AGP fast writes

[Tempus]

Is is more benficial to have fast writes enabled or disabled?

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[ejsmith2]

I run win2k/win98 on a a7v133 with fast-writes enabled.
Performance wise, fast writes make about another 15% boost on my frame rate. Just enough to smooth out Unreal Tournament when 15 people are firing rocket launchers. At first, the drivers were really unstable though, and I hear some motherboards just don't like fast-writes at all. I had to install the drivers in the right 'order' to get everything to work.

 

[Guest]

I have it enabled on my KT7A RAID motherboard. It does give you a noticable increase in performance on the more intensive graphics programs (like games).

John Garrett
System Admin - www.elementk.com
Editor - Exploring Windows NT Professional

 

[mpjesse]

Some video cards don't support fast writes.

-MP Jesse