Tech ARP - AGP 8X Mode

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AGP 8X Mode

Common Options : Enabled, Disabled

Quick Review

This BIOS feature is a toggle for the motherboard's AGP 8X support.

When enabled, it allows the AGP bus to make use of the AGP 8X transfer protocol to boost the AGP bus bandwidth. If it's disabled, then the AGP bus is only allowed to use the AGP 4X transfer protocol.

The AGP 8X protocol must be supported by both the motherboard and graphics card for this feature to work. Of course, this feature will only appear in your BIOS if your motherboard supports the AGP 8X transfer protocol!

So, all you need to do is make sure your graphics card supports AGP 8X transfers. If it does, enable AGP 8X Mode to take advantage of the faster transfer mode. You must disable it if your graphics card doesn't support AGP 8X transfers. The BIOS will then report that the maximum supported transfer mode is AGP 4X.

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