AGP showing as PCI?

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Hatchet4015

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Ok, I recently got my 6800 and its great. But while I was overclocking it, I noticed that instead of saying it is AGP it was showing it as PCI. Here is a screenshot of what I saw. Before I had the 6800, I was using a GeForce4 MX440 that was in a PCI slot.

Does anyone know if this is correct, or if it is wrong, how to fix it?
 
check under the agp settings tab

Code: 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak]
"NvCplEnableAGPSettingsPage"=dword:00000001
 
I am a little confused on what you mean?

I checked under NVTweak, and "NvCplEnableAGPSettingsPage" wasnt there. Do I add it?
 
Yeah, add that (you can just copy/paste what I put in code in a .reg file)

Once you do that, AGP settings will appear in your driver panel which should indicate which agp mode your in.
 
agp.jpg

Download - Reg file

It should work, but maybe your problem is part of the problem with this, ill look for other progs on windows that will check the same thing out.
 
Only prog I can think of off the top of my head is 3dmark05 =)

If you have it start it up, under system select details, in the browser look under motherboard info, 3dmark will tell you the current agp mode.

example:
AGP
Revision 2.0
Rate 1x, 2x, 4x (4x enabled) <-- agp mode
Available Rate 0x00000007
Selected Rate 0x00000004
Aperture Size 4 MB
Sideband Addressing supported (enabled)
Fast Write not supported

Well, ethier way there is a problem with your apg card if its in pci mode, update / install your motherboards chipset drivers. Also in bios make sure you have the highest agp mode your system supports selected.
 
I don't know what your motherboard is but have you ever loaded the motherboard chipset/GART drivers for you board to enable agp functionality? Almost any Intel or AMD board needs chipset drivers beyond what naturally comes with the OS in order to make the AGP work otherwise an agp video card will load its driver but in pci mode. The OS will usually have most standard certified chipset dirvers but not always. This may be your problem. Just a thought....


If this sounds right to you. then you should uninstall the video drivers and install the GART(Graphics Address Remapping Table)/chipset drivers for your board which can be downloaded from the vendors website. After installing the chipset/GART drivers then re-boot. Now re-install your video drivers and it definitely should be in agp mode then. Beyond that I don't know what else to reccommend.

One last thing the reason I think this may be your problem is because your last video card was a true pci card & you didn't really have to install the chipset/GART drivers to make a pci video card work. Guessing of course...Good Luck :)
 
Nothing should happen, but I wont promise you anything. =)

Worst that can happen is a bsod that requires you to go into safe mode and uninstall what you just installed.
 
Wont hurt anything but I still think you should remove/uninstall the nvidia drivers 1st.

After you have installed mobo drivers & re-booted 1 time then re-install the nvidia drivers. Better safe than sorry. If your going to do it...do it right the 1st time before you end up frustrated that's my opinion.
 
The worst thing I think that could happen is that after installint the mobo drivers your OS may re-detect all your hardware again but this time they will be installed properly based on your chipset drivers instead of the default OS drivers.
 
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