"AGP fast write" & GF4Ti4200 128mb

[CamisaAmarela]

My MoBo, a Soyo Dragon+, has in the AGP BIOS settings an option named
"AGP FAST WRITE" which is disabled (by default). The manual "explains":
"VIA Chipset will use fast write to AGP if this item is enabled.Not all AGP cards support fast write". What the hell is that?!?

My Gainward's manual don't mention this feature. Before I try by my own
risk, anyone could tell me if my GF4Ti4200 has this feature ?
Does it make any difference if enabled?

Thanks in advance...

 

[Sleater]

Originally posted by: CamisaAmarela
My MoBo, a Soyo Dragon+, has in the AGP BIOS settings an option named
"AGP FAST WRITE" which is disabled (by default). The manual "explains":
"VIA Chipset will use fast write to AGP if this item is enabled.Not all AGP cards support fast write". What the hell is that?!?

My Gainward's manual don't mention this feature. Before I try by my own
risk, anyone could tell me if my GF4Ti4200 has this feature ?

Well, my old Geforce2 GTS supported AGP fast-writes so when I got my new Gainward Ti4200 this week I assumed it did too. And I guess I was right since it works fine with fast-writes turned on.

Does it make any difference if enabled?

Nope. Not in my experience. I ran a test with my GTS with fast-writes enabled and then disabled. My 3dmark score was the same within 10 points.