Fast Writes on or off?

[Robert]

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I have read conflicting reports on whether to have it on or off. what do you
guys think?

 

[Guest]

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OFF as it offers more instability than performance in most cases.

Robert wrote:
> I have read conflicting reports on whether to have it on or off. what
> do you guys think?

 

[Guest]

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On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:36:55 -0700, "Robert" <rcehome@comcast.net>
wrote:

>I have read conflicting reports on whether to have it on or off. what do you
>guys think?

Some MOBO's can run with ' fastwrites ', many can not and introduce
instability.

Radeon cards do support fastwrites but there is no ' speed gain ', so
no, pointless risk, turn em off.

And while your at it always disable DDC in the monitor tab of the CPl
in WinXP / 2000 to be able to use ALL the refresh rates and avoid the
60Hz RR bug.

BoroLad

 

[Pluvious]

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On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 01:17:56 -0400, "neopolaris" <.> wrote:

>OFF as it offers more instability than performance in most cases.
>
>Robert wrote:
>> I have read conflicting reports on whether to have it on or off. what
>> do you guys think?
>

I agree with OFF as well. I had just did a format and fresh install
last month and when I put in the Omega 4.4's I selected ON. Big
mistake.. I spent the last 2 weeks trying to trouble shoot why I keep
crashing to desktop at odd times.. just installed 4.5's yesterday and
selected OFF. No crashes or lockups yet. >fingers crossed<

Pluvious

 

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"Robert" <rcehome@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> I have read conflicting reports on whether to have it on or off. what do
you
> guys think?
>


I have two computers with Radeon cards. One machine is a PIII-933 with a
128MB Radeon 9200SE and Intel 815 chipset motherboard. The other computer
is a P4 Northwood C 2.8GHz with a 128MB 9800 Pro and Intel 865 series
chipset motherboard. On the PIII system, I get AGP 4x and fast writes off
by default. The P4 defaults to AGP 8x and fast writes on. Neither
computer gives me any trouble. Hell, even Command & Conquer Generals is
quite playable on the PIII in 800x600 resolution, which I think is a
considerable feat. I don't think fast writes is something to worry about
unless you're having trouble. As others have mentioned though, turn it
off if you think you are having problems related to the video card.