need some insight:

[cal]

system
iwill xp333-r v2.1
xp1700 @150(300 ddr)'1649'(pci=1/4)
win2k
128meg pc2100 genaric (2.6 v)
matrox g200 waitin' for P
matrox driver 5.0.2144.1(m$)
matrox bios 0301-01 3.3 tv ntsc
newest ali agp driver



dxdiag showes agp texture acceleration<> not avaiable

i have noticed that nvidia has a tuner/overclocker/options (riviatuner) that can enable the ali agp texturing

Question before i try it anyway and realy make a mess .......... will the riviatunner install without a nvidia card in the system .......will it mess with the g200 or p when i get it

ali agp utility doesn't seem to affect this
ftp://ftp.aliusa.com/driver/agp_utility140.zip

http://support.iwill.net/cgi-bin/ebbs/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=MOTHERBOARD&Post=3930&Idle=10&Sort=0&Order=Descend&Page=0&Session=

one to add to the upcomming matrox oc utility !

thanks in advance
cal

sandra mem: 2013/1864 next step is unlocking it ........ maybe

[Greebe]

I would not suggest installing that app. It doesn't apply to your G200 and or may be only addressing this issue by a driver tweak only available to nVidia cards.

[GT98]

Check your AGP aperture size. I had a problem with my Asus A7S333 and my Radeon 8500 when I had it set to 256mb or higher.

[Greebe]

Yes indeed, try 128 or 256 megs and see if that helps with your problem

[cal]

hi


this seems to be an ali chipset/driver isue that is plaguing the xp333 mb . lack of support from ali and iwill can make people quite inventive .

i'll try different apture sizes tomorow

thanks guys

[Greebe]

If that doesn't work and you have the option to return still, go for a SiS745 chipset based MB... they are fast, stable, work flawlessly and best of all cheap (mine was $65)

see sig...

[cal]

i posted the problem at biosmods.com where several of the guys run xp333's. maybe someone will check it out. if they (whoever made the tweek util) can turn it on from a tweek utility then it should be a simple setting , registry maybe . i guess i'll break out the hex editor .

If that doesn't work and you have the option to return still, go for a SiS745 chipset based MB

Greebee you've been fighting with matrox stuff for how long and you suggest switching already!

this is a hobby for me so i'll find a way around it or through it in do time, besides i'm just finishing building a house and can't afford all the toys .............i want a > parhelia <
and my xp333 is stable!

thanks
cal

[Greebe]

Cal, I've suggested switching out a relatively small market share mb which for the most part users in general do not like/has not recieved very good reviews/without much support only.

btw it's pronounced Greebe

[cal]

sorry about the spelling greebe



closest i could find to a meanig:
search on page
please.......say it isn't so




i have suggested/purchaced this chipset for friends with with good results. yes they are snappy compared to the iwill's 10 to 20 second + delay on boot. but i like the raid features and the tinkering, and as before stability. my goal is a fsb greater than 200/400 ddr. and i know it's an ugly dawg right now ..........but is's my ugly dawg.

if i recall the local price for a sis chipset board was $129 CND.also something about a bata bios with oc capabilities.


thanks for your time , and the warning
cal

Cal, a 1-syllable boy's name of Anglo-Saxon origin, means: Bold.

[Greebe]

Grebe with an added "e" ... is the same

Seeing that I'm not into UK slang git (just kidding , I prefer it is what it is...

One wierd bird

The MSI 745 Ultra has some really good potential via options in CMOS for OCing. They have more tweaks yet to address but also have been updating the BIOS regularly which is nice to see.

[Belwarrior]

hmm.. just wondering whether the matrox utility can do anything with the g200..

(i never had the g200 hehe i skipped from the millenium to g400)