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3Dmark05 error msg about memory...

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blykins

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Anyone know what this means and how to fix it? My card is an ATI 9600XT 128mg.
Thx.
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Well, your card is out of videomemory obviously...
Try increasing the AGP aperture in your bios setup.
And if that doesn't help, perhaps you should try (re)installing the latest chipset drivers for your motherboard, and perhaps the latest Cats too.
 
your card shouldn't be out of memory, i can run '05 with a 9600pro 128mb.

try reinstalling drivers and the program. And check that your agp aperature size is indeed 128mb
 
Under the ATI control panel and SMARTGART, I tried changing the AGP speed to 4x and also 8x, but it goes back to "off" when I restart. I will reinstall latest driver and see if that helps. BRB.
 
blykins said:
Under the ATI control panel and SMARTGART, I tried changing the AGP speed to 4x and also 8x, but it goes back to "off" when I restart. I will reinstall latest driver and see if that helps. BRB.
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Sounds like chipset drivers not installed properly... or perhaps not wanting to cooperate with the ATi hardware and/or driver.
 
Ok I reinstalled the latest driver and 3dmark was able to finish. My score is 339. :(
 
I just ran 3dmark05 on my 9600 pro and got a 1575. I'm using the latest Catalyst's (5.3) with SMARTGART at 4x and Fastwrites ON. What kind of mobo do you have, nforce2? If so, make sure those gart drivers are installed too.

I've been playing around all weekend with GART settings. 8x isn't stable, 4x is stable though, but i get a higher 3dmark03 score at 0x than 4x, but a higher 3dmark01se score with 4x than 0x, and a higher frame rate in CS:S stress test:

4x GART at 1280x1024, high settings, 0x aa or af = 43.72 fps
0x GART at " " = 37.02 fps

So I'm keeping 4x gart, keep playing until you find one stable, and obviously one that works, too.
 
Badger said:
I just ran 3dmark05 on my 9600 pro and got a 1575. I'm using the latest Catalyst's (5.3) with SMARTGART at 4x and Fastwrites ON. What kind of mobo do you have, nforce2? If so, make sure those gart drivers are installed too.

I've been playing around all weekend with GART settings. 8x isn't stable, 4x is stable though, but i get a higher 3dmark03 score at 0x than 4x, but a higher 3dmark01se score with 4x than 0x, and a higher frame rate in CS:S stress test:

4x GART at 1280x1024, high settings, 0x aa or af = 43.72 fps
0x GART at " " = 37.02 fps

So I'm keeping 4x gart, keep playing until you find one stable, and obviously one that works, too.
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mobo is ASUS P4P800S, p4 2.8ghz, 1gig ram.
 
blykins said:
Ok I reinstalled the latest driver and 3dmark was able to finish. My score is 339. :(
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If your AGP is still 'off', that would explain your low score. Since AGP speed largely effects shader performance, and 3dmark uses alot of shaders. Trying to find some chipset drivers and such would be a good move, maybe a format if you can get it to work then.
 
DarkBahamut said:
If your AGP is still 'off', that would explain your low score. Since AGP speed largely effects shader performance, and 3dmark uses alot of shaders. Trying to find some chipset drivers and such would be a good move, maybe a format if you can get it to work then.
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It wont let me turn it on. I try but it just goes back OFF after i restart. Maybe my video card is dead? Its only a month old and it has proper cooling.
 
yeah try playing around in the bios, make sure it's 8x there if there's an option for it, just look over the agp settings and make sure everything looks alright. try running ATItool and make sure your card is clocked right.

I have a hard time believing your card is dead. My instincts tell me its something else. haha, take that for what it's worth
 
BIOS was set to 256mg(not sure how thats possible since the card is 128mg), so i put it to 128mg and results in 3dmark are very similar.
 
blykins said:
BIOS was set to 256mg(not sure how thats possible since the card is 128mg), so i put it to 128mg and results in 3dmark are very similar.
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AGP aperture can be any size, it's an addition to the memory of the videocard, taken from the system memory.
Anyway, 128 or 256 mb should both be good aperture settings, which one works better for you depends on what software you use, and how much system memory you have. With 1 gb memory, I'd suggest using 256 mb.
But you should really REALLY install the chipset drivers for your motherboard... if I'm not mistaken, your motherboard uses an Intel chipset, so you can find the drivers here: http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=816
 
Scali said:
AGP aperture can be any size, it's an addition to the memory of the videocard, taken from the system memory.
Anyway, 128 or 256 mb should both be good aperture settings, which one works better for you depends on what software you use, and how much system memory you have. With 1 gb memory, I'd suggest using 256 mb.
But you should really REALLY install the chipset drivers for your motherboard... if I'm not mistaken, your motherboard uses an Intel chipset, so you can find the drivers here: http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=816
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I'm not sure which one to download...
 
[Tripod]MajorPayne said:
Go to www.usa.asus.com and click Support, then click Downloads, and then click your motherboard's model, and a screen will come up with everything they have for that chipset, so you should be set there, just pick up chipset or AGP drivers, or both.
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Ok i found hte one from that first link , d/l'd it, and when I went to smartgart it is now at 8x and fastwrite is on.
I just did 3dmark05 and got a score of 1728. So it looks like all my problems are fixed. Thanks to everyone who helped. Hardforums is 1337. :)
 
blykins said:
I'm not sure which one to download...
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Just the one that comes out on the top of the list (marked as the latest version).
Note that this is much newer than the one offered by the Asus site (that one is a year old, come on).
Not that it will matter too much, the biggest problem is solved already by having installed chipset drivers at all.
But the new ones may give slightly better performance still, and perhaps solve some problems that you may never run into in the first place :)
 
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