3.8 does not recognize 8x agp...

[xSkyDrAx]

on my radeon 9600 pro 256, and it flickers at start up. This is totally bs.

 

[waylman]

you will see zero performance gain from 8X AGP

 

[xSkyDrAx]

dropped my 3dmark scores too and there seems to be flickers where there were none.

 

[Megatomic]

Try this to fix the AGP8X problem:

1. Uninstall the Catalyst Control Panel. Don't reboot.
2. Uninstall the Catalyst Drivers.
3. Reboot into safe mode.
4. Use Driver Cleaner and clean all ATI stuff from your system.
5. Reboot into windows.
6. Cancel out any attempts by Windows to install drivers automatically.
7. Run the install program again. Don't reboot.
8. Go into Services and put ATI Hotkey Poller and ATI SMART services into manual mode.
9. Reboot.
10. After windows has completely loaded, go back into services and place ATI SMART service into Automatic and start it.
11. After the ATI SMART service has done it's thing, reboot.
12. Check the SMARTGART tab in the Display Control Panel. You should have AGP8X and Fast Writes on now.

Try this to fix the flickering:

1. Check the Displays tab in the Display Control Panel. Click on the Monitor tab.
2. On the Attributes tab, uncheck the Use DDC Information checkbox.
3. Then manually set the highest resolution and refresh rate that you want your monitor to be run at.
4. Click on the Advanced tab. Enable Horizontal, Vertical, and Composite synchronizaton. Apply settings.
5. Your flickering may now have gone away. You might have to adjust your monitor's horizontal and vertical sizes and positions now.

Both of these procedures have worked for me with my Radeon 9600 Pro. I hope they work for you as well. Good luck.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

8. Go into Services and put ATI Hotkey Poller and ATI SMART services into manual mode.

Where would that be?

 

[Megatomic]

Are you running WinXP or Win2K Pro? If so, click Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools

Services is one of the options in that Program Group. You'll then see ATI HotKey Poller and ATI SMART in the list of services that you can manipulate.

If you are running a Win9x OS this won't work.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Oh i see, thanks!

 

[Megatomic]

I hope those suggestions work for you.

*crosses fingers*

 

[kasplat]

For the record I've run into this same problem. Note This is a brand new box with an ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe and 9600 Pro Ultimate video card. The ATI 3.7 drivers were installed before updating to 3.8 and 8x worked with 3.7, but Fast Writes would never stick.

I haven't managed to go through all the uninstall/reinstall steps yet. Hopefully, this problem will be fixed with the 3.9 drivers. I'll probably just go back to 3.7 for now.

ka

 

[kasplat]

If the 3.9 drivers don't have this problem, please post a reply.

Thanks,

ka

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Nope, same deal. But 3.9's got my morrowind working! Finally and it looks awesome..compared to my old g4 mx420 pci har har har.