What AGP aperature size?

Abzi · May 19, 2002, 11:34 AM

what AP aperature size i should setfor my vidoe card for best performance
64mb, 128mb or 256mb

plzz help...

Zardon · May 19, 2002, 11:50 AM

well normally 64 meg is ok, but with your memory configuration I would set it to 128 meg and test with benches etc....... ive mine set to 256 meg, as I find this gives me the best performance with no issues. experiment with different settings.

MytMowse · May 19, 2002, 12:05 PM

I've never seen this feature in my Bio's well I really haven't looked. I just know I set it up as 4x. I'll check around for this and I really hope it helps me out.

radTube · May 19, 2002, 02:09 PM

Zardon, what kind of difference do you see between settings of 128MB and 256MB? Just curious.

Zardon · May 19, 2002, 02:53 PM

well ive found on my last multiple processor MP athlon rig, that if I used an aperture size of anything less than 256 I would get occassional lockouts.

I dont see any performance gains from moving the sizing from 128 to 256 but I have found that the system stability is higher. im sure this is very rig specific. are you experiencing any problems yourself? have you tried all the settings and benched etc?

Zardon · May 19, 2002, 02:58 PM

there is also a known issue with the 8500 if you have 512 meg of system ram or more.
ATI recommend on their website to set your aperture to a minimum of 128 meg or possible slowdowns may occur.

DallasStar · May 19, 2002, 06:28 PM

I've had best results with 256.

raptora12 · May 20, 2002, 03:25 AM

I only use 128mb aperture because I have 256mb ram sticks but I have 768mb of ram.

p0rnflake · May 20, 2002, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by raptora12
I only use 128mb aperture because I have 256mb ram sticks but I have 768mb of ram.

That makes no sense what-so-ever !

radTube · May 20, 2002, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
are you experiencing any problems yourself? have you tried all the settings and benched etc?

Well... I did have problems, lockouts and such, but now I have a much bigger problem: My 8500 just stopped working yesterday

Something went awry with the mem, I suppose, as the picture was all scrambled, and even the text-mode screen at bootup was mostly unreadable. I managed to do a blind flash with the original bios (it's not that hard, as there's only the flasher dir and a couple of keypresses to remember), but there's no difference.

So here I am, using a borrowed voodoo3... I prolly won't even be able to RMA the card due to the markings caused by the removal of the ramsinks I just did. That arctic alumina adhesive is all but impossible to scrape off completely without taking at least part of the markings on the chip with it.

So I'll just hope me and my girlfriend can find those practice jobs we need for the summer/fall or we won't be able to afford a new vid-card for a long while. For a full time student 200€ is no pocket change. So if anyone knows about/has a job for us (in the computer branch: programming, web-design, anything) feel free to pm me

~~Crash Override~~ · May 22, 2002, 02:35 PM

next time try using alcohol once youve taken the ram sinks off

disolves the arctic alumina like it was never there hehe

brc64 · May 22, 2002, 11:36 PM

My motherboard only offers 32 and 64 MB AGP aperature choices, so I'm using 64 with my 8500DV and 512 MB of RAM system. :-/

- Me

May 19, 2002, 11:34 AM	#1
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radTube just keepin' it cool Join Date: May 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 228 Rep Power: 0	Zardon, what kind of difference do you see between settings of 128MB and 256MB? Just curious. __________________ [color=orange] [/color]

May 19, 2002, 06:28 PM	#7
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	I've had best results with 256. __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

May 20, 2002, 03:25 AM	#8
raptora12 Mystic seeker Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 193 Rep Power: 0	the higher the better as long as you have enough system memory I only use 128mb aperture because I have 256mb ram sticks but I have 768mb of ram. __________________ msi 6330 Athlon T-bird 1000 mhz 768mb sdr hd 80 gig eide ata 100 7200rpm western digital hd 30 gig eide ata 100 5600rpm western digital Sound Blaster Audigy retail 8500 275/275 19" Mitsubishi Diamondtron

May 19, 2002, 11:50 AM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	well normally 64 meg is ok, but with your memory configuration I would set it to 128 meg and test with benches etc....... ive mine set to 256 meg, as I find this gives me the best performance with no issues. experiment with different settings.

May 19, 2002, 12:05 PM	#3
MytMowse DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	I've never seen this feature in my Bio's well I really haven't looked. I just know I set it up as 4x. I'll check around for this and I really hope it helps me out.

May 19, 2002, 02:53 PM	#5
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	well ive found on my last multiple processor MP athlon rig, that if I used an aperture size of anything less than 256 I would get occassional lockouts. I dont see any performance gains from moving the sizing from 128 to 256 but I have found that the system stability is higher. im sure this is very rig specific. are you experiencing any problems yourself? have you tried all the settings and benched etc?

May 19, 2002, 02:58 PM	#6
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	there is also a known issue with the 8500 if you have 512 meg of system ram or more. ATI recommend on their website to set your aperture to a minimum of 128 meg or possible slowdowns may occur.

May 22, 2002, 02:35 PM	#11
~~Crash Override~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 2,448 Rep Power: 0	next time try using alcohol once youve taken the ram sinks off disolves the arctic alumina like it was never there hehe

May 22, 2002, 11:36 PM	#12
brc64 Zeeky H. Bomb Join Date: May 2002 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 826 Rep Power: 0	My motherboard only offers 32 and 64 MB AGP aperature choices, so I'm using 64 with my 8500DV and 512 MB of RAM system. :-/ - Me