GeForce 3 - FW - SBA

[[-=US=-]Joker]

Hi all!
This is my problem, and I hope someone can help me with this.
I installed NVidia 3123 drivers on various distros (Suse 8.0, RedHat 8.0, Mandrake 9.0), but when I access /proc/drivers/nvidia/agp files, I always read (for the graphic card) FastWrite = Not Supported and SBA = Not Supported.
The host bridge support both in Linux, and, as I`m using WineX to run CounterStrike under Linux, I`d like to activate these 2 features, to improve performance (to have the same configuration I use in Windows).
I cannot understand why it says they are not supported; I tried to activate them anyway with Options NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1 and NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1, but this prevents me from starting X.
Any idea?

Config:
Asus A7V333 mobo
512 MB DDR ram
Athlon XP 1600+
Elsa Gladiac 920 - GeForce 3 64 Mb DDR
Actual Linux distro: Mandrake 9.0
NVidia drivers version: 3123

[DarkLLord]

If you want them enabled (I don't know whether just using these switched works) you would have to edit the os-registry.c file from the kernel packages

I did it that way and it works

[bwkaz]

The /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/card file is reporting what your video card's hardware is reporting as far as SBA and FW goes. If that file says they aren't supported, then your card does not support them -- or at least, that's what it's telling the nVidia kernel driver.

If /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status is saying those two are disabled, then editing os-registry.c (or passing the options yourself) will help. But if the card doesn't support the features, then you won't be able to enable them, regardless of what you try. Sorry. :(