Radeon 9500 Pro Fastwrites???... Pros? Cons?

[MarkOpolis]

Hello everyone,


I have hard times trying to get my system stable. I increased DDR voltage by
+0.1V, thus getting a little more stability, but I stil experience random
freezes, crashes, and reboots.

Sometimes the system hangs, windows repair a faulty device, and set display
to 640*480 4bit color. It might be Radeon's fault!

Should I enable or disable fastwrites? What are the pros? the cons? Will it
prevent me from playing OpenGL games, or else? Will it decrease performance?

Thanx in advance for your help...


M.


My system is as follows:

Gigabyte GA-8IK100 (i875P) - F6 BIOS default fail-safe settings
Intel Pentium 2.4C (2.4GHz FSB800 Hyper-Threading enabled) - runs at 40-45°C
with Intel box cooler & Artic Silver III thermal paste
2*256Mo PC3200 A-Data (WinBond chips) DDR Cas 2.5 - runs at dual channel
(default settings)
ATI Radeon 9500Pro 128Mo AGP8x - fastwrites enabled (aperture size = 128)
IBM 120Go HD 7200 8Mo cache (180GXP series) - IDE 0
Creative Soundblaster SBLive 5.1 - PCI slot
Antec SLK2600AMB enclosure - 300W SmartPower ATX12V
LiteOn LTR52246S CDRW - IDE 1
Ricoh MP 9060A Combo DVD-CDRW - IDE 0
MS Internet Keyboard - PS2 port
Logitech Wheelmouse optical - USB port
Thomson-Alcatel Speedtouch 330 ADSL modem - USB port
HP 930C inkjet printer - USB port
Microsoft Sidewinder ForceFeedback II

Windows XP SP1 - with every other available updates installed
ATI Catalyst 3.5 driver ogl hotfix
Norton Internet Security Pro 2003
MS Office XP

 

[Mike Gorman]

How about just give it a go and see.
Then you tell us.

I can tell you that nothing is going to break if you try it.

 

[BoroLad]

Hello everyone,

I have hard times trying to get my system stable. I increased DDR voltage by
+0.1V, thus getting a little more stability, but I stil experience random
freezes, crashes, and reboots.

Sometimes the system hangs, windows repair a faulty device, and set display
to 640*480 4bit color. It might be Radeon's fault!

Should I enable or disable fastwrites? What are the pros? the cons? Will it
prevent me from playing OpenGL games, or else? Will it decrease performance?

Enable - Assign IRQ for VGA
Enable - AGP master 1 WS write
Enable - AGP master 1 WS read
Enable - SDRAM Bank Interleave at 4/Way

Disable - Fast writes
Disable - System BIOS cacheable
Disable - Do not install the ATi 'Control Panel'

For the OpenGL part of your question ................

GoTo: http://www.omegacorner.com/

-click on ATi Radeon
-click on My ATi Radeon Help Page
-read "PROBLEMS WITH XP REFRESH RATES "

Cause=Microsoft
Cure=omegacorner.com/ati.htm
Tip=do NOT install control Panel

-cut-'n-paste-"quote"

"3- In Windows 2k/XP, ALWAYS disable DDC in the ATI "Displays/Monitor"
CP after installing drivers to be able to use ALL the refresh rates and
resolutions"


Hope this helps!

Thanx in advance for your help...

My system is as follows:

Gigabyte GA-8IK100 (i875P) - F6 BIOS default fail-safe settings
Intel Pentium 2.4C (2.4GHz FSB800 Hyper-Threading enabled) - runs at 40-45°C
with Intel box cooler & Artic Silver III thermal paste
2*256Mo PC3200 A-Data (WinBond chips) DDR Cas 2.5 - runs at dual channel
(default settings)
ATI Radeon 9500Pro 128Mo AGP8x - fastwrites enabled (aperture size = 128)
IBM 120Go HD 7200 8Mo cache (180GXP series) - IDE 0
Creative Soundblaster SBLive 5.1 - PCI slot
Antec SLK2600AMB enclosure - 300W SmartPower ATX12V
LiteOn LTR52246S CDRW - IDE 1
Ricoh MP 9060A Combo DVD-CDRW - IDE 0
MS Internet Keyboard - PS2 port
Logitech Wheelmouse optical - USB port
Thomson-Alcatel Speedtouch 330 ADSL modem - USB port
HP 930C inkjet printer - USB port
Microsoft Sidewinder ForceFeedback II

Windows XP SP1 - with every other available updates installed
ATI Catalyst 3.5 driver ogl hotfix
Norton Internet Security Pro 2003
MS Office XP

BoroLad

 

[PijusMagnus]

For the best stability to VGA Ati 9500 pro needs a power suply minimun of
300 to 350 W.
I have a PC with similar acracteristics. i has problems of
stability,hangs.... and I have changed the power suply to 380W.
Now,the stability of the system is perfect.