Motherboard compatibility test
ASUS P4S8X




Motherboard specifications

Revision 1.03
CPU Single socket 478
Pentium 4
Chipset SiS 648
Expansion slots 6 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 EIDE controller
Onboard Promise ATA-133 RAID controller
Onboard serial ATA controller
Onboard C-Media 9739 audio controller
Onboard SiS 963 10/100 Mbps network controller
Onboard USB v2.0
Front side Bus 400/533 MHz


Test results

Tested configuration
CPU Single Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
Front Side Bus 533 MHz
BIOS Award version 1004 Date: 10/04/2002
Memory 512 MB DDR RAM
Storage System drive and CD-ROM drive on primary EIDE channel.
A/V drive on secondary EIDE channel.
Software Matrox X.tools build 5078 and Adobe Premiere Pro

Installed expansion cards
AGP Matrox Parhelia
PCI 1
PCI 2
PCI 3 Matrox RT.X
PCI 4
PCI 5
PCI 6

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Updates, and Driver Updates
2 SiS AGP driver, version 1.14 Date: 04/15/2003
(downloaded from the ASUS web site)
3 FastTrack serial ATA RAID controller, version 1.00.0.15 Date: 01/17/2003

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
Matrox Parhelia Version 1.04.03.005
Date: 07/31/2003
Yes Yes
ASUS GeForce 4 V8460 Ultra Version 44.03
Date: 05/14/2003
Yes Yes

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Onboard C-Media 9739
audio controller
Version 025
Date: 01/22/2003
Onboard
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Version 4161S
Date: 04/26/2002
5


*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits



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The information in this document is subject to change. For the latest updates to this information, please check this site often. Matrox does not guarantee that the hardware listed as recommended will perform adequately to meet any particular customer's needs. This document shows our results at the time of testing. Changes to these systems may have occurred since completion of our tests. Contact the motherboard and computer system vendor for particular BIOS versions. Other untested computer systems may provide adequate performance; however, you may experience configuration difficulties. This document was last updated October 27th, 2003.

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