AARRGGHH 8 MEGS!!!

[DuRaNgO]

After installing dx7, things seemed to running o.k. but when I checked out the dx panel, under display where it used to show half my aperture memory amount, it only shows 8 megs! agp is enabled in dx7 panel, any ideas would be appreciated!
jim


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PII-350mhz @ 450, Abit BH6 mobo, 128mb pc-100, Mill G200 8mb sgram @ 210 with MGATweak) PD 5.25, IBM 8.4 gb hdd, SB Live!, winblows 98se, DX6.1, THREE BIG FANS, four little ones and a case that sounds like a turbine engine...doh!

[EchoWars]

If ya got an 8 meg card, and DX reports you have 8 meg...where is the problem? I have 16 on my Mill G200, and both DX6.1 and 7.0 reported 8 meg. This is with a BX chipset and AGP 2x rockin' 'n rollin'. Don't think you have anything to worry about.

[Wombat]

Run some benchmarks, see if large texture transfer is actually slow, then you've got something to worry about.

[billko]

Mine reports 8MB also, but SANDRA reports 70MB of AGP memory (8MB on board, the balance in AGP) in the DirectX box. Which is correct? I'd say SANDRA is, due to the fact that all the AGP tests on 3DMark99 did not change (even the ones above 8MB). Unfortunately, that also means I didn't see a performance gain.

Bill


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People call me a computer god; I remind them that I am merely a minor deity...

[DuRaNgO]

it's definately slower in large texture scenes and dx6.1 used to show around 62 megs with apperture set to 128 megs
jim

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PII-350mhz @ 450, Abit BH6 mobo, 128mb pc-100, Mill G200 8mb sgram @ 210 with MGATweak) PD 5.25, IBM 8.4 gb hdd, SB Live!, winblows 98se, DX6.1, THREE BIG FANS, four little ones and a case that sounds like a turbine engine...doh!