100mhz AGP speed

[FrankMasterFlash]

Is it bad if I run my 16meg G200 @ 100mhz AGP speed but at 1x? I can run it at 2x but that puts it @ 200mhz and 67 mhz over spec and I don't want to kill it. If its at 1x it puts it at 100mhz and closer to 133mhz(2x66) spec. Will I hurt If I am running it at 100 mhz agp but an 1x? Will I see a big difference between 2x and 1x because when I run Wintune i see no difference between 1 and 2x. Sometimes I see 1x better than 2x but normally it's the same. (If I have this whole 2x/1x AGP multiplier wrong just tell me.)
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[Paul -The Mad Hatter]

FrankMasterFlash (Jun 23, 2001 12:33 a.m.):
Is it bad if I run my 16meg G200 @ 100mhz AGP speed but at 1x? I can run it at 2x but that puts it @ 200mhz and 67 mhz over spec and I don't want to kill it. If its at 1x it puts it at 100mhz and closer to 133mhz(2x66) spec. Will I hurt If I am running it at 100 mhz agp but an 1x? Will I see a big difference between 2x and 1x because when I run Wintune i see no difference between 1 and 2x. Sometimes I see 1x better than 2x but normally it's the same. (If I have this whole 2x/1x AGP multiplier wrong just tell me.)
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I'm not aware of any mobo's that run agp @ 100mhz. the 1x and 2x are tranfers per cycle as i remember, so 1x is one transfer a cycle and 2x is two. the default speed of the agp bus is 66mhz.
hope this helps you out.

[Carmine_Paterno]

The 440bx motherboards allow the AGP bus to be manually set, as the PCI bus divider. For the AGP you have a choice of 1/1, and 2/3. On the Pci you have 3 choices of 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4. Most video cards will run fine @ 90-95mhz 1/1. But once you go over 95, 2/3 will have to be set. For the PCI bus divider, when you are @ 66-78mhz, 1/2 is good. 1/3 when you are @ 79-118. 1/4 when you are @ 119+. I usually like to keep the PCI bus within 39mhz so that i don't get hard drive corruption.

You want to keep your AGP 2x always. I guess your video card can handle 100mhz in which case 1/1 divider should be just fine. Run a couple of video tests to verify stablility and you are good. Hope i helped.

[FrankMasterFlash]

Ya, thanks for your input. I am running it at 150mhz FSB at 2/3 which puts my AGP at 100mhz way above the 66mhz spec. I will run some tests to check stability. Will it hurt the card runnong it at this speed?

[Carmine_Paterno]

Running it at a speed of 100mhz, is just like overclocking it. i don't think it will hurt it. If it is stable, and no artifacts, it should work just fine, and not die.

[FrankMasterFlash]

Thanks for the replys, I am trying to get it to get it stable at 150mhz bus. I'll get it eventually.