Motherboard compatibility test
ASUS P4PE-X




Motherboard specifications

Revision 1.03
CPU Single socket 478
Pentium 4
Chipset Intel 845PE
Expansion slots 6 PCI
1 AGP
Storage South Bridge Intel ICH4:
2 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE
I/O Broadcom 440x 10/100
network controller
ADI AD1980 SoundMAX integrated
digital audio controller
Front side Bus 400/533/800 MHz


Test results

Tested configuration
CPU Single Pentium 4 3.06 GHz (Hyper-Threading enabled)
Front Side Bus 533 MHz
BIOS Award Medallion version 1007 Date:11/11/2003
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 6122 and Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5

Installed expansion cards
AGP Matrox Parhelia
PCI 1
PCI 2
PCI 3 Matrox RT.X
PCI 4
PCI 5
PCI 6

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 5.1.1.1002 Date: 12/12/2003
3 Intel Application Accelerator, version 2.3 Date: 11/13/2002

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
Matrox Parhelia Version 1.05.00.107
Date: 09/26/2003
Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 9700 PRO Version 6.14.10.6444
Date: 05/12/2004
Yes Yes

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Onboard ADI AD1980 SoundMAX
integrated digital audio controller
Version 5.12.01.3665
Date: 01/29/2004
Onboard
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Version 5.12.5.441
Date: 10/21/2003
4


*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits

Note: Unless otherwise specified, validation testing is performed using the system/motherboard default settings.


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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 June 22, 2004.

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