settings available in it are very basic settings like date/time and boot order. It's a Phoenix BIOS. The only reason I wanted to try lowering it was because it's one of the only things I haven't tried yet. Originally there was a tab under display properties with 64MB and 128MB options available, but it is now gone after installing the new catalyst drivers. About SmartGart... I have the Gart drivers. But for some reason I am unable to get the Smartgart tab to appear under advanced display properties. Running ATIPRBXX.EXE /g doesn't do anything either. The hard drive crunches for a while but nothing ever appears. I do realize that there are supposed to be methods for adjusting these items, I just can't figure out how to trick them into appearing.

Jul 8, 2005, 08:31 AM	#4
guitargeekgreg DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I've got a Gateway laptop with the same video card and have been having problems with running BF2. My card is currently set to 64MB of video memory, and I can't seem to change it. Any idea how I can increase it to 128MB? I can't change it in my BIOS settigs or in my display properties. Do I need to flash my BIOS? If so, where could I get one? (Gateway doesn't have a new one that helps). Thanks, Greg

Nov 28, 2005, 05:50 AM	#12
Bry113 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	^ Yeah they were with my default drivers, but they vanished once I downloaded Omega drivers . And the problem with my CD is that in order for me to get my old drivers back, I may need to reformat? I am not 100% sure, but from what I have seen I think that's the story ; ;. Like I said in my earlier post, anyone up for sending me thair drivers?

Nov 28, 2005, 06:27 AM	#14
Bry113 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	^ Downlaoding now, but if these really are the default drivers my laptop came with thank you SO much! I must have missed them somehow, even though I slaved through google or what seemed to be forever xD. Me love you long time! Thanks VERY much ^^.