PCI or AGP/onboard

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  1. Xenokai

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    ok i have this card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=14-145-076&depa=0 it's AGP clearly* but in my bio's it set as Primary Display Adapter is PCI it has a option to swicth to AGP/onboard mode but right now it's in PCI when my card is AGP should i change it to AGP/onboard or is this how it suppose to be?
     
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    Change it to AGP, this will enable it run to it's proposed specifications.................
     
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    i would change it to Agp/onboard to try it out. Should have automatically detected it there though.
     
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    It does detect that it is there via the inbuilt ROM on the card, however the CMOS decides whether to use it or not - via settings.......................
     
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  5. Xenokai

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    so should i change it even tho the card works and stuff will it make it run at the speed its made for cause i think PCI might slow it down? change or not?
     
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    If you are using an AGP graphics card then you should change it to AGP, as you are not using PCI.

    AGP and PCI operate at different frequecies, so if you use AGP but leave it on PCI, you will not get the benefit of the AGP specifictions.

    So yes, change it..................
     
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    Xenokai, May 21, 2005
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    did you load the board drivers especially the agp driver or let windows load it's own??
     
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    what? i dont know much about motherboard drivers o_O
     
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    all i did was go into bio setup and changed it from PCI to AGP/onboard didnt seem do dont anything lol
     
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    did you load windows onto the computer or was it loaded on??
     
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    oh um i got this pc new and it had windows xp already
     
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    has this been a problem since getting the computer or just recent??
     
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    its worked fine but to see that its on PCI mode scared me and why does my card says its PCI bus?
     
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    Actually you have hit on a good point, I have just looked under my properties for my AGP card and indeed it does say PCI bus!!!!!!!!!!

    I shall have a probe around and see if I can come up with anything.

    Unless someone else can jump in here and state that their system displays AGP instead of PCI Bus, then I would assume it maybe a 'glitch' within windows.

    All my System proggies - sandra, aida report that it is infact AGP and not PCI..........

    Still there maybe something amiss, but I have no problems with it......
     
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    do you know if urs is bios is set to AGP/onboard or is the bios set to PCI like mine was ive noticed no diffrence in chnageing it
     
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    check motherboard manufacturer for bios update?
     
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    The explanation from your link makes sense.

    But I shall be looking for something more definitive............
     
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