MSI 661FM2 User Guide - Page 48

AGP & P2P Bridge Control, AGP Aperture Size, AGP Fast Write Support, AGP Data Rate

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AGP & P2P Bridge Control Press and the following sub-menu appears: BIOS Setup 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 [32MB], [64MB], [128MB], [256MB], [512MB]. AGP Fast Write Support This option [Enabled] or [Disabled] 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. AGP Data Rate This option allows you to specify the transferring data rate of AGP. Setting options: [Auto], [1X], [2X], [4X], [8X]. OnChip AGP Control Press and the following sub-menu appears: VGA Shared Memory Size Specify the size of system memory to allocate for video memory, from [16] to [128] MB. Graphics Engin Clock This option allows you to choose the performance of graphics engin clock. Setting options:[100MHz], [133MHz], [166MHz], [200MHz] 3-13

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BIOS Setup
AGP & P2P Bridge Control
Press <Enter> and the following sub-menu appears:
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 [32MB], [64MB], [128MB], [256MB], [512MB]
.
AGP Fast Write Support
This option [Enabled] or [Disabled] 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.
AGP Data Rate
This option allows you to specify the transferring data rate of AGP. Setting
options: [Auto], [1X], [2X], [4X], [8X].
OnChip AGP Control
Press <Enter> and the following sub-menu appears:
VGA Shared Memory Size
Specify the size of system memory to allocate for video memory, from
[16]
to
[128]
MB.
Graphics Engin Clock
This option allows you to choose the performance of graphics engin clock.
Setting options:[100MHz], [133MHz], [166MHz], [200MHz]