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Motherboard compatibility test
MSI 694D Pro (MS-6321)

Motherboard specifications

Revision 1.0
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 EIDE Promise FastTrak
VIA AC'97 audio controller
Front Side Bus 133 MHz


Windows 2000 test results
Tested configuration
CPU  Dual 933-MHz Pentium III
BIOS Award version 3.2
Memory 256-MB SDRAM
Storage  Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Adobe Premiere 6.0

Installed expansion cards
 PCI 5  RT2500 codec card
 PCI 4  —
 PCI 3  —
 PCI 2  —
PCI 1  Netgear network card
Model : FA-310TX
Version : 4.54.16.0
Date: 10/19/99

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
Asus AGP-V7100   Version: 6.5
Date: 12/04/00		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 32MB SDR   Version: 5.13.01.3102
Date: 03 /07/01		 Yes Yes
ATI Radeon 64MB Vivo   Version: 5.13.01.3102
Date: 03/07/01 		Yes Yes
ATI Rage Fury Pro 32MB   Version: 5.13.01.192
Date: 04/07/01		 Yes No
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 Promise FastTrak driver from MSI, version: 1.30, build 60.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits


For more information, see http://www.msi.com.tw.



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 July 12th, 2001


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