Gigabyte GV-N28-1GH-B-GA Manual - Page 4

1. Introduction 1.1. Features • Powered by NVIDIA® GeForceTM GTX 280 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) • Supports PCI Express 2.0 • Integrated with 1 GB GDDR3 memory • Supports DirectX 10 • Supports NVIDIA® SLI TM (Scalable Link Interface) technology (Note 1) • Supports 2 DVI-I connectors • Supports HDMI connector (by 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-N28-1GH-B for SLI configuration; Three GV-N28-1GH-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-N28-1GH-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). GV-N28-1GH-B Graphics Accelerator - 4 -