Motherboard compatibility test
Abit VP6

Motherboard specifications

CPU Dual Socket 370:
Pentium III 500 MHz - 1 GHz
Chipset VIA Apollo Pro 133A
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard DMA-100
HighPoint
Front Side Bus 133 MHz


Windows 2000 test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Dual 1-GHz Pentium III
BIOS Award version VP6UR  date: 11/16/00
Memory 256-MB SDRAM
Storage  Used the onboard RAID
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5 
 PCI 4  RT2500 codec card
 PCI 3 
 PCI 2  Sound Blaster 128
Version: 5.00.2174.1
Date: 11/18/99
PCI 1  3Com network card
Model: 3C595-TX
Version: 5.22
Date: 04/21/98

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G550   Version: 5.12.01.1210
Date: 8/17/01
Yes Yes
Matrox Millennium G450   Version: 5.12.01.1250
Date: 02/28/01
Yes Yes
Matrox Millennium G400   Version: 5.12.01.1250
Date: 02/28/01
Yes Yes
3DFX Voodoo 5 5500 AGP 64MB   Version: 1.04
Date: 09/09/00
Yes Yes
Asus AGP-V7100   Version: 6.5
Date: 12/04/00
Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version: 5.13.01.3102
Date: 03/07/01
Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 32MB SDR   Version: 5.13.01.3102
Date: 04/07/01
Yes Yes
ATI Radeon VE   Version: 5.13.01.3102
Date: 04/07/01
Yes Yes
Creative Annihilator 2   Version: 6.5
Date: 12/04/00
Yes Yes
Elsa Gladiac Ultra   Version: 6.5
Date: 12/04/00
Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Microsoft Service Pack 1 for Windows 2000.
2 Microsoft Hot Fix Patch, Q260233w2ksp2x86en.exe.
3 VIA 4-in-1 driver, version 4.29v.
4 Onboard HighPoint drivers were installed from the Abit floppy disk that comes with the motherboard, version 1.03B.

Comments
To use a Matrox G550 display card with this motherboard, you must download and install version 5.71.014 of the Matrox display driver for Windows 2000, available from the Matrox Graphics web site. Make sure you install this driver before installing your Matrox RT2500 card. You must also use Matrox Video Tools 3.1 (Preview Release 1 or later).

*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 April 10th, 2001


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