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AGP Aperture Size option not in Bios!

I have just bought an HP Media Center computer (m1160n), and upgraded the graphics card to a 256Mb Geforce. 3D Mark 2003 reports that my AGP aperture size is just 4Mb, and this may explain the fact that I get some stuttering in some applications/games. However, in the advanced bios there is no setting to change the AGP aperture size. The system contains an Asus motherboard (a new type called "Salmon", which is apparently made specifically for Media Centers), running the Award Bios. The bios version is dated 26th September 2004, and there are no updates available on the Asus site. Is there any way I can change the aperture size - it is surely a bottleneck in my system at the moment. It seems strange that there is no option in the bios to change it!

Thanks for any help you can give.

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Chris B

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Eezageeza

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Damn, what a B*****d! This motherboard is so new that I doubt there is a Uber bios for it. In any case, not sure how to find the exact chipset out - do I need to look at the board itself? Perhaps I should also contact HP again, and direct them to that thread, and see what they say....

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Eezageeza

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Thanks for your help - that's great. I thought I was getting a good deal on a powerful system, but these "hidden" facts will make me think twice in future..

Thank you much. : )

Here's hoping HP will put out a BIOS update to fix this, soon.