Gigabyte GV-N26OC-896I Manual - Page 4

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 (For GV-N26OC-896I only) • Supports DirectX 10 • Supports NVIDIA® SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology (Note) • Supports 1 HDMI connector • Supports 1 D-Sub connector • Support 1 DVI-I connectors • Supports HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) technology 1.2. Minimum System Requirements • Hardware - 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) - A 500 Watt system power supply specification or above is recommended. • 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-N26OC-896I for SLI configuration;Three GV-N26OC-896I 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) SLI technology requires a PCI Express motherboard with two x16 physical connectors. Graphics cards working in an SLI configuration must be with the same model name (e.g. GV-N26OC-896I) and from the same vendor (e.g. GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY). GV-N26 Series Graphics Accelerator - 4 -