System compatibility test
Dell Dimension 8300
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System specifications
| CPU |
Single Socket 478
Pentium 4 |
| Chipset |
Intel 875P |
| Expansion slots |
4 PCI
1 AGP |
| Storage I/O |
Onboard Ultra ATA 100 EIDE controller
Onboard ADI SoundMAX integrated
digital audio controller
Onboard Intel PRO/100 VE network controller |
| Front side Bus |
800 MHz |
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Important note
This system 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 2.6 GHz (Hyper-Threading enabled) |
| BIOS |
Dell Precision System BIOS, version A02 Date: 08/07/2003
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| Memory |
512 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 |
Matrox RT.X |
| PCI
2 |
— |
| PCI
3 |
— |
| PCI
4 |
— |
| 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 | Onboard Intel PRO/100 VE network controller, version 7.0.26.0 Date: 03/04/2003
Windows detected driver was installed. | | 4 | Onboard ADI SoundMAX integrated digital audio controller, version 5.12.1.3555 Date: 02/28/2003 Windows-detected driver was installed. |
Comments| • | Pre-configured Windows XP operating system from Dell was installed. |
*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 August 21, 2003.
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