New Video Card Only At 2x AGP

by redmaggott Dec 23, 2003 3:50AM PST

i have fitted an 128mb fx5200 card to a friends system.the motherboard is a pcchips M810 - the bios is not user friendly.I only have 2 options for video - onboard agp and pci.The card shows up ok in device manager and all the specs can be seen in AIDA32 and sisoft sandra.But the card only shows as 2x agp in advanced settings.Anyone familiar with card or had similar problems - advice appreciated

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Re:New Video Card Only At 2x AGP

by Bob__B Dec 23, 2003 5:11AM PST

Some info on the mobo says it supports up to 4x.

I think if you root around in the bios maybe under chip set config or some such you'll find agp 1x-2x-4x.

Don't be surprised when you run a benchmark at 2x and then at 4x you don't see much of a diff if any.

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Look at Question #15 at...

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 23, 2003 6:11AM PST

http://radel.inet.net.nz/m810lmr.html

Bob

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What version is the BIOS?

by Edward ODaniel Dec 23, 2003 6:40AM PST

Bob pointed to one tidbit of possible help and here is another:
http://www.lejabeach.com/M810/M810.htm

Just make sure it is NOT a "D" version of the M810.

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Re:New Video Card Only At 2x AGP

by Yew Dec 23, 2003 6:41AM PST

I'm with Bob B on this one. The board probably only supports 2X AGP, and to be perfectly honest the whole AGP speed is largely a marketing gimmick at this point. There's barely a system on the market that could theoretically max out the limits of even a 1X AGP card.

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Thanks

by redmaggott Dec 23, 2003 9:17PM PST

Thanks - it appears this motherboard is incompatible with lots of video cards.Having it AGP at 2X is ok but the screen just goes off on its own (like its been unplugged) even though the pc is still on.I have to restart the pc and then it will come again - well until it goes off again - this mobo is a dog

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