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soylent_green_is_hamster

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Registered: 2006-11-15

Posts: 109

getting nvidia 6600GT to work in AGP 8x

Hi,

I've got an nVidia 6600GT which runs in AGP 8x mode, and my motherboard supports it,  but when I type cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status i get the following:

Status:          Enabled
Driver:          NVIDIA
AGP Rate:        4x
Fast Writes:     Disabled
SBA:             Disabled

Typing cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/card gives this:

Fast Writes:     Supported
SBA:             Supported
AGP Rates:       4x 2x 1x 
Registers:       0x1f000217:0x1f000104

what's going on? shouldn't I be seeing 8x in there??

here's the device section in my xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Card0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName      "NV43 [GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 GT]"
    Option         "NoLogo" "true"
    Option         "NvAgp" "1"
    Option         "AGPMode" "8x"

any advice appreciated!

Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

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Re: getting nvidia 6600GT to work in AGP 8x

maybe take a look in BIOS  :?  ...

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soylent_green_is_hamster

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Registered: 2006-11-15

Posts: 109

Re: getting nvidia 6600GT to work in AGP 8x

yeah I tried that, but I can't change the AGP bus speed in my BIOS
it works in Windows

Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

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Re: getting nvidia 6600GT to work in AGP 8x

you may be better off looking on nvidia forums .....

So windows is showing x8 ? emmm

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