Question about agp bios tweak

[BoWser]

Will disabling agp fast writes in bios increase game preformance at all?

 

[Burke Hamblin]

No, but it might prevent hangs or crashes. Works for some people, doesn't for others.

 

[EinsteiN]

AGP Fast Write option

From the ultimate "BIOS Optimization Guide!" on the www :

Fast Write allows the AGP device to act like a PCI device. This allows it to bypass the main memory and directly access the data which improves AGP read performance. However AGP write performance is not affected.

source Rojakpot

 

[BoWser]

Well it also said this

It is recommended that you enable AGP Fast Write for better AGP read performance but disable it if any of your PCI cards start acting funny

I tried it and could barely boot into windows, it took forever. It did not increase preformance at all, only decreased it. Thanks for that site though, looks like a nice one.

 

[EinsteiN]

It's enabled by default by many modern graphics cards, but usually by the drivers. (It is so on my 9500 Pro)

But I remember having trouble with stability on older cards with that setting (GeForce 2 & GeForce 4)

PS. I didn't quote the whole article, otherwise why should you go tjeck it out.