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AGP Bus Overclocking
- Thread starter Steelpuma
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LOL, ive been wondering this aswell, my geforce 2 mx400 can run agp 4x, but it is running 2x at about 77mhz, would this count as agp 3x? 
I dont really know... is there no way to set the AGP mhz to "fixed" ?
I dont really know... is there no way to set the AGP mhz to "fixed" ?
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In my bios i can set the agp to 66mhz.
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It's not that smart to run your AGP/PCI busses out of spec. Most hard drives will corrupt data when not on a 33mhz PCI bus, and most AGP cards start showing artifacting, etc. at higher PCI frequencies. Besides, you don't get ANY boost from higher AGP bus speeds.
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OperativeSix said:
Yep, i would run the pci bus no higher than 36mhz. i would start to get problems at 38mhz with my via mobo.
Its also true that overclocking the agp slot has no benefit.
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If it yields no benifit, then why is it included on boards, I mean the option of "overclocking" it? if it really does do nothing!
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MetalStorm said:
I think its just because most mobos cant lock the pci bus,not because its more of an option.
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asw7576 said:
If u could oc the agp bus independently of the fsb there would be no gain except maybe fryin ur video card.
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To answer the original question...no thats not like AGP 10x, lol
All AGP runs at 66Mhz (default), and overclocking the AGP bus does nothing in real applications (synthetic benchmarking is different, and pointless imo). The video card itself can still only take in that information at 66Mhz because thats what the card was designed for. The enthusiest market has been calling for AGP locks for a long time, and now that we have it I see more and more people trying to overclock their AGP, lol
Leave it at 66Mhz if you have the option to
All AGP runs at 66Mhz (default), and overclocking the AGP bus does nothing in real applications (synthetic benchmarking is different, and pointless imo). The video card itself can still only take in that information at 66Mhz because thats what the card was designed for. The enthusiest market has been calling for AGP locks for a long time, and now that we have it I see more and more people trying to overclock their AGP, lol
Leave it at 66Mhz if you have the option to
