Need help enabling AGP 4x!

[BNut]

Hardware/OS
- Mobo: Asus CUSL2-C Bios Revision 1009
- Video: Asus V7700 Deluxe (GeForce 2 GTS 32meg)
- OS: Windows 98SE

Relevant Information
1) I have AGP 4x enabled in the Bios.
2) I downloaded the latest INF i815 chipset drivers today (12/16)
3) I'm using PowerStrip Adapter Information to confirm my current AGP mode.
4) The ASUS Adapter Information screen confirms that I am running in AGP 2x mode.

Problem
No matter what I do, I can not get AGP 4x mode enabled on my computer!

Proof
Picture of Asus Info Screen

I have check the FAQ and done a search on AGP 4x that only returned two threads. Any help or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Brian =B-)

 

[BNut]

Anyone?

Additional Screen shot from PowerStrip Util

 

[Bovinicus]

I'm not sure what the problem is, but it shouldn't be hurting your performance any. I wouldn't really worry about it. Especially not with a GF2.

 

[Shazzum]

I had a very similar problem with the exact card on an ABIT board. I had everything enabled in BIOS and no matter what I did it would constantly tell me I was running at 2x in Sisoft Sandra 2001. I have the KT7-A and no matter how many times I updated my 4-1 drivers it would repeatly tell me that I had AGP 2x mode enabled. What I did...and I'm not sure if this is an option for you... is that I finally got fed up with win98se (for other reasons) and installed win2k. Doing so of course required me to re-install all of my detonator and 4-1 drivers. Once I did this I checked sisoft and I was again running at 4x mode.

The weird thing is that while I was in a stumped confusion about the 2x thing I kept running 3dmark2001 over and over while it said it was in 2x mode with relatively no performance difference from when my board was 4x mode...very strange. Sorry I have no direct answer...but that is what worked for me.

 

[oldfart]

Maybe try NvMax to force AGP 4X.

 

[BNut]

Ok, here's what makes this even more confusing.

My friend has the EXACT same motherboard (except I'm running a newer BIOS revision), has the same type of video card (different brand) but is running Windows XP Pro and PowerStrip says his motherboard supports 4x.

I realize there is probably not THAT much of a performance difference, but its the principle of the matter at this point. I KNOW my Video card supports AGP 4x (PowerStrip even confirms that), I KNOW my motherboard supports AGP 4x (both Intel and ASUS websites confirm this) so is this something funky with Win98se?

I'll take a look at that NvMax program, but I'm afraid if my motherboard is telling Windows "I can't do 4x" regardless of what I tell Windows in the registry, it just won't do it. Its worth a try though. At this point I'm willing to try _almost_ anything.