Motherboard compatibility test
ASUS
P4P8X
 |
Motherboard
specifications
| CPU |
Single socket 478
Pentium 4 |
| Chipset |
Intel 865P |
| Expansion
slots |
5 PCI
1 AGP |
| Storage I/O |
Onboard Ultra DMA
100/66/33
EIDE controller
Onboard ADI AD1985 SoundMAX
audio
controller
Onboard 3Com Gigabit LAN PCI
network controller
Onboard USB
v2.0 |
| Front side
Bus |
533/400MHz |
|
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 |
AMI version 1009 |
| Memory |
512 MB 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 |
Matrox RT.X |
| PCI
3 |
— |
| PCI
4 |
— |
| 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 |
| 2 |
Intel Chipset Software Installation
Utility, version 5.00.1012 Date: 04/14/2003
(downloaded from the
ASUS web site) |
| 3 |
Onboard 3Com Gigabit LAN PCI network
controller, version 1.00.00.0044 Date: 06/30/2003
(downloaded from the
ASUS web site) |
| 4 |
Onboard ADI AD1985 SoundMAX audio
controller, version 5.12.01.3630 Date: 06/30/2003
(downloaded from the
ASUS web site) |
*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 August, 13th, 2003.
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validated motherboards |
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