Hi, I have a new Raedeon 9600XT 256ram and AGP X8, but my mother board only supports AGP X4, I realise the card will default back to 4 but of course I want it to go to 8, i have a appature (if thats how you spell it) to open up to 256 so the ram isnt too big to be used properly. Any way will a BIOS upgrade give me AGP 8? my BIOS specs are: BIOS Date: 06/27/03 BIOS Type: Phoenix-Award BIOS v6.00PG BIOS ID: 06/27/2003-P4X266E-8235-6A6LWJ19C OEM Sign-On: V.P4XFCU A04 06-27-2003 Chipset: VIA 82C3128 rev 1 Superio: Winbond 697HF rev 2 found at port 2Eh OS: WinXP SP2 CPU: Intel Pentium(R) 4 2400 Mhz BIOS ROM In Socket: Yes BIOS ROM Size: 256K And the motherboard is a Jetwat V.P4XFCU. Anythink you can help with would be great especially a link to download a new Bios if it will help me, Ive had a quick look around and cant seem to find it on the Jetway site and Award seems to want to sell upgrades rather than give them to. I thought this was a biy odd since everyone else gives you access to driver updates quite readily... but who am i to tell them how to distribute their product.. anyway any ideas apreciated. thanks gamers.... Oz "Bite off more than you can chew, And chew like hell!" Peter Brock. Yahoo Id. ozyoiy

Um.. No.. The AGP slot is hardwear sadly a bios change will not effect that. BUT You will not notice any difference between 4X and 8X ( Or thats what I have read. ) As long as the card supports 4 X you will b e good. Processor P4@ 2.6 Ghz, FSB@535Mhz RAM 512MB's PC2700/32001 256 stick of each. Hard Disk Drives 1 40 GB HD 1 10 GB HD CD/DVD Drives CDRW52X

Hi, thanks for that, I thought that might be the case, Although I did find a upgrade on the Jetway site after all,it is to suport the new DDR ram, so I upgraded anyway, Ive been trying to hold off getting a new Mother Board because I know as soon as i get a better board i will buy a faster processer... then faster ram... then a faster and bigger hard drive ....and ...and.. well you can see where im going... As mutch as i want to build a new gaming machine... I dont want to stretch the budged. It never ends does it...LOL Thanks. Oz "Bite off more than you can chew, And chew like hell!" Peter Brock. Yahoo Id. ozyoiy

For the most part, a 256MB card is a waste of money. Most get beat by the 128MB version of the same card. The main reason is the RAM used in the 256MB cards is usually of a higher latency, therefore slower BTW, try the aperture size at 128MB, not 256MB Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz 768MB PC3200 Asus A9550 128MB/128-bit Gamer Edition WinME/WinXP Pro

There is NO WAY u could upgrade ur mobo speed form 4X to 8X.The best option is to get a new mobo with 8X speed.Nowaday u can choose a vriaty of mobo with lower price. advancepc

The difference between 4X & 8X is minimal...don't waste your money on a new board. Make sure you've installed the motherboard chipset drivers Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 9.5 x 185MHz 768MB PC2700 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

I have some problems with the AGP slot i think : -Motherboard Name Shuttle AK32A -Award BIOS Type Phoenix-Award BIOS v6.00PG -CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1666 MHz (12.5 x 133) 2000+ -DIMM2: GeIL CL25-3-3DDR 400 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-3-6 @ 200 MHz) (2.0-3-3-5 @ 166 MHz) -Video adapter:ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350) And after I play some games with not much sistem requirments it's blocks suddently and only what i can do is reboot , sometimes whet i open to much windows on my desktop it's blocks suddently , when 2 or 3 sounds are playng at the same time for example in Counter Strike : weapon shot , radio : Roger that! and headshot from server it's blocks or sometimes ony i listen to winamp some music ... and suddently it blocks what it's wrong ? btw my video card and DDram are new i both them last month ... maybe the mainboard ... the AGP slot in it please help [img]http://www.danasoft.com/vipersig.jpg[/img]