Motherboard compatibility test
Gigabyte GA-7ZXR

Gigabyte GAZXR

Motherboard specifications

Revision 1.0
CPU Single AMD Socket A: Athlon 950 MHz - 1.5 GHz
Chipset VIA Apollo KT133
Expansion slots 5 PCI  
1 AGP
Storage I/O onboard EIDE UDMA 33/66/100
Creative SB PCI128, version 5.12.1.4035, date: 18/11/99
Promise ATA100 RAID controller: Windows-detected driver was installed
Front Side Bus 200/266MHz


Windows 2000 test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1.3-GHz AMD Athlon
BIOS AMI version F4 date: 27/10/00
Memory 256-MB SDRAM
Storage  Used onboard RAID controller
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Service Pack 1, and Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5 
 PCI 4 
 PCI 3  RT2500 codec card
 PCI 2 
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
Date: 02/28/01
Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 32MB DDR   Version 5.13.01.3102
Date: 17/01/01
Yes Yes
ATI Radeon VE   Version 5.13.01.3102
Date: 17/01/01
Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order: 
1 Microsoft Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000.
2 VIA 4-in-1 driver, version 4.32.

*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 September 28th, 2001


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