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1. Introduction 1.1. Features • The graphics card supports NVIDIA TurboCache technology, which enhances graphics card performance by allowing the graphics processing unit (GPU) to dynamically share the available system memory. The total effective VGA memory differs depending on system memory. See the following table for details: System Memory Onboard Graphics Memory (a) Allocated System Memory (b) Total Effective Graphics Memory (a)+(b) 256 MB 256 MB 0 MB 256 MB 512 MB 256 MB 0 MB 256 MB 1 GB 512 MB 256 MB 768 MB (For GV-N84STC-512I Rev2.0 only) Windows Vista &Windows7 System Memory On board graphics memory (MB) Shared system memory (MB) Total graphics memory (MB) 1GB 2GB 4GB 512 512 512 253 765 1150 765 1277 1662 Windows XP System Memory On board graphics memory (MB) Shared system memory (MB) Total graphics memory (MB) (For GV-N84STC-1GI only) 1GB 2GB 4GB 512 512 512 512 512 512 1024 1024 1024 • Powered by NVIDIA® GeForceTM 8400 GS Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) • Supports PCI Express 2.0 • Integrated with 512MB GDDR2 memory (For GV-N84S-512I Rev3.0/GV-N84STC-1GI only) • Integrated with 128MB GDDR3 memory (For GV-N84STC-512I Rev2.0 only) • Supports DirectX 10.1 • Supports 1 HDMI connector • Supports 1 Dual-Link DVI-I connector • Supports 1 D-sub connector • Supports HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) technology GV-N84 Series Graphics Accelerator - 6 -

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GV-N84 Series
Graphics Accelerator
1. Introduction
1.1. Features
The graphics card supports NVIDIA TurboCache technology, which enhances graphics card
performance by allowing the graphics processing unit (GPU) to dynamically share the
available system memory. The total effective VGA memory differs depending on system
memory. See the following table for details:
(For GV-N84STC-512I Rev2.0 only)
(For GV-N84STC-1GI
only)
Powered by
NVIDIA
®
GeForce
TM
8400 GS
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Supports PCI Express 2.0
Integrated with 512MB GDDR2 memory
(For GV-N84S-512I Rev3.0/GV-N84STC-1GI only)
Integrated with 128MB GDDR3 memory (For GV-N84STC-512I Rev2.0 only)
Supports DirectX 10.1
Supports 1 HDMI connector
Supports 1 Dual-Link DVI-I connector
Supports 1 D-sub connector
Supports HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) technology
System
Memory
256 MB
512 MB
1 GB
Onboard Graphics Memory (a)
256 MB
256 MB
512 MB
Allocated System Memory (b)
0 MB
0 MB
256 MB
Total Effective Graphics Memory (a)+(b)
256 MB
256 MB
768 MB
Windows Vista &Windows7
System
Memory
1GB
2GB
4GB
On board graphics memory (MB)
512
512
512
Shared system memory (MB)
253
765
1150
Total graphics memory (MB)
765
1277
1662
Windows XP
System
Memory
1GB
2GB
4GB
On board graphics memory (MB)
512
512
512
Shared system memory (MB)
512
512
512
Total graphics memory (MB)
1024
1024
1024