Have you checked your BIOS settings for AGP speed?

"Robin Gordon" <robin@gordon.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> 8x gpu, 8x chipset, 8x optimal but the OS (XP Pro SP2) is 2x. can i
> change this and how.
>
> TIA
>
> Robin
>