System compatibility test
Dell Precision 420

System specifications

CPU Dual Slot 1:
Pentium III 600 - 933 MHz
Chipset Intel 840
Expansion slots 5 PCI
(1 PCI Raid)
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard EIDE
Adaptec Ultra 160 SCSI controller
Audio controller (Crystal Sound Fusion)
3Com 3C920 Fast etherlink
Front Side Bus 133 MHz
Windows 2000 test results

Tested configuration

CPU Dual 600-MHz Pentium III
BIOS Dell version A07 date: 01/15/01
Memory 256-MB RDRAM
Storage Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Adobe Premiere 6.0
PCI 5
PCI 4
PCI 3
PCI 2 RT2500 codec card
PCI 1

Tested AGP display cards

Card Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450 Version 5.12.01.1250
Date: 02/28/01
Yes Yes
Matrox Millennium G400 Version 5.12.01.1250 Yes Yes

Additional required software

We installed patches and drivers in the following order:

  1. Microsoft Service Pack 1 for Windows 2000.

*16 and 32 refero to colr 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 April 11th, 20012001

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