rattler Posted March 27, 2007 Posted March 27, 2007 Can someone explain to me what difference the appreture settings make. I have tried 64, 128, and 256 and I see no difference. I have an ATI x1600pro AGP, p4 3.2ghz HT and 2gb of crucial ram. Hope some one can explain the pros and cons of changing these settings. Cheers and Thanks.
Kuky Posted March 27, 2007 Posted March 27, 2007 AGP aperture is how much of memory you are allocating (I am not sure if its from RAM or VRAM) to AGP card. This is usefull only if you have much older video cards with low RAM. Today's cards with 256 or 512MB of RAM don't need this any more. Set this AGP aperture to as low as possible. Try lowest value and if the machine doesn't boot after BIOS port increase it till it's alright. I remember my last machine with AGP port, I had set this to 16 or 32 (bellow 16 it wouldn't boot) and I think 64 is default. PC specs: Windows 11 Home | Asus TUF Gaming B850-Plus WiFi | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + LC 360 AIO | MSI RTX 5090 LC 360 AIO | 55" Samsung Odyssey Gen 2 | 64GB PC5-48000 DDR5 | 1TB M2 SSD for OS | 2TB M2 SSD for DCS | NZXT C1000 Gold ATX 3.1 1000W | TM Cougar Throttle, Floor Mounted MongoosT-50 Grip on TM Cougar board, MFG Crosswind, Track IR
rattler Posted March 27, 2007 Author Posted March 27, 2007 AGP aperture is how much of memory you are allocating (I am not sure if its from RAM or VRAM) to AGP card. This is usefull only if you have much older video cards with low RAM. Today's cards with 256 or 512MB of RAM don't need this any more. Set this AGP aperture to as low as possible. Try lowest value and if the machine doesn't boot after BIOS port increase it till it's alright. I remember my last machine with AGP port, I had set this to 16 or 32 (bellow 16 it wouldn't boot) and I think 64 is default. Thanks. Ok I will try lower at 64 now.
Mustang Posted March 27, 2007 Posted March 27, 2007 I still use an X800XT 256mb and i've had it set to 256mb aperture for a long time now, runs fine and works with everything.
Kuky Posted March 27, 2007 Posted March 27, 2007 you don't need it. lower it to 32MB. PC specs: Windows 11 Home | Asus TUF Gaming B850-Plus WiFi | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + LC 360 AIO | MSI RTX 5090 LC 360 AIO | 55" Samsung Odyssey Gen 2 | 64GB PC5-48000 DDR5 | 1TB M2 SSD for OS | 2TB M2 SSD for DCS | NZXT C1000 Gold ATX 3.1 1000W | TM Cougar Throttle, Floor Mounted MongoosT-50 Grip on TM Cougar board, MFG Crosswind, Track IR
emenance Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/43 If ya got the memory to spare, it doesnt hurt matching the apature size to the ram size on the card. Thats the old school way. Asus P8Z68-V GEN3/ 2500k 4.4ghz / Corsair 64gb SSD Cache / Corsair 8g 1600 ddr3 / 2 x 320gb RE3 Raid 0 /Corsair 950w/ Zotac 560TI AMP 1gb / Zalman GS1200 case /G940/
rattler Posted April 9, 2007 Author Posted April 9, 2007 http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/43 If ya got the memory to spare, it doesnt hurt matching the apature size to the ram size on the card. Thats the old school way. Thanks nice article. Explained well.Cheers.
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