Motherboard compatibility test
Tyan Tiger S2668 ANR




Motherboard specifications

CPU Dual socket 604
Xeon
Chipset Intel 7505
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard ATA 33/66/100 EIDE controller
Onboard Intel 8254 network controller
Onboard Realtek AC'97 audio controller
Onboard USB v2.0
Front side Bus 400/533 MHz


Test results

Tested configuration
CPU Dual Xeon 2.8 GHz (Hyper-Threading enabled)
Front Side Bus 533 MHz
BIOS Phoenix BIOS version 1.01
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 5078 and Adobe Premiere Pro

Installed expansion cards
AGP Matrox Millennium P750
PCI 1
PCI 2
PCI 3 Matrox RT.X
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 5.00.2.1003 Date: 08/27/2003

Comments
You must use a Creative Technology audio product in this system. All other audio products (including the onboard sound device) are incompatible.

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
Matrox Millennium G550 Version 5.91.008
Date: 08/29/2003
Yes Yes
Matrox Millennium P750Version 1.04.03.005
Date: 07/31/2003
YesYes

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Version 5.12.1.383
Date: 05/09/2003
4


*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 October 27th, 2003.

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