Question on Video Options in BIOS

[Canadian_Bacon]

I have an Asus K8V SE Deluxe and a Sapphire Atlantis 9800Pro 128mb.
When I go into the BIOS, I go to Advanced -> Chipset-> AGP Configuration-> Graphics Aperture Size-> and the I have the choice between 32, 64, 128, 256mb.

What does this mean. I tried setting it to 256 and I can't tell any difference.

Thanks for the help.

 

[ChipDeath]

It's the amount of SYSTEM memory that gets used as Video memory when the memory on the card is full.

Setting it to 128Mb should be more than good enough.

And you're right - it really doesn't make a great deal of difference nowadays, with the amount of RAM modern cards have.

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[TheGreatGrapeApe]

<A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=406042#406042" target="_new">This thread</A> (which a search would've revealed) may answer some of your questions.


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[Coyote]

Here's a pretty good article explaining it:

<A HREF="http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=8&var1=0&var2=32" target="_new">http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=8&var1=0&var2=32</A>

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