Have you checked in the BIOS to make sure it's set for 4X?  With some Via chipsets on some mobos, a third party card with 4X capabilities will not be activated without some registry tweak.  Hopefully, that registry tweak stuff predates your mobo.

>System specs:
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>L7VMM mobo-VIA chipset, 512DDR, Win XP Pro, Athlon 1600 (1.4Gh), 60 & 40 HD's, DVD, CD burner.  Tried PNY Verto GF3 Ti 200 & currently running the ATI All-In-Wonder 8500 128mb board.
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>Looking in advanced display settings, the ATI "Smartgart" window shows the AGP settings from "Off to 4X".  Current AGP is set to 2X, fast write-off.  I tried moving the slider to 4X but it won't "take"- back to 2X upon reboot.
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>I've been around the block quite a few times with respect to drivers.  ATI's newest & greatest as well as VIA's Hyperion set (4.45).
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>One user tip I got was to load the ATI drivers except to use the VIA GART at the end- I wonder if someone here could tell me how to do that?  I wrote back to the other fellow but no answer.  I have both ATI's & VIA's driver sets downloaded & on my hard drive.  I even unzipped the VIA set so that I could have a look at each component separately.  Not sure how to launch only the GART- which is it?
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>This is a way-too-common problem from what I'm reading with VIA's chipsets.  Is there anyone here who can help?


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