Syntrillium Backup Forums :: View topic

GarrettDerner · Posted - Wed Apr 18, 2001 2:45 pm

I appear to have the "VGA KILLS AUDIO" problem- http://www.zefiro.com/vgakills.txt -even though my videocard is AGP not PCI. Left-right channels swap, in recording or in playback, when I click and drag a window, or at random times. Can anyone recommend a videocard (either AGP or PCI) with a well-behaved driver which checks the status bit and does not have this problem?

NCG · Posted - Sat May 12, 2001 12:08 am

Well, what ive done cause this problem is a PAIN IN MY ASS when im trying to drag windows around. I have 2 monitors, so that doing this activity is at a minumum. What ive done get the most basic generic driver, like microsoft and use that. This works in win2k and the problems goes away (for me that is) cause the drivers get digitally signed.(whether this has Anything to do with it i dont know ill phone bill gates up and ask him next time we play golf :)Hahah )

jonrose · Location: USA

Well, Garrett, if you've followed the suggestions in the article, I suppose the only things left are to run with acceleration diminished, and/or drop your resolution to 256 colors - preferably lower. Cool Edit still works fine in 16 color - this isn't a beauty pageant, y'know, and what we're looking to achieve here is optimization of bus performance and CPU loading - dump the video overhead when you're editing. AGP can rob the system, too.
If there's any way for you to enable that command-queue status bit, then do so. If not, get a different card which has a driver written for it that will behave as it should - even if you have to go to PCI.
I've never been much impressed with AGP myself and just went back to using two inexpensive PCI video cards (main, Riva TNT - secondary, ATI Rage Pro). Sure, it sucks up an extra slot, but with five slots on the mainboard, I'm just filling them up (two Layla's, 1 Adaptec SCSI host, 2 video).
You can always reset your resolution appropriately for graphics-based programs.

All the best... -Jon
:-)