I was surprised to find that my 4x capable motherboard was only
running at 1x. I recently changed my system to use AGP 4x, and
noticed a big difference when running apps like streaming video and
such. Now there are a lot less skips and lag times.
Here's how to adjust it...
Add this to your /etc/X11/XF86Config:
For 4x AGP:
Option "AGPMode4x"
FOr 2x AGP:
Option "AGPMode2x"
It's needed in the 'Device' Section, so that it looks like this (this
is mine as an example)...
Section "Device"
Identifier "G450_1"
Driver "mga"
Option "AGPMode4x"
EndSection
Restart X and pipe the output:
startx &> X
and run this:
grep -i agp X
and you should see a couple of lines like this:
(**) MGA(0): Using AGP Mode 4x
(**) MGA(1): Using AGP Mode 4x
This tells ya that your running in 4x AGP mode. If you get (WW) or
something, try replacing 4x with 2x, or maybe your board can't do
different AGP speeds.
-Rob
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Rob <rob_at_euglug_dot_net>
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