Gigabyte GV-N98TOC-1GI Manual - Page 5

1. Introduction 1.1. Features • Powered by NVIDIA® GeForceTM 9800 GT Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) • Supports PCI Express 2.0 • Integrated with 1 GB GDDR3 memory (For GV-N98TOC-1GI/GV-N98TOC-1GI rev2.0only) • Integrated with 512 MB GDDR3 memory (For GV-N98TOC-512I/GV-N98TOC-512I rev2.0 only) • Supports DirectX 10 • Supports NVIDIA® SLI TM (Scalable Link Interface) technology (Note) • Supports 1 HDMI connectors • Supports 1 D-Sub connector • Supports 1 Dual-Link DVI-I connector • Supports HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) technology 1.2. Minimum System Requirements • Hardware - Intel® Pentium®/CoreTM 2 or AMD AthlonTM/PhenomTM - 128 MB of system memory; 2 GB or more for best performance - Optical drive for software installation (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive) - A rating power 500 Watt power supply or above is a must • Operating System - Windows® 7 - 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 PCI Express x16 slots and correct chipset driver - Two GV-N98TOC-1GI/GV-N98TOC-512I/GV-N98TOC-1GI rev2.0/ GV-N98TOC-512I rev2.0 - A rating power 500 Watt power supply or above is a must - An SLI bridge connector (Note) 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-N98TOC-1GI/GV-N98TOC-512I/GV-N98TOC-1GI rev2.0/ GV-N98TOC-512I rev2.0) and from the samevendor (e.g. GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY). - 5 - Introduction