System compatibility test
HP workstation
xw6000
 |
System specifications
| CPU |
Dual socket 604
Xeon |
| Chipset |
Intel E7505 |
| Expansion
slots |
4 PCI
1 AGP |
| Storage |
South Bridge Intel
ICH4:
2 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE |
| I/O |
Adaptec AIC-7902
dual-channel
Ultra320 SCSI controller
ADI SoundMAX 3 integrated
digital
audio controller
Broadcom NetXtreme
10/100/1000 network controller
USB
v2.0 |
| Front side
Bus |
400/533 MHz |
|
Test results
|
Tested configuration
| CPU |
Dual Pentium 4 Xeon 2.8 GHz
(Hyper-Threading enabled) |
| Front
Side Bus |
533 MHz |
| BIOS |
HP version 1.18 Rev A Date:
03/29/2004 |
| Memory |
512 MB DDR RAM |
| Storage |
System drive on primary EIDE channel.
Created striped volumes for the A/V drive and the export drive using two drives
on the onboard SCSI controller. |
| Software |
Matrox X.tools build 6122 and Adobe
Premiere Pro 1.5 |
| Installed
expansion cards |
| AGP |
Matrox Parhelia |
| PCI
1 |
— |
| PCI
2 |
Matrox RT.X |
| PCI
3 |
— |
| 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 5.00.1009 Rev A Date: 07/01/2003
(downloaded from the
HP web site) |
| 3 |
Onboard Broadcom NetXtreme 10/100/1000
network controller, version 7.35 Rev A Date: 01/26/2004 (downloaded from the
HP web site) |
| 4 |
Onboard Adaptec AIC-7902 dual-channel
Ultra320 SCSI controller, version 1.00 Date: 12/04/2002 (downloaded from the
HP web site) |
| Comments |
Note: Unless otherwise specified, validation testing is performed using the system/motherboard default settings.
|
| • |
The Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 sound card is not
compatible for use with
Matrox RT.X on this system. |
*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits
|
For more information, see
http://www.hp.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 June 22, 2004.
List of
validated systems |
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