AGP Aperture?

[GaleForce]

I have an nvidia GeForce 6800GT card, 256mb. In the bios the AGP aperture says 128mb. Is this right or should I change it to 256? Thanks.

 

[Reuben]

64 or 128 should be fine

 

[Brent_Justice]

how much RAM do you have?

if you have 1GB or more set it to 256

 

[WindsorFox]

how much RAM do you have?

if you have 1GB or more set it to 256

I thought htis had more to do with the VRAM (?). The rule of thumb I think is double the ARAM on your card. If you have a 64MB card set it at 128, if you have a 128 card set it at 256 and so on.

 

[rancor]

the aperture tells the comp how much system ram to set aside for the graphics card

 

[Lazn_Work]

http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=9

==>Lazn

 

[Atrye]

I would think that with 256 on the card, 64-128 from system should be plenty.

 

[burningrave101]

If you have 1GB of RAM you should set it to 256MB. If you have 512MB or less then i would leave it at 128MB.

The aperture size is allocated system memory set aside to be used once the video card runs out of on-board memory.

 

[sgi02]

Someone should sticky this question. Any next gen card should be set @ 256MB for maximum performance.

 

[Maxx]

Seems people still disagree about this, although I agree with Lazn's link and Reuben's assessment (and Atrye). 64-128 is a good point to be at, although personally I would probably choose 128 with that card (I use 128 with my XT-PE).

 

[Terra]

http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=9

==>Lazn

That fits perfectly with the benchmark someone on this forum did, showing only ~1% difference between 0-32-64-128-256MB AGP aperture size.

Terra...