AGP 8x problem

[Customgamer1]

I have a 9800 pro 128mb video card and a mother board that can support AGP 8x but I only see 4x and no 8x? I don't know what to do. My motherboard is a gigabyte GA-8PE800 and it worked before but I installed XP again and now it is gone? Also I have the brand new ATI drivers as of 1-28-04. Please help.

[amd_man2005]

Did you install ya chipset drivers? Also go into your bios and make sure its enabled

[Customgamer1]

What is chipset drivers?? I am not sure what those are?

[amd_man2005]

What is chipset drivers?? I am not sure what those are?

The drivers that are on your motherboard CD

[Customgamer1]

they say they are installed

[amd_man2005]

they say they are installed

If you didnt use your CD after you installed Windows for them than thats ya problem

[Customgamer1]

I did do that but still nothing? in the options it says 4x or 8x but on the smartgear I only have the option of 4x or off.

[amd_man2005]

Change it to 8X in the bios

[SearanoX]

I'd go to your motherboard manufacturer's website and download the latest drivers (only AGP and BIOS should be required, but getting all of them couldn't hurt). You might also need to enable AGP 8x in your BIOS settings.

[Wiggo]

The GA-8PE800 is based on the i845PE chipset so it doesn't support 8x AGP only 4x which is why 8x isn't displayed as it can't use it.

[SearanoX]

Oops, didn't see the motherboard model in the original post...that would have saved some time.

You're really not missing much by having only 4x enabled. At the most, you'll see an increase of 1-2%.