Gigabyte GV-N285UD-1GH Manual - Page 5
Introduction - sli
View all Gigabyte GV-N285UD-1GH manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
Page 5 highlights
1. Introduction 1.1. Features • Powered by NVIDIA® GeForceTM GTX 285 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 Dual-Link DVI-I connectors • Supports 1 HDMI connector (by optional adapter) • Supports 1 D-Sub connectors (by adapter) • Supports HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) technology 1.2. Minimum System Requirements • Hardware - 550-watt system power supply specification or above is recommended. - Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD AthlonTM XP class - 1 GB 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-N285-1GH-B /GV-N285UD-1GH for SLI configuration; Three GV-N285-1GH-B/GV-N285UD-1GH 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-N285-1GH-B/GV-N285UD-1GH) and from the same vendor (e.g. GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY). - 5 - Introduction