Gigabyte GV-N26-896H-B-GA Manual - Page 5
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1. Introduction 1.1. Features • Powered by NVIDIA® GeForceTM GTX 260 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) • Supports PCI Express 2.0 • Integrated with 896 MB GDDR3 memory • Supports DirectX 10 • Supports NVIDIA® SLI TM (Scalable Link Interface) technology (Note 1) • Supports 2 DVI-I connectors • Supports HDTV output (by adapter, for GV-N26-896H-B only) • Supports HDMI connector (by adapter, only GV-N26OC-896H-B includes the adapter) • Supports 2 D-Sub connectors (by adapter) • Supports HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) technology 1.2. Minimum System Requirements • Hardware - 500-watt power supply or greater with minimum 12V current rating of 36A. (Note 2) - Intel® Pentium®/CoreTM 2 or AMD AthlonTM/PhenomTM - 512 MB of system memory; 2 GB or more for best performance - Optical drive for software installation (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive) • Operating System - Windows® Vista - Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) - Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition • SLI TM Configuration If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of an SLI system, the following are required: - An SLI certified motherboard with two/three PCIe x16 slots and correct chipset driver - Two GV-N26-896H-B/GV-N26OC-896H-B for SLI configuration; Three GV-N26-896H-B/GV-N26OC-896H-B for 3-way SLI configuration - A power supply with 900-watt or above is recommended - An SLI bridge connector or 3-way SLI bridge connector (Note 1) SLI technology requires a PCI Express motherboard with two/three x16 physical connectors. Graphics cards working in an SLI configuration must be with the same model name (e.g. GV-N26-896H-B/GV-N26OC-896H-B) and from the same vendor (e.g. GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY). (Note 2) The minimum system power requirement recommended here is based on a PC configured with an Intel Core 2 Extreme processor (QX6700). - 5 - Introduction