Ok, I set my AGP bandwidth to 4x in the BIOS but when I boot into windows it still goes back to 8x. I tried changing it to 4x with coolbits in the Nvidia control panel but when I hit apply it applies the settings without rebooting and I just get a black screen/no input signal and I can't do anything but forcefully reboot.
I managed to change it with Rivatuner so the settings are applied on the next boot, but all reboots/hibernations after that make my video card return to 8x again! I did select the Apply settings at Windows startup, but it only works once.
What can I do to make my AGP bandwidth static? It's already set to 4x in the BIOS but Windows does whatever it pleases. I am using a Nvidia 7600GT, and I'm using 4x as it is solving some graphical glitches in Half Life-2 based games for me.
I know I could try Powerstrip, but do I really have to or is there an alternative? I just don't want anything else running in the background(PS does force you to run in the background for AGP settings to be applied yes?). Plus I hear powerstrip can interfere negatively with some Steam games?
Thanks for any help.