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Motherboard compatibility test
Gigabyte GA-7DX

Gigabyte GA 7DX

Motherboard specifications

CPU Single AMD Socket A: Athlon 900 MHz - 1.2 GHz
Single AMD Socket A:
Duron 600 MHz - 850 MHz
Chipset AMD 761
Expansion slots 5 PCI  
1 AGP
Storage I/O onboard EIDE UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA100
Creative CT5880
Front Side Bus 200/266MHz



Windows Me test results



Windows XP test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1.8-GHz Athlon
BIOS Award version F5 date: 09/19/01
Memory 256-MB DDR
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.1 with Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5  —
 PCI 4  —
 PCI 3  —
 PCI 2  RT2500 codec card
PCI 1  Netgear LNE 100 TX fast ethernet adapter
Version: 4.54
Date: 10/22/99

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G550 Version 5.72.021 Yes Yes
Asus V8200   Version 21.83
Date: 10/11/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version 6.13.3276
Date:10/15/01		 Yes Yes
Elsa Gladiac 920   Version 5.13.01.2181
Date: 10/26/01		 Yes Yes
Hercules 3D Prophet 3   Version 21.83
Date:10/11/01		 Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order: 
1 Gigabyte onboard audio driver, version 5.12.01.4107, date: 09/10/01.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits



Windows 2000 test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1.2-GHz Athlon
BIOS Award version 7DX-6A656G09C-00 date: 01/03/01
Memory 256-MB DDR
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5  —
 PCI 4  —
 PCI 3  —
 PCI 2  RT2500 codec card
PCI 1  Allied Telesyn AT-2700 TX PCI 10/100 ethernet adapter
Windows-detected driver was used
Version: 4.90.3000
Date: 06/08/00

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
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
Asus V8200   Version 1.2.1.0
Date: 04/11113/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 32MB DDR   Version 5.13.01.3102
Date: 03/07/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 32MB SDR   Version 5.13.01.3102
Date: 03/07/01
Viewing the Driver version under Device Manager the system will reboot		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version 5.13.01.3102
Date: 03/07/01
Viewing the Driver version under Device Manager the system will reboot		 Yes Yes
ATI Rage Fury Pro 32MB   Version 5.13.01.192
Date: 04/07/01		 Yes No 
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 AMD AGP Miniport driver, version 5.22.
4 VIA 4-in-1 driver, version 4.29v.
5 Gigabyte onboard audio driver, ct5880_17.exe, version 4.12.01.1191.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits


Windows Me test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1.2-GHz Athlon
BIOS Award version 7DX-6A656G09C-00  date: 01/03/01
Memory 256-MB DDR
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5  —
 PCI 4  —
 PCI 3  Allied Telesyn AT-2700 TX PCI 10/100 ethernet Adapter
Windows detected driver was used
Version: 4.90.3000
Date: 06/08/00
 PCI 2  —
PCI 1  RT2500 codec card

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450   Version 4.12.01.1750 Yes Yes
Matrox Millennium G400   Version 4.12.01.1750 Yes Yes
Asus V7100   Version 4.12.01.0650
Date: 12/04/00		 Yes Yes
Asus V8200   Version 1.2.1.0
Date: 04/13/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 32MB DDR   Version 4.13.7075
Date: 03/20/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 32MB SDR   Version 4.13.7075
Date: 03/20/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version 4.13.7075
Date: 03/20/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon VE   Version 4.13.7075
Date: 03/20/01		 Yes Yes
Creative Annihilator 2   Version 4.12.01.0650
Date: 12/04/01		 Yes Yes
Elsa Gladiac Ultra   Version 4.12.01.0650
Date: 12/04/00		 Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order: 
1 AMD AGP Miniport driver, version 5.22.
2 VIA 4-in-1 driver, version 4.29v.
3 Gigabyte onboard audio driver, ct5880_17.exe, version 4.12.01.1191.

Comments
• To use a non-Matrox display card on a Windows Me system, you must check your Matrox RT2500's BIOS version, and if needed, download and run the Matrox Flex 3D BIOS updater as explained in the RT2500 utilities and fixes section in the Matrox RT2500 software area.

*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 December 15th, 2001


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