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GeForce Faq : Hardware Questions : What are the recommended BIOS settings for a Geforce card?

Question:	What are the recommended BIOS settings for a GeForce card?
Answer:	Note that the settings in italics may have to be changed in order to maintain stability on some systems. The changes that may have to be made to them are detailed in the instability section, and in particular the 'My GeForce keeps on locking up or drops me back to the desktop during 3D applications. How can I fix it?' question. The settings described here should provide maximum performance and stability: UC or USWC - USWC. See 'I have a Video Memory option in my BIOS that I can set to UC or USWC. What should it be set to?' question. Fast Writes - Enabled. AGP Mode - 2x or 4x, depending on whether your motherboard supports AGP4X or not. AGP Driving Control - Auto. AGP Master 1 WS Write - Enabled. AGP Master 1 WS Read - Enabled. AGP Aperture - see 'What should my AGP Aperture size be set to?' question. Also, you may wish to read the 'How can I change my AGP Aperture size?' question. Assign IRQ to VGA - Enabled. Video BIOS Shadow - Disabled. Video BIOS Cacheable - Disabled. Video RAM Cacheable - Disabled. C8000 - xxxxx Shadow - Disabled. Peer Concurrency - Enabled. Concurrent PCI Host - Enabled. PCI Streaming - Enabled. VGA Palette Snoop - Disabled. You can also try these settings if you are having problems: Memory hole between 15-16MB - Enabled. For other BIOS settings, see the excellent BIOS Optimization Guide at Adrian's Rojak Pot here: http://www.rojakpot.com/Speed_Demonz/BIOS_Guide/BIOS_Guide_Index.htm
last updated 16.09.2002