2x OS AGP under Nvidia Forceware AGP Settings

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Montresor

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I wouldnt think anything of this, but I ran some BIOS program and it reported my AGP rate @ 2x. Then I saw this... what looks like an OS cap. I've been trying to research it and troubleshoot it, but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks...


p4 3.0 @ 3.3 HT
P4P800
2x512 Corsiar Twin @ 400
BFG 6800GT w/ NV5 [386/1.09 =*( ]
WDC special 8M 120GB
 
Bios is 8x, Card is 8x, "Optimal" is 8x but according to the Forceware control panel, the OS (xp pro, sp2, dx9c) is limited to 2x...
 
A lotta people get the same thing, it would be interesting to see a screen shot from someone who has anything but 2x under OS in the Forceware panel.
 
I was hoping that it was a bug / driver glitch. The only things that got me worried were my profound inablility to OC my BFG 6800GT to anything close to ultra speeds (bought at Best Buy... I don't know about vid cards, but HDD manufacturers send the drives with the highest fail rate to retailers like Best Buy), as well as a BIOS tweaker that I installed was reporting my AGP speed as 2x. The BIOS tweak was probably old and not able to read newer settings or something... *shrug*

Since I've looked into the 3Dmark2005 profile and it seems to be reporting 8x (albeit a little matter of factly).
 
Taken from 3DMark2005:

AGP
Revision 3.0
Rate 4x, 8x (8x enabled)
Available Rate 0x0000000c
Selected Rate 0x00000008
Aperture Size 128 MB
Sideband Addressing supported (enabled)
Fast Write supported (enabled)

This agrees with the Forceware AGP control panel (8x MOBO) as well as Forceware's general info regarding the Card (8x VidCard).

So does "(8x enabled)" mean it's currently running at 8x ?
 
All applications ive tried also report 8x (wcpuid, 3dmark, etc), except the forceware control panel-- I still want someone to confirm that it can display anything but 2x in the OS column.
 
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