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1. Introduction 1.1. Features • Powered by NVIDIA® GeForceTM GTX 295 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) • Supports PCI Express 2.0 • Integrated with 1792 MB GDDR3 memory • Supports DirectX 10 • Supports NVIDIA® SLI TM (Scalable Link Interface) technology (Note 1) • Supports 1 HDMI connector(GV-N295-18I-B only) • Supports 2 DVI-I connectors • Supports HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) technology 1.2. Minimum System Requirements • Hardware - Minimum 680 W power supply specification and with both an 8-pin and a 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector is recommended. - Intel Pentium® 4, AMD AthlonTM XP class processor or higher - 1 GB of system memory (2 GB recommended) - 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-N295-18I-B/GV-N295-18I-B rev 2.0 for SLI configuration; - An 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-N295-18I-B/GV-N295-18I-B rev 2.0) 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 i7 3.2 GHz processor. - 5 - Introduction