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Motherboard compatibility test
Intel D850GB

Motherboard specifications

CPU Single Pentium 4 1.3 - 1.5 GHz
Chipset Intel 850
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard EIDE ATA 33/66/100
ADI 1885/ADI 1881 Soundmax audio controller
Intel 82562EM 10/100 network controller
Front Side Bus 400 MHz



Windows Me test results


Windows 2000 test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1.4-GHz Pentium 4
BIOS Intel version GB85010A.86A.0058.P12.0104021715
Memory 256-MB RDRAM
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Service Pack 1 (Preview Release 3 or later), and Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5  —
 PCI 4  —
 PCI 3  —
 PCI 2  —
PCI 1  RT2500 codec card

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450 Version 5.12.01.1250
Date: 02/28/01		 Yes Yes
Asus AGP-V7100   Version 6.5
Date: 12/04/00		 Yes Yes
Asus AGP-V8200   Version 12.10 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 32MB DDR   Version 5.13.01.3102
Date: 03/07/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 32MB SDR   Version 5.13.01.3102
Date: 03/07/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version 5.13.01.3102
Date: 03/07/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon VE   Version 5.13.01.3102
Date: 03/07/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Rage Fury Pro 32MB   Version 5.13.01.192
Date: 04/07/01		 Yes No
Creative Annihilator 2   Version: 12.41
Date: 06/06/01		 Yes Yes
Elsa Gladiac Ultra   Version 5.13.01.1240
Date: 05/18/01		 Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Microsoft Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000.
2 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, version 2.60.001.
3 Intel 82562EM 10/100 network controller version 5.0, date: 13/11/2000.
4 ADI 1885/ADI 1881 Soundmax audio controller, version WDM 5.12.01.3022_SM3, date: 4/6/2001 from Intel's website.

Comments
• This system's chipset contains the latest stepping of the Intel® 82801BA I/O Controller Hub 2 (ICH2), which is required for compatibility with the RT2500. To check if your Pentium® 4 system is compatible with RT2500, you can download and run the ValidateP4Chipset utility, found in the Matrox RT2500 software area.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits


Windows Me test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1-GHz Pentium 4
BIOS Intel version GB85010A.86A.0058.P12.0104021715
Memory 256-MB RDRAM
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Service Pack 1 (Preview Release 3 or later), and Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5  —
 PCI 4  —
 PCI 3  —
 PCI 2  —
PCI 1  RT2500 codec card

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450 Version 5.12.01.1250
Date: 12/04/00 		Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order: 
1 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, version 2.60.001.
2 Intel 82562EM 10/100 network controller, version 5.0, date: 13/11/00.
3 ADI 1885/ADI 1881 Soundmax audio controller, version WDM 5.12.01.3022_SM3, date: 04/06/01 from Intel's website.

Comments
• This system's chipset contains the latest stepping of the Intel® 82801BA I/O Controller Hub 2 (ICH2), which is required for compatibility with the RT2500. To check if your Pentium® 4 system is compatible with RT2500, you can download and run the ValidateP4Chipset utility, found in the Matrox RT2500 software area.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits


For more information, see http://www.intel.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 July 19th, 2001


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