System compatibility test
Dell Precision 220

System specifications

CPU Dual Slot 1:
Pentium III 667 MHz - 1 GHz
Chipset Intel 820
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard EIDE
VIA AC'97 audio controller
Driver: Windows 2K - detected
3Com 3C920 ethernet controller
Front Side Bus 133 MHz
Windows 2000 test results

Tested configuration

CPU Dual 1-GHz Pentium III
BIOS Dell version A09 date: 01/11/01
Memory 256-MB RDRAM
Storage Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Adobe Premiere 6.0
PCI 5
PCI 4 RT2500 codec card
PCI 3
PCI 2
PCI 1

Tested AGP display cards

Card Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450Version 5.12.01.1250YesYes
Matrox Millennium G400Version 5.12.01.1250YesYes

Additional required software

We installed patches and drivers in the following order:

  1. Microsoft Service Pack 1 for Windows 2000.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits

For more information, see http://www.dell.com.

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 11th, 2001

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