Enable Fastwrites?

[pikapan 0]

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.

[ThC 129 0]

try something like nvmax or geforce tweak utility.

[pmistry 0]

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 0]

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

[Wolf87 0]

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

[tylau 0]

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[pikapan 0]

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 0]

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.