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[Tech ARP] BIOS Option Of The Week - AGP Aperture Size

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Dear editor,

 

 

 

We have just posted the *BIOS Option Of The Week - AGP Aperture Size*.

 

 

 

Quote : Since 1999, we have been developing the BIOS Optimization Guide,

affectionately known as the BOG. From a meagre beginning of a single page,

it now covers over 440 BIOS options. As old BOG readers will know, we

started offering two editions of the BOG since Revision 8.0 - a simplified

edition and the complete edition.

 

Normally, the complete edition is only available to subscribers who help

sponsor the development of the guide through a small fee. However, that

changes today! From now on, we will post a BIOS option from the complete

edition of the BIOS Optimization Guide every weekend.

 

 

 

This week, we will be taking a look at the *AGP Aperture Size* BIOS

setting. Here's an excerpt :

 

 

 

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*This BIOS feature does two things. It selects the size of the AGP aperture

and it determines the size of the GART (Graphics Address Relocation Table).

The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range that is dedicated

for use as AGP memory address space while the GART is a translation table

that translates AGP memory addresses into actual memory addresses which are

often fragmented. The GART allows the graphics card to ... *"

 

 

 

Link : *http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=606*

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We hope you will post this news on your website. Please feel free to send

your news to news ( -at -) techarp.com and we will reciprocate.

 

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

*Team ARP*

 

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