Enable Fastwrites?

I'm running WinXP Pro with a Geforce 3 Ti500 using the 23. 11 Nvidia drivers. Anyone know how to enable Fastwrites? I have it enabled in the BIOS, but when I run 3dMark2001 SE, the report says that it's supported, but disabled.

Windows Hardware 9627 This topic was started by pikapan, 2002-03-08 18:44

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pikapan

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#77799

2002-03-08 19:44

I'm running WinXP Pro with a Geforce 3 Ti500 using the 23.11 Nvidia drivers. Anyone know how to enable Fastwrites? I have it enabled in the BIOS, but when I run 3dMark2001 SE, the report says that it's supported, but disabled.

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ThC 129

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#77800

2002-03-08 23:29

try something like nvmax or geforce tweak utility.

pmistry

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#77801

2002-03-09 06:01

Fast Writes are automatically disabled in driver releases past 2x.xx

Like ThC said use NVMax or GeForce Tweak to enable them. I like RivaTuner.

pikapan

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#77802

2002-03-09 06:34

Thanks for the replies. Geforce Tweak Utility did the trick. My 3dMark score stayed exactly the same though.

Wolf87

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#77803

2002-03-09 23:46

Fastwrites are usually disabled also in the Videocard Bios to conform to Nvidia & Microsoft standards.

tylau

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#77804

2002-03-12 16:19

BUZZ of marketing are always flooding around, just like something called SBA

pikapan

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#77805

2002-03-12 18:28

Looks like when I used the Geforce Tweak Utility to enable fastwrites, my overclocking settings were reset back to default. Switched them back to the overclocked settings I originally had and it turns out fastwrite boosted my 3DMark2001 score from 8580 to 8660. So I guess it does help a little.

pmistry

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#77806

2002-03-13 00:08

Strangely enough I find that Fast Writes helped my GF2MX a bit under 9x but under 2k/XP it didn't. I have no idea why.