Gigabyte GV-N550UD-1GI Manual - Page 5

1. Introduction 1.1. Features • Powered by NVIDIA® GeForceTM GTX 550 Ti Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) • Supports PCI Express 2.0 • Integrated with 1GB GDDR5 memory • Supports DirectX® 11 • Supports NVIDIA® SLI TM (Scalable Link Interface) technology (Note 1) • Supports 2 Dual-Link DVI-I connectors • Supports 1 mini HDMI connector • Supports HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) technology 1.2. Minimum System Requirements • Hardware - 400-watt system power supply specification or above is recommended - Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD AthlonTM XP class processor or higher - 1GB system memory (2GB recommended) - Optical drive for software installation (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive) • Operating System - Windows® 7 - Windows® Vista - Windows® XP • 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 PCIe x16 slots and correct chipset driver - Two GV-N550OC-1GI / GV-N550UD-1GI for SLI configuration; - A power supply with 600-watt or above is recommended - An SLI bridge connector (Note 1) 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-N550OC-1GI / GV-N550UD-1GI) and from the same vendor (e.g. GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY). - 5 - Introduction