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Motherboard compatibility test
Asus P4B

Motherboard specifications

CPU Single Socket 478:
Pentium 4 1.7 - 2.0 GHz
Chipset Intel 845
Expansion slots 6 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard Ultra DMA 100/66
AC'97 audio controller
Front Side Bus 400 MHz


Windows 2000 test results



Windows XP test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1.7-GHz Pentium 4
BIOS Award version: 1005  date: 12/03/01
Memory 256-MB SDRAM
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.1 and Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5  -
 PCI 4  -
 PCI 3  -
 PCI 2  RT2500 codec card
PCI 1  Netgear FA310TX Fast ethernet adapter
Version: 4.56.16.0
Date: 07/01/01

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G550 Version 5.72.021
 Yes Yes
Asus AGP-V8200   Version 5.13.01.2183
Date: 10/11/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version 5.13.01.3102
Date: 03/07/01		 Yes Yes
Elsa Gladiac 920   Version 21.835.13.01.2183
Date: 10/11/01		 Yes Yes
Hercules 3D Prophet 3   Version 5.13.01.2183
Date: 10/11/01		 Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Intel's Chipset Software Installation Utility, version V3.20.1008.
2 AC'97 audio controller, version 5.10.0.3525, date: 07/01/01.
Installed from the CD that comes with the motherboard.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits


Windows 2000 test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Single 1.7-GHz Pentium 4
BIOS Award version 1003 date: 09/03/01
Memory 256-MB SDRAM
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.1 with Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 6  -
 PCI 5  -
 PCI 4  -
 PCI 3  RT2500 codec card
 PCI 2  -
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 5.71.014
 Yes Yes
Asus AGP-V8200   Version 5.13.01.2183
Date: 10/11/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version 5.13.01.3276
Date: 10/15/01		 Yes Yes
Elsa Gladiac 920   Version 5.13.01.2183
Date: 10/11/01		 Yes Yes
Hercules 3D Prophet 3   Version 5.13.01.2183
Date: 10/11/01		 Yes Yes
Hercules 3D Prophet 4500   Version 1.0.9.15
Date: 10/04/01		 Yes Yes

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Intel's Chipset Software Installation Utility, version V3.20.1008.
2 AC'97 audio controller, version 5.10.0.3525, date: 07/01/01.
Installed from the CD that comes with the motherboard.

*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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