System compatibility test
Dell Precision 360




System specifications

CPU Single socket 478
Pentium 4
Chipset Intel 875P
Expansion slots 4 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard ADI 198x Integrated Audio controller
Onboard Intel PRO/1000 MT Gigabit network controller
Onboard Serial ATA RAID controller
Onboard USB v2.0
Front side Bus 400/533/800 MHz


Test results

Tested configuration
CPU Single Pentium 4 3.0 GHz (Hyper-Threading Enabled)
Front Side Bus800 MHz
BIOS Dell Precision System BIOS version A02 Date: 08/07/2003
Memory 1 GB DDR RAM
Storage System drive and CD-ROM drive on primary EIDE channel.
A/V drive on secondary EIDE channel.
Software Matrox X.tools build 5078 and Adobe Premiere Pro

Installed expansion cards
AGP Matrox Parhelia
PCI 1
PCI 2
PCI 3 Matrox RT.X
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
(downloaded from the Dell web site)
3Onboard ADI 198x Integrated Audio controller, version 5.12.1.3555 Date: 04/29/2003
4Onboard Intel PRO/1000 MT Gigabit network controller, version 7.0.34.0 Date: 05/20/2003
(downloaded from the Dell web site)
5Matrox PCI Optimizer

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
Matrox Parhelia Version 1.04.03.005
Date: 07/31/2003
Yes Yes
ASUS GeForce 4 V8460 UltraVersion 45.23
Date: 08/13/2003
YesYes
ATI Radeon 9700 PROVersion 6.14.10.6378
Date: 09/04/2003
YesYes

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Revision 5.12.1.383
Date: 06/25/2003
4
Hercules Digifire 7.1 Version 6.09
Date: 02/28/2003
4
Onboard ADI 198x Integrated
Audio controller
Version 5.12.01.3555
Date: 04/29/2003
Onboard


*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 January 23,2004.

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