Motherboard compatibility test
ASUS P4G8X Deluxe




Motherboard specifications

Revision 1.02
CPUSingle socket 478
Pentium 4
Chipset Intel E7205
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard Ultra DMA 100/66/33
EIDE controller
Onboard Silicon Image Serial
ATA controller
Onboard Realtek ALC650 6-channel
codec audio controller
Onboard Broadcom 1000 Mbps
network controller
Front side Bus 533 MHz


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 3.06 GHz (Hyper-Threading enabled)
BIOS Award BIOS version 1003 Date: 12/13/2002
Memory 512 MB DDR RAM
Storage System drive and export drive on primary EIDE channel.
A/V drive and CD-ROM 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
PCI 4 Matrox RT.X
PCI 5

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
2Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, version 5.00.1012 Date: 04/14/2003

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
Matrox Parhelia Version 1.04.00.078
Date: 04/16/2003
Yes Yes
ASUS GeForce 4 V8170DDRVersion 43.45
Date: 03/27/2003
YesYes
ASUS GeForce 4 V8460 UltraVersion 43.45
Date: 03/27/2003
YesYes
ATI Radeon 9700 PROVersion 6.14.01.6307
Date: 03/13/2003
YesNo

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Revision 5.12.1.253
Date: 12/31/2003
3
Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo IIIVersion 6.09
Date: N/A
3
Onboard Realtek ALC650 6-channel
codec audio controller
Installed from the CDOnboard
Turtle Beach Santa CruzVersion 4161S
Date: 04/26/2002
3


*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 June 16, 2003.

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