ok what is AGP aperture?I know what an aperture is but, in powerstrip it says under "AGP aperture", 64mb.does that mean when I get my 5700LE, that only a quarter of its 256mb will be used?

ok what is AGP aperture?I know what an aperture is but, in powerstrip it says under "AGP aperture", 64mb.does that mean when I get my 5700LE, that only a quarter of its 256mb will be used?

no, without getting too mych into it, iit determines how much memory will be used and how much memory will be left over if needed for processing extra textures and such, basically, the with 128-256mb car, you want to set it lower, to 64mb, i know that seems counter-intuitive, but just google it if you want to know the details

no, without getting too mych into it, iit determines how much memory will be used and how much memory will be left over if needed for processing extra textures and such, basically, the with 128-256mb car, you want to set it lower, to 64mb, i know that seems counter-intuitive, but just google it if you want to know the details

So most people have it at 64mb. ? :|

So most people have it at 64mb. ? :|

hey when u get that 5700LE, drop a line about it and give a little review, becuase im looking at one and its pretty damn cheap

hey when u get that 5700LE, drop a line about it and give a little review, becuase im looking at one and its pretty damn cheap

Mine is 128 and from what I have read...unless you have a hella card that is over kill. Also if you go more than that you may lose some performance. I would go with 64 most 128 most likely.

Mine is 128 and from what I have read...unless you have a hella card that is over kill. Also if you go more than that you may lose some performance. I would go with 64 most 128 most likely.

the 5700 le is a slightly slower, cheaper version of the normal 256mb verison of the 5700

the 5700 le is a slightly slower, cheaper version of the normal 256mb verison of the 5700

64 is what most people should run.If you ahve 128 on your card and 256 of system ram then 64.If you have 64 on board with the above. Then 64 ap.The larger settings were for the old cards that had low ram like 16mb and 32mb.

64 is what most people should run.If you ahve 128 on your card and 256 of system ram then 64.If you have 64 on board with the above. Then 64 ap.The larger settings were for the old cards that had low ram like 16mb and 32mb.

I don't want to sound as a truth of last instance, but to clear this issue for myself I just spent 4 hours on testing different apperture sizes. As a test I used AquaMark3 www.aquamark3.com with average settings (cos this test REALLY can push your video system to the edge). The results were very simple: at least for AquaMark and my system changing AGP apperture size has no impact whatsoever. Even more, changing such parameters as memory speed (normal-turbo-ultra, etc) and memory latency time did not change test results.

Test specs for those, who is interested:

System: P4 1,6, 1G RAM, RADEON 9800 PRO 128M

Aquamark settings: 1024x768x32, AA off, Aniso 4x, Detail: Very High.

Apperture sizes 32, 64, 128, 256, 512.

Test run 4 times for each size.

All scores I got were between 24,5 and 26,5 without any visible pattern.

I don't want to sound as a truth of last instance, but to clear this issue for myself I just spent 4 hours on testing different apperture sizes. As a test I used AquaMark3 www.aquamark3.com with average settings (cos this test REALLY can push your video system to the edge). The results were very simple: at least for AquaMark and my system changing AGP apperture size has no impact whatsoever. Even more, changing such parameters as memory speed (normal-turbo-ultra, etc) and memory latency time did not change test results.

Test specs for those, who is interested:

System: P4 1,6, 1G RAM, RADEON 9800 PRO 128M

Aquamark settings: 1024x768x32, AA off, Aniso 4x, Detail: Very High.

Apperture sizes 32, 64, 128, 256, 512.

Test run 4 times for each size.

All scores I got were between 24,5 and 26,5 without any visible pattern.

64 is what most people should run.

 

If you ahve 128 on your card and 256 of system ram then 64.

 

If you have 64 on board with the above. Then 64 ap.

 

The larger settings were for the old cards that had low ram like 16mb and 32mb.

I have 256mb. system memory and the video card has 256mb. as well.

 

This is where I get lost.....

64 is what most people should run.

 

If you ahve 128 on your card and 256 of system ram then 64.

 

If you have 64 on board with the above. Then 64 ap.

 

The larger settings were for the old cards that had low ram like 16mb and 32mb.

I have 256mb. system memory and the video card has 256mb. as well.

 

This is where I get lost.....

what does shared memory do exactly? does it use the video cards memory and my ram memory?

what does shared memory do exactly? does it use the video cards memory and my ram memory?

I don't know. Maybe it uses memory for more than one task.

I don't know. Maybe it uses memory for more than one task.

For computer mem:Start, config panel, maintenance, system and you can see under 'computer' what there is into your computer : µp and ram.For your graphics card:You make a right click on your screen, click onto parameters, click onto Advanced and click onto the 'graphics card' button to read what is your card and ram onboard...Egidio.

For computer mem:Start, config panel, maintenance, system and you can see under 'computer' what there is into your computer : µp and ram.For your graphics card:You make a right click on your screen, click onto parameters, click onto Advanced and click onto the 'graphics card' button to read what is your card and ram onboard...Egidio.