System compatibility test
Dell Dimension 8100

System specifications

CPU Single Socket 423:
Pentium 4 1.7 GHz
Chipset Intel 850
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard EIDE ATA 100
Creative Sound Blaster PCI64 audio
Front Side Bus 400 MHz
Windows 2000 test results

Tested configuration

CPU Single 1.7-GHz Pentium 4
BIOS Dell version A06
Memory 256-MB RDRAM
Storage Used EIDE drive on the secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Service Pack 1, and Adobe Premiere 6.0
PCI 5
PCI 4
PCI 3 RT2500 codec card
PCI 2 Sound Blaster PCI64
Version: 5.12.1.4003
Date: 08/01/00
PCI 1

Tested AGP display cards

Card Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450Version 5.12.01.1250
Date: 02/28/01
YesYes

Additional required software

We installed patches and drivers in the following order:

  1. Microsoft Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000.
  2. Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, version 2.50.003. Installed the driver from the CD that comes with the Dell system.
  3. Intel ATA storage driver, version 6.03.012. Installed the driver from the CD that comes with the Dell system.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits

For more information, see http://www.dell.com.

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 April 11th, 2001

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