AGP 8X problems with FX5600

[Guest gunfighter]

GunfighterAny help appreciated. Just upgraded to P4 2Gig Shuttle AV49 Motherboard 500 DDR RAM with FS 5600 256 meg card. FS 2004 runs very well, with frame rates 25-30 regularly, most sliders maxed. There is NO QUESTION that the better the hardware, the better the program runs.The problem is this - when I query the computer as to AGP status,using the MSI (card maker) display properties, I cannot get the AGP little squares to check, they just grey out. Same happens if I use nVidia properties window. If I use Rivatuner to check, it tells me that AGP is not enabled. If I go into the BIOS, where (according to the manual)I should have a category to choose "AGP Transfer rate" ( 1x, 2x,8X etc) I do not have that category. I have AGP aperture size, etc., but no category for enabling agp or transfer rate. I see that AGP fastwrites and everything else pertaining to AGP is disabled. There is a window in Rivatuner that tells me that AGP is "determined by driver-- PCI" -- I have latest nVidia 45.33 drivers. I'm barely literate about any of this -- the program seems to work fine, I just want to know that in fact AGP 8X is operative. Could the card be in the wrong slot?? Is it in a PCI slot when it should be in an AGP slot? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Greg.

[wsieffert 0]

It sounds like you haven't installed the MOBO Controller Chip drivers, i.e., Intel, VIA, SiS, AMD, ALi. Open Device Manager, open System Devices, and look for:Intel CPU to AGP ControllerVIA CPU to AGP Controlleretc.If you don't see any, then you probably need to find the drivers either on a CD supplied by the MOBO vendor or from the Controller chip vendor. You should have some information for the MOBO that tells you the MOBO Controller chip vendor.Also visit - http://www.rojakpot.com/ for BIOS settings.W. Sieffert