System compatibility test
Dell Precision 360




System specifications

CPU Single socket 478
Pentium 4
Chipset Intel 875P
Expansion slots 4 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard ADI 198x Integrated Audio controller
Onboard Intel PRO/1000 MT Gigabit network controller
Onboard Serial ATA RAID controller
Onboard USB v2.0
Front side Bus 800 MHz


Important note
This system 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 3.0 GHz (Hyper-Threading Enabled)
BIOS Dell Precision System BIOS version A02 Date: 08/07/2003
Memory 1 GB DDR RAM
Storage System drive and CD-ROM drive on primary EIDE channel.
A/V 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 Matrox RT.X
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
2Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, version 5.00.1012 Date: 04/14/2003
3Intel Application Accelerator, version 3.0 Date: 04/14/2003
4Onboard ADI 198x Integrated Audio controller, version 5.12.1.3555 Date: 04/29/2003 (downloaded from the Dell web site)
5Onboard Intel PRO/1000 MT Gigabit network controller, version 7.0.34.0 Date: 05/20/2003 (downloaded from the Dell web site)

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
Matrox Millennium P750 Version 1.04.03.005
Date: 07/31/2003
Yes Yes
Matrox ParheliaVersion 1.04.03.005
Date: 07/31/2003
YesYes
Matrox Millennium G550Version 5.88.061
Date: 02/28/2003
YesYes
ASUS GeForce 4 V8460 UltraVersion 44.03
Date: 05/14/2003
YesYes
ATI Radeon 9700 PROVersion 6.14.10.6368
Date: 07/15/2003
YesNo

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Creative Sound Blaster AudigyRevision 5.12.1.253
Date: 12/31/2002
4
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2Version: Audigy 2 Driver Pack 3
Date: 05/09/2003
4
Hercules Digifire 7.1Version 6.09
Date: 02/28/2003
4
Onboard ADI 198x Integrated
Audio controller
Version 5.12.01.3555
Date: 04/29/2003
Onboard
Turtle Beach Santa CruzVersion 4161S
Date: 04/26/2002
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 August 22, 2003.

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