Motherboard compatibility test
ASUS P4B




Motherboard specifications

CPU Single socket 478
Pentium 4
Chipset Intel 845
Expansion slots 6 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard Ultra DMA 100/66/33
EIDE controller
Onboard Intel AC'97
audio controller
Front side Bus 400 MHz


Important note
This motherboard 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 1.8 GHz
BIOS Award version 1012 Date: 08/22/2002
Memory 512 MB 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 4263 and Adobe Premiere 6.5

Installed expansion cards
AGP Matrox Parhelia
PCI 1
PCI 2
PCI 3 Matrox RT.X
PCI 4
PCI 5Netgear FA310TX Rev-D2 network controller
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
2Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, version 5.00.1012 Date: 04/14/2003
3Netgear FA310TX Rev-D2 network controller, version 4.56.16.0
Date: 07/01/2002   Windows-detected driver was installed.

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
Matrox Parhelia Version 1.04.00.078
Date: 04/16/2003
Yes Yes

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Onboard Intel AC'97 audio controller Version 5.13.1.3004
Date: 01/16/2002
Onboard


*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 June 16, 2003.

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