System compatibility test
Gateway E4600

System specifications

CPU Single Socket 423:
Pentium 4 1.5 - 2 GHz
Chipset Intel 850
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard EIDE
Front Side Bus 400 MHz
Windows 2000 test results

Tested configuration

CPU Single 1.5 - GHz Pentium 4
BIOS Gateway version P13.0108201551
Memory 256-MB RDRAM
Storage Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.1 and Adobe Premiere 6.0
PCI 5
PCI 4 Creative Audio PCI 128
PCI 3
PCI 2
PCI 1 Version: 5.12.01.4037

Tested AGP display cards

Card Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450Version 5.72.021YesYes
ATI Rage 128Version 5.13.01.192
Date: 3/07/01
YesNo

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 3.20.1008.
  3. Intel's ATA storage driver, version 6.20.2020.
  4. During validation of this system, we encountered random black flashes while playing back certain projects on Matrox RT2500. To avoid this problem, you should download and install the appropriate fix. Please follow the instructions outlined in the associated .txt file.

 

*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 April 11th, 20012001

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