Gigabyte GV-NX71G512P8 Manual - Page 7

English 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 tables for details: Table 1. Available Graphics Memory Calculation for the GV-NX71G512P8(-RH) System Memory 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB or above Onboard Graphics Memory (a) 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB Allocated System Memory (b) 0 MB 128 MB 384 MB Total Effective Graphics Memory (a)+(b) 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB Table 2. Available Graphics Memory Calculation for the GV-NX71G256P4-RH System memory 256 MB 512 MB or above Onboard Graphics Memory (a) 64 MB 64 MB Allocated System Memory (b) 64 MB 192 MB Total Effective Graphics Memory (a)+(b) 128 MB 256 MB • Powered by NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7100 GS Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) • Supports the newest PCI Express x16 • GV-NX71G512P8(-RH) Integrated with 128MB DDRII memory GV-NX71G256P4-RH Integrated with 64MB DDRII memory • Supports DirectX 9.0c • Supports NVIDIA® SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology via the PCI Express bus(Note) (For GV-NX71G512P8-RH / GV-NX71G512P8 only) • Supports AV / S-Video and HDTV output • Provides D-Sub and DVI-I connectors 1.2. Minimum System Requirement • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD AthlonTM or higher • One PCI Express x16 slot • Operating Systems Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP • 512 MB of system memory • 200 MB of available disk space for full installation • CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive (Note): SLI technology requires a PCI Express motherboard with two x16 physical connectors. Graphics cards working in an SLI configuration must be of the same model and from the same vendor. To support SLI technology via the PCI Express bus, the GV-NX71G512P8(-RH) requires driver version 91.47 or later. - 3 - Introduction