Anyone running a g400max at 89mhz AGP?

[one_kelvin]

I'm tying to OC to 133fsb (89agp) which keeps crashing...I want to know if this is even possible with a g400max...

Thanx

[paulcs]

It generally is. Try forcing AGP 1X.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[one_kelvin]

"Try forcing AGP 1X."

How do I do that? Bios or a registry hack?

Thanks.

[The PIT]

Try at downloading the Matrox tweak utility.

http://www.murc.ws/ scroll down and you get the option to download it. This allows you to overclock and force agp x1 or x2.

[one_kelvin]

I'm assuming this is the the tweak from matrox and not the other one?

[Kruzin]

Yes, he is talking about the latest tweak util, released by Matrox Tech support.
There is a link on MURC's front page from just a couple of days ago.
It will allow you to force AGP modes, adjust some OGL and D3D settings, and overclock G200 and G400 cards.

[one_kelvin]

Thanks all for the help, I will try these suggestions when I get home tonight.

BTW, which driver should I use for w2k? The latest, or is one of the older ones better?

Thanx.

[DuRaNgO]

Mine is a vanilla and is running @ agp 2x, sometimes going a little HIGHER than 133 actually is easier to accomplish

Be sure you have enough voltage, I run @ 1.75v
jim

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[one_kelvin]

The problem is that the AGP speed tracks the fsb speed...and while on the BX chipset the pci speed drops to 1/4 FSB ...there is no change in multiplier for the AGP bus....its locked at 2/3...

I dont think the voltage is a problem...I'm at 1.85 right now...too high for what it needs to be, but I wanted to eiliminate that as a possiblilty...

I really thinki ts the g400 not liking the agp speed...

[The PIT]

Other things to check are your memory timings. You haven't said whether your overclocking your whole system or not.

[Guru]

My G400 max works fine in my systemwith an FSB of 145MHz (ABIT BX 133 Raid) and worked fine in my friends system at a FSB of 150MHz (BE6-II)

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[The PIT]

Which makes me wonder if he's overclocking the whole system and pushing the cpu and memory to hard.

[cjolley]

Mine runs at 95mz AGP and I have never had to tell it to go 1x or anything.
I'm with PIT. The problem may realy lie elswhere.
chuck


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[Ali]

change your fsb to 89, or as close as you can get, set your AGP ratio to 1/1, and see if the pc is stable.

Its the only way to know for sure that the G400 will handle that agp speed.

Make sure you make a bios recovery disk first though.

I ran my G400 at 89Mhz for about 2 years now with a 89Mhz agp (P3 450 at 600, then a P3 600 with a 1/1 agp ratio, then a P3 750 at 1000) , and its started clearing the bios every 10-20 cold boots for some reason.

Just bought a Asus P3V4X and my P3 750 slot1 CPU wont even run at 1 gig any more. It was fine in an old abit BX6R2 apart from that bios problem though.

Ali

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[dZeus]

I've got a Abit BX6r.2 with a Coppermine 700@933... uh-oh.. I hope I won't get what you got with your G400