Motherboard compatibility test
ASUS P4B
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Motherboard specifications
| CPU |
Single socket 478
Pentium 4 |
| Chipset |
Intel 845 |
| Expansion slots |
6 PCI
1 AGP |
| Storage I/O |
Onboard Ultra DMA 100/66/33
EIDE controller
Onboard Intel AC'97
audio controller |
| Front side Bus |
400 MHz |
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Important note
This motherboard has been tested with Windows XP Professional only. Although we expect results to be the same with Windows 2000, we cannot guarantee your results. Please note that Windows 98 and Windows Me are not supported with Matrox RT.X. |
Windows XP test results |
Tested configuration
| CPU |
Single Pentium 4 1.8 GHz |
| BIOS |
Award version 1012 Date: 08/22/2002 |
| Memory |
256 MB RAM |
| Storage |
System drive and CD-ROM drive on primary EIDE channel.
A/V drive on secondary EIDE channel. |
| Software |
Matrox X.tools build 4263 and Adobe Premiere 6.5 |
| Installed expansion cards |
| AGP |
Matrox Parhelia |
| PCI
1 |
— |
| PCI
2 |
— |
| PCI
3 |
Matrox RT.X |
| PCI
4 |
— |
| PCI 5 | Netgear FA310TX Rev-D2 network controller | | 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 | Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, version 5.00.1012 Date: 04/14/2003 | | 3 | Netgear FA310TX Rev-D2 network controller, version 4.56.16.0
Date: 07/01/2002 Windows-detected driver was installed. |
| Tested AGP display cards |
| Card |
|
Driver |
|
16* |
|
32* |
| Matrox Parhelia |
|
Version 1.04.00.078
Date: 04/16/2003 |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
Tested sound cards |
| Card |
|
Driver
|
|
PCI |
| Onboard Intel AC'97 audio controller | | Version 5.13.1.3004
Date: 01/16/2002 | Onboard |
*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits |
For more information, see
http://www.asus.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 June 16, 2003.
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