MSI K8T NEO2-FIR User Guide - Page 49

Advanced Chipset Features

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MS-6702E ATX Mainboard Advanced Chipset Features MSI Reminds You... Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset. AGP Mode The item sets an appropriate mode for the installed AGP card. Setting options: [1x], [2x], [4x], and [Auto]. Select [4x] only if your AGP card supports it. AGP Fast Write This option enables or disables the AGP Fast Write feature. The Fast Write technology allows the CPU to write directly to the graphics card without passing anything through the system memory and improves the AGP 4X speed. Select Enabled only when the installed AGP card supports this function. Settings: [Enabled], [Disabled]. AGP Aperture Size This setting controls just how much system RAM can be allocated to AGP for video purposes. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The option allows the selection of an aperture size of [4MB], [8MB], [16MB], [32MB], [64MB], [128MB], and [256] MB. VLink 8X Supported This item enables or disables the 8X VLink Data Rate. Setting options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. 3-10

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MS-6702E ATX Mainboard
Advanced Chipset Features
AGP Mode
The item sets an appropriate mode for the installed AGP card.
Setting options: [1x],
[2x], [4x], and [Auto].
Select [4x] only if your AGP card supports it.
AGP Fast Write
This option enables or disables the AGP Fast Write feature. The Fast Write technol-
ogy allows the CPU to write directly to the graphics card without passing anything
through the system memory and improves the AGP 4X speed. Select Enabled only
when the installed AGP card supports this function. Settings: [Enabled], [Disabled].
AGP Aperture Size
This setting controls just how much system RAM can be allocated to AGP for video
purposes.
The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to
graphics memory address space.
Host cycles that hit the aperture range are for-
warded to the AGP without any translation.
The option allows the selection of an
aperture size of [4MB], [8MB], [16MB], [32MB], [64MB], [128MB], and [256] MB.
VLink 8X Supported
This item enables or disables the 8X VLink Data Rate. Setting options: [Enabled],
[Disabled].
MSI Reminds You...
Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset.