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Motherboard compatibility test
Leadtek WinFast K7NCR18G PRO




Motherboard specifications

CPU Single socket A
AMD Athlon XP
Chipset NVIDIA nForce 2
Expansion slots 4 PCI
1 AGP
Storage South Bridge nForce 2 MCP-T:
2 x Ultra DMA 100 EIDE
I/ONVIDIA NForce audio controller
NVIDIA NForce MCP network controller
Front side Bus 266 MHz


Test results

Tested configuration
CPU Single Athlon XP 2100+
BIOS Phoenix version 6A61BLBCC Date: 03/26/2003
Memory 512 MB DDR RAM
Storage System drive and CD-ROM drive on primary EIDE channel.
A/V drive on secondary EIDE channel.
Software Matrox X.tools build 6122 and Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5

Installed expansion cards
AGP Matrox Parhelia
PCI 1
PCI 2 Matrox RT.X
PCI 3
PCI 4

Additional required software
We installed patches and drivers in the following order:
1 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Updates, and Driver Updates
2 NVIDIA Unified Driver Package, version 4.25 Date: 05/10/2004

Tested AGP display cards
Card   Driver   16*   32*
Matrox Parhelia Version 1.05.00.107
Date: 09/26/2003
Yes Yes
ASUS V8460 UltraNVIDIA
GeForce 4 Ti 4600
Version 56.72
Date: 04/01/2004
Yes Yes

Tested sound cards
Card   Driver   PCI
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Version 5.12.5.441
Date: 10/21/2003
4
NVIDIA nForce audio codec interface Version 6.14.431.1
Date: 03/26/2004
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 22, 2004.

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