AGP Aperture Size

AlexRD

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What is that?
How do i change AGP Aperture Size?
How i get to the Advanced Bios? (It is not ctrl f1 on my Notebook)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Asus G2s
    CPU
    2.20 GHz Core 2 Duo T7500 :\Santa Rosa/:
    Memory
    1x 2GB DDR2 Kingston ; 1x 1GB DDR2 Kingston
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GEFORCE 8600M GT 256mb Dedicated, 768mb RAM
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Generic PnP
    Screen Resolution
    1440x1280
    Hard Drives
    300 GB Fujitsu MHX2300BT 4200 RPM
    Mouse
    ALPS Pointing Device ; Logitech Asus G2 Mouse
    Keyboard
    Asus G2s Keyboard from Logitech
    Internet Speed
    2 MB Wireless Network
What is that?
How do i change AGP Aperture Size?
How i get to the Advanced Bios? (It is not ctrl f1 on my Notebook)
AGP aperture size will not increase performance graphics wise, its the amount of allocation from your system ram to work in conjunction with your graphics memory, it means that some of your system ram will be used to "bail it out" if need be, in other words, if you got a sweet gpu, theres no real reason to have this on. if your using onboard graphics, theres more use for it as most onboard graphics cards use AAS for their primary function. this however is optimized and shouldnt be fiddled with.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA, Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA, WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
What is that?
How do i change AGP Aperture Size?
How i get to the Advanced Bios? (It is not ctrl f1 on my Notebook)
AGP aperture size will not increase performance graphics wise, its the amount of allocation from your system ram to work in conjunction with your graphics memory, it means that some of your system ram will be used to "bail it out" if need be, in other words, if you got a sweet gpu, theres no real reason to have this on. if your using onboard graphics, theres more use for it as most onboard graphics cards use AAS for their primary function. this however is optimized and shouldnt be fiddled with.

Well, as you know GTA uses a lot of Space

To run it smoothly, i would need kinda 1 GB of VGA.
So, if i set AGP to 768 MB i would have 1 GB.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Asus G2s
    CPU
    2.20 GHz Core 2 Duo T7500 :\Santa Rosa/:
    Memory
    1x 2GB DDR2 Kingston ; 1x 1GB DDR2 Kingston
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GEFORCE 8600M GT 256mb Dedicated, 768mb RAM
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Generic PnP
    Screen Resolution
    1440x1280
    Hard Drives
    300 GB Fujitsu MHX2300BT 4200 RPM
    Mouse
    ALPS Pointing Device ; Logitech Asus G2 Mouse
    Keyboard
    Asus G2s Keyboard from Logitech
    Internet Speed
    2 MB Wireless Network
What is that?
How do i change AGP Aperture Size?
How i get to the Advanced Bios? (It is not ctrl f1 on my Notebook)
AGP aperture size will not increase performance graphics wise, its the amount of allocation from your system ram to work in conjunction with your graphics memory, it means that some of your system ram will be used to "bail it out" if need be, in other words, if you got a sweet gpu, theres no real reason to have this on. if your using onboard graphics, theres more use for it as most onboard graphics cards use AAS for their primary function. this however is optimized and shouldnt be fiddled with.

Well, as you know GTA uses a lot of Space

To run it smoothly, i would need kinda 1 GB of VGA.
So, if i set AGP to 768 MB i would have 1 GB.
no it doesnt affect your actual gfx ram, mine is automatically set at 2gb and it shows up on my directx diagnostics, but it still shows as 896MB
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA, Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA, WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
no it doesnt affect your actual gfx ram, mine is automatically set at 2gb and it shows up on my directx diagnostics, but it still shows as 896MB

But then again, how do i set the AGP?
It needs to be in BIOS?
How do i get Advanced Bios in American Megatrends Bios?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Asus G2s
    CPU
    2.20 GHz Core 2 Duo T7500 :\Santa Rosa/:
    Memory
    1x 2GB DDR2 Kingston ; 1x 1GB DDR2 Kingston
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GEFORCE 8600M GT 256mb Dedicated, 768mb RAM
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Generic PnP
    Screen Resolution
    1440x1280
    Hard Drives
    300 GB Fujitsu MHX2300BT 4200 RPM
    Mouse
    ALPS Pointing Device ; Logitech Asus G2 Mouse
    Keyboard
    Asus G2s Keyboard from Logitech
    Internet Speed
    2 MB Wireless Network
no it doesnt affect your actual gfx ram, mine is automatically set at 2gb and it shows up on my directx diagnostics, but it still shows as 896MB
But then again, how do i set the AGP?
It needs to be in BIOS?
How do i get Advanced Bios in American Megatrends Bios?
press either f2 or delete to access the bios, but I warn you, this shouldn't be messed with, or you will be logging on to here with somebody elses computer trying to fix the newly created problem.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA, Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA, WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
What is that?
How do i change AGP Aperture Size?
How i get to the Advanced Bios? (It is not ctrl f1 on my Notebook)

AGP aperture size is only relevant to machines that have AGP ports. It was a way to allow the video card to map more memory when cards only had 16 or 32mb of memory on them. Of course the mapped system memory was slower than dedicated memory, as it was travelling through the AGP bus, but it was faster than flushing the cards memory and loading all new textures.

Your ASUS G2 doesn't even have any options in the BIOS for AAS, as it doesn't have an AGP port. Extra memory should automatically be mapped through the PCIe bus.

So don't worry about it. ;)
 
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    Samsung 2235BW
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