Motherboard compatibility test
Tyan Tiger MPX (S2466N-4M)




Motherboard specifications

CPU Dual socket A
AMD Athlon MP
Chipset AMD 760MPX
Expansion slots 4 32-bit PCI
2 64-bit PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard Ultra DMA 100/66/33
EIDE controller
Onboard 3Com 3C920C
network controller
Front side Bus 266 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 Dual AMD Athlon MP 1900+
BIOS Phoenix version 4.05 Date: 04/11/2003
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 4263 and Adobe Premiere 6.5

Installed expansion cards
AGP Matrox Parhelia
PCI 1
PCI 2 Matrox RT.X
PCI 3
PCI 4
PCI 5
PCI 6Creative Sound Blaster Live!

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
2AMD AGP driver, version 5.33 Date: May 2002
3AMD bus master IDE driver, version 1.43S Date: March 2002

Comments
This motherboard requires you to install Matrox RT.X in a 64-bit, 66-MHz PCI slot. For more information on slot numbering conventions, see Expansion slot numbering at Matrox.

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
Creative Sound Blaster Live! Version 5.12.2.252
Date: 02/28/2003
6


*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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