How to setup a stable ALI-V / Nvidia - System

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DonPedro
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How to setup a stable ALI-V / Nvidia - System

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Hi!

For those who have stability problems when using a Nvidia/Geforce on an ALI-V chipset motherboard here are the registry settings to make you happy once and for all:

http://www.planet3dnow.de/artikel/diver ... ndex.shtml

The webpage is in german language and is rather old now, but there is no need to understand the text of the article. Just concentrate on the registry values.

Good luck!

My system (P5A, Rev. 1.03, bios 1011.005) has no problem running a gf2-mx, gf3-ti200, gf4-4200. I even changed the value of "GATMode" to 1 and got 2 to 3 extra fps hassle-free!

Setting AGP-Turbo Mode to Enabled in the bios (I guess that translates into AGP 2x) is NOT USEFUL, does not make your machine faster! The bottleneck of a K6-x-system ist the cpu and the memory, not the AGP-bus speed! So leave it at 1x and you are on the safe side!

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RE: How to setup a stable ALI-V / Nvidia - System

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That is interesting. I have always had Superpuppy 2, (and Superpuppy 3, when it was on an ASUS P5A-B Rev 104), set at AGP x 2. Wonder if that has caused me any problems? Another thing is that I thought that the "Turbo" setting was something separate from 2 x AGP. --- 2 x AGP, I can use, no problem, as far as I know; but "Turbo" is nothing but trouble, which I have never tried to solve, I just do without it.
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"turbo" mode equals agp 2x?

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jim, what makes you think that setting "turbo" on/off in bios is not related to changing the agp speed (2x/1x)?
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RE: "turbo" mode equals agp 2x?

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Well I would have to check to be sure; but in one of my bios's I think they are two separate settings. 2x AGP I can do; but "Turbo Mode" = crash, trouble, crash.
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You'd have to check and see what chipset register changes when you activate "Turbo"...
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