System compatibility test
Gateway Performance 1000

System specifications

CPU Single Socket 370:
Pentium III 1 GHz
Chipset Intel 815
Expansion slots 5 PCI
1 AGP
Storage I/O Onboard EIDE
Front Side Bus 133 MHz
Windows Me test results Windows 2000 test results
Windows Me test results

Tested configuration

CPU Single 1-GHz Pentium III
BIOS Intel version EA81510A.15A.010.P08  date: 05/11/01
Memory 256-MB SDRAM
Storage Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Service Pack 1 (Preview Release 3 or later), and Adobe Premiere 6.0
PCI 5
PCI 4 SoundBlaster Live! Value CT4870
Version: 4.12.01.0801
PCI 3 Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter from Gateway's website
Version: 2.10.01.02
PCI 2
PCI 1 RT2500 codec card

Tested AGP display cards

Card Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450Version 5.12.01.1250
Date: 02/28/01
YesYes

Additional required software

We installed patches and drivers in the following order:

  1. Intel's ATA storage driver, version 6.10.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits

Windows 2000 test results

Tested configuration

CPU Single 1-GHz Pentium III
BIOS Intel version EA81510A.15A.010.P08 date: 05/11/01
Memory 256-MB SDRAM
Storage Used secondary EIDE connector
Software Matrox Video Tools 3.0 with Service Pack 1 (Preview Release 3 or later), and Adobe Premiere 6.0
PCI 5
PCI 4 SoundBlaster Live! Value CT4870
Version: 5.12.01.3107
PCI 3 Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter from Gateway's website
Version: 2.10.01.02
PCI 2
PCI 1 RT2500 codec card

Tested AGP display cards

Card Driver 16* 32*
Matrox Millennium G450Version 5.12.01.1250
Date: 02/28/01
YesYes
NVidia GeForce2 MX/MX400Version 12.41 YesYes

Additional required software

We installed patches and drivers in the following order:

  1. Microsoft Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000.
  2. Intel chipset utility driver, version 2.90.009.
  3. Intel's ATA storage driver, version 6.10.

Comments

  • Disabled the onboard VGA in the system BIOS.

*16 and 32 refer to color depth in bits

For more information, see http://www.gateway.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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