System compatibility test
HP workstation xw4200




System specifications

CPU Single socket 775
Intel Pentium 4
Chipset Intel 925X
Expansion slots 1 PCI Express (x16)
2 PCI Express (x1)
4 PCI
Storage South Bridge Intel ICH6R:
1 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE
4 x serial ATA
I/O Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit
network controller
ADI SoundMax integrated digital
audio controller
Front side Bus 533/800 MHz


Test results

Tested configuration
CPU Single Pentium 4 3.4 GHz (Hyper-Threading enabled)
Front Side Bus 800 MHz
BIOS HP version 1.03 Date: 01/10/2004
Memory 1 GB DDR2 RAM
Storage System drive on a serial ATA chanel. A/V drive and export drive on a second serial ATA channel.
Software Matrox X.tools build 6122 with Hotfix 1 and Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5

Installed expansion cards
PCI 1
PCI 2 NVIDIA Quadro FX 330
PCI 3 Matrox RT.X
PCI 4
PCI 5
PCI 6
PCI 7

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Updates
2 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, version 6.0.1.1002 Date: 06/18/2004
3 Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit network controller driver, version 7.80.0.0 Date: 02/08/2004
(downloaded from the HP web site)
4Matrox PCI Optimizer

Comments

Note: Unless otherwise specified, validation testing is performed using the system/motherboard default settings.

Using the onboard ICH6R controller in a RAID configuration is not supported with RT.X.

Tested PCI Express display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
GIGABYTE GV-NX59128D Version 61.77
Date: 07/27/2004
Yes Yes
MSI RX600XT-TD128Version 6.14.10.6483
Date: 10/14/2004
YesYes
NVIDIA Quadro FX 330Version 61.82
Date: 08/10/2004
YesYes

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Version 1.84.50
Date: 07/29/2004
4
Hercules DigiFire 7.1Version 6.09
Date: 02/28/2003
4
Onboard ADI SoundMax integrated
digital audio controller
Version 5.12.01.4070
Date: 28/06/2004
Onboard


*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 June 1, 2005.

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