System compatibility test
Dell Precision
650
 |
System specifications
| CPU |
Dual socket 604
Xeon |
| Chipset |
Intel 7505 |
| Expansion
slots |
3 PCI-X
2 32-bit PCI
1 AGP |
| Storage I/O |
Onboard Ultra DMA 100
EIDE controller
Onboard ADI 198x Integrated Audio controller
Onboard
Intel PRO/1000 network controller
Onboard LSI Logic 1020/1030 Ultra320 SCSI
controller |
| Front side
Bus |
533 MHz |
|
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 |
Dual Xeon 3.06 GHz |
| BIOS |
Dell version A01 |
| Memory |
512 MB DDR RAM |
| Storage |
System drive on SCSI controller. 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 Millennium P750 |
| PCI
1 |
— |
| PCI
2 |
Matrox RT.X |
| PCI
3 |
— |
| PCI
4 |
— |
| PCI
5 |
— |
Note
| • |
This motherboard does not support installing your RT.X card in a PCI-X slot. |
| 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
(Downloaded from the
Dell web site) |
| 3 |
Onboard Intel PRO/1000 network
controller, version 6.2.21.19 Date: 11/12/2002 (Downloaded from the
Dell web site) |
| 4 |
Onboard LSI Logic 1020/1030 Ultra320
SCSI controller, version 1.08.15.0, A04 Date: 02/17/2003 (Downloaded from
the Dell web
site) |
Comments
| • |
You must use a Creative Technology audio product in
this system. All other audio products (including the onboard sound device) are
incompatible. |
| • |
The ATI Radeon VE display card is not compatible with
Matrox RT.X. |
*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 July 18, 2003.
List of
validated systems |
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