AGP aperture size

g-man · May 14th, 2001

Could somebody please eplain to me what agp aperture size is and what it does and what mine should be set to? thanks in adance

bobotns · May 14th, 2001

It's the max. amount of RAM that is allocated in the main system memory for the GPU.
You have 256 MB of RAM, so I would recommend min. 128 MB aperture size.

Generally, when you have a bigger aperture size, your GPU can handle bigger textures.

NB: the AGP aperture size is not reserved for the GPU, it is the maximum amount that the GPU can use from the system memory!

g-man · May 14th, 2001

so i could set it to 256 w/out anything catastrophic happening, right?

bobotns · May 14th, 2001

yes!

g-man · May 14th, 2001

OK, great! thanks!

andré · May 15th, 2001

would u recommend that though?

merovaine · May 15th, 2001

how do u alter ur AGP aperture size or wateva?

bobotns · May 15th, 2001

To André: yes
To Merovaine: in your BIOS

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May 14th, 2001	#2 (permalink)
bobotns Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 179	It's the max. amount of RAM that is allocated in the main system memory for the GPU. You have 256 MB of RAM, so I would recommend min. 128 MB aperture size. Generally, when you have a bigger aperture size, your GPU can handle bigger textures. NB: the AGP aperture size is not reserved for the GPU, it is the maximum amount that the GPU can use from the system memory!

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g-man Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U.S. Posts: 31	so i could set it to 256 w/out anything catastrophic happening, right?

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bobotns Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 179	yes!

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g-man Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U.S. Posts: 31	OK, great! thanks!

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merovaine Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 42	how do u alter ur AGP aperture size or wateva?

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bobotns Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 179	To André: yes To Merovaine: in your BIOS