Wow, good question Connie..

Subject: Wow, good question Connie..
Name: SickOfItAll
Date: 2/26/2002 1:09:58 PM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 208.1.79.30
In Reply to: I should know this but posted by Connie
Message:

Never realized how many conflicting answers are out there on the net. I always just assumed that since my Mobo didn't support over 64, and the Intel AGP Spec recommended setting was 64, you didn't need anything higher.

But it seems like there is some serious voodoo around what the optimal setting is, and the basic rule of thumb seems to be: change it and bench.

I did find these articles interesting (albeit somewhat contradictory) though, if you want to kill some time:

http://www.mrbios.com/biossecrets/volume1/esupport.htm

http://www.visiontek.com/support/graphics_faq_hw.html#hw:gef:agpapset

http://www.stuffsbenchmarks.com/3dmark/bios.htm