Fast write??? Enabled

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Andrew Poyser

I ve radeon 9700pro on a MSI KT3 ultra and was wondering why i car nt enable
the fast write? does the radeon 9700pro not support this function or is my
mother board that doesnt?

TIA
 
you need to switch it on in the BIOS first and then in the driver, but I
wouldn't bother, it only leads to instability and graphics artefacts. Well
it does with my KT3 Ultra2 and 9600Pro.
 
Hi, it's working fine on my system (radeon 9700 pro with Asus A7N8X Deluxe),
but I dont know what it would change if not activated ?
 
Hi, it's working fine on my system (radeon 9700 pro with Asus A7N8X Deluxe),
but I dont know what it would change if not activated ?
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It works fine here too, it depends on the mb's chipset as to wether it
is stable or not. I think most people with issues with fastwrites are
using VIA crap. Mine is Intel 845E.
 
Replicant said:
It works fine here too, it depends on the mb's chipset as to wether it
is stable or not. I think most people with issues with fastwrites are
using VIA crap. Mine is Intel 845E.
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Using VIA 'crap' here with fastwrites. Stable as a rock - always has been.

Asus A7V8X
XP2100 (Palamino)
Sapphire 9600 Pro
512 2700Ram
XP Pro
 
Using VIA 'crap' here with fastwrites. Stable as a rock - always has been.
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Well, everyone I've ever seen that has to turn off fastwrites to get
stability has been using VIA 'crap'.
 
Try this statement: "Everyone that I've ever known to use VIA 'crap' has had
to disable fastwrites, to obtain stability". Now, that, would mean
something. However, your statement means nothing, as it is. Just because
everyone you've seen that has had to disable fastwrites was using a VIA
chipset does not make it so that the VIA chipset is to blame. Faulty
reasoning.

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Replicant stood up at show-n-tell, in
(e-mail address removed), and said:
 
Try this statement: "Everyone that I've ever known to use VIA 'crap' has had
to disable fastwrites, to obtain stability". Now, that, would mean
something. However, your statement means nothing, as it is. Just because
everyone you've seen that has had to disable fastwrites was using a VIA
chipset does not make it so that the VIA chipset is to blame. Faulty
reasoning.
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Show me another mb that causes a problem with fastwrites that isn't
VIA then. We can approach this from any angle you like.
 
Sorry. I don't have a gripe, against VIA. You'll have to go on that
witch-hunt, by yourself.

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Replicant stood up at show-n-tell, in
(e-mail address removed), and said:
 
Replicant said:
been.

Well, everyone I've ever seen that has to turn off fastwrites to get
stability has been using VIA 'crap'.
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Add me to the list of those who had no problem enabling fast writes on a VIA
chipset -- Abit KT7A (VIA KT133A)

ATI turns fast-writes off by default on VIA chipsets. Once I figured out how
to enable it manually it worked fine, as long as the AGP was running at its
default 66 mhz.

On that board, overclocking the fsb also bumped the AGP. I could get a lot
more speed by raising the fsb than by running with fast writes enabled, so I
turned it off.

I've read a number of posts in this newsgroup and elsewhere by people who
could turn fast writes on with VIA chipsets and/or had to turn them off on
Intel and SiS.

I'm running on an Intel chipset now, and I can enable fast writes (the AGP
speed is locked.) Doesn't do squat for performance that I can see, but I
keep them on.

Platform prejudices aside, it's a system-by-system, hardware/software config
issue. Stereotypical blanket statements like yours are always wrong, because
there are always exceptions.
 
Hey Skid.
What CPU are you running in that MB?
And What BIOS?
TIA.


:
: : > On , "Shawk" <shaunha@lineone.net.3-guesses> scribbled:
: >
: >
: > >Using VIA 'crap' here with fastwrites. Stable as a rock - always has
: been.
: >
: > Well, everyone I've ever seen that has to turn off fastwrites to get
: > stability has been using VIA 'crap'.
:
: Add me to the list of those who had no problem enabling fast writes on a
VIA
: chipset -- Abit KT7A (VIA KT133A)
:
: ATI turns fast-writes off by default on VIA chipsets. Once I figured out
how
: to enable it manually it worked fine, as long as the AGP was running at
its
: default 66 mhz.
:
: On that board, overclocking the fsb also bumped the AGP. I could get a lot
: more speed by raising the fsb than by running with fast writes enabled, so
I
: turned it off.
:
: I've read a number of posts in this newsgroup and elsewhere by people who
: could turn fast writes on with VIA chipsets and/or had to turn them off on
: Intel and SiS.
:
: I'm running on an Intel chipset now, and I can enable fast writes (the AGP
: speed is locked.) Doesn't do squat for performance that I can see, but I
: keep them on.
:
: Platform prejudices aside, it's a system-by-system, hardware/software
config
: issue. Stereotypical blanket statements like yours are always wrong,
because
: there are always exceptions.
:
:
:
 
Just sold it, actually. Was running a Tbred A 1700+ @ 12.5x140=1750mhz,
benched a little better than a stock 2100+. Bios was the latest for my Rev.
1.0 KT7A-R, forget the number, but it was modded to include the Highpoint
2.34 bios for the RAID controller.

Nice system, but I was ready for an upgrade.

Now have:

Abit IC7
P4C 2.4G @ 275x12=3.3ghz
4x256-meg Buffalo Tech PC3700 @ 5:4, 220 mhz, 2,3,2,6.

Kept the drives and my trusty Sapphire 9500 np, modded to 9700 Pro. Sweet
system for not a ton of cash.
 
Replicant said:
Ding! ding! ding! Case closed.
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Dung! Dung! Dung! Mind closed.

Read the rest of the post. It worked when I set it manually. Your prejudices
are getting in the way of common sense.
 
Skid said:
Add me to the list of those who had no problem enabling fast writes
on a VIA chipset -- Abit KT7A (VIA KT133A)

ATI turns fast-writes off by default on VIA chipsets. Once I figured
out how to enable it manually it worked fine, as long as the AGP was
running at its default 66 mhz.

On that board, overclocking the fsb also bumped the AGP. I could get
a lot more speed by raising the fsb than by running with fast writes
enabled, so I turned it off.

I've read a number of posts in this newsgroup and elsewhere by people
who could turn fast writes on with VIA chipsets and/or had to turn
them off on Intel and SiS.

I'm running on an Intel chipset now, and I can enable fast writes
(the AGP speed is locked.) Doesn't do squat for performance that I
can see, but I keep them on.

Platform prejudices aside, it's a system-by-system, hardware/software
config issue. Stereotypical blanket statements like yours are always
wrong, because there are always exceptions.
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Abit KR7A-RAID, KT266A, fastwrite enabled - works ok

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