AMD Radeon R9 290 Series - Chapter 1 Getting Started; System Requirements; Recording the Serial and Part Numbers

Chapter 1
Getting Started
Befo”e you begin insta––ing you” new AMD Radeon R9 290 g”aphics ca”d (P/N: 102-
C67101-00), p–ease —ake su”e you have the p”ope” syste— ”e“ui”e—ents and have
co—p–eted the ”e“ui”ed p”einsta––ation tasks as out–ined in this chapte”.
1.1 System Requirements
1.1.1 Requirements for Single-card Installations
Mini—u— ”e“ui”e—ents fo” insta––ing a sing–e AMD Radeon R9 290 g”aphics ca”d:
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PCI Exp”ess® based PC with one ×16 –ane g”aphics s–ot avai–ab–e on the
—othe”boa”d.
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AMD Ath–on o” Inte– Pentiu—® 4 CPU.
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500-watt o” bette” powe” supp–y with one 6-pin PCIe® powe” connecto”.
Ce”tified powe” supp–ies a”e st”ong–y ”eco——ended; fo” a –ist of ce”tified powe”
supp–ies, see
ati.a—d.co—/ce”tifiedpsu.
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4 GB RAM (6 GB RAM o” g”eate” is ”eco——ended fo” AMD C”ossFi”e
techno–ogy).
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CD-ROM o” DVD-ROM d”ive fo” insta––ing softwa”e.
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Use of th”ee o” —o”e disp–ays with AMD Eyefinity techno–ogy ”e“ui”es
Disp–ayPo”t-capab–e disp–ays o” AMD Eyefinity va–idated dong–es. Fo” —o”e
info”—ation, see Chapte” 3 Disp–ay Configu”ation (p. 7).
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64-bit ope”ating syste— (high–y ”eco——ended).
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Windows® 7, Windows® 8, Windows® 8.1 o” Windows Vista®.
1.2 Recording the Serial and Part Numbers
W”ite down the se”ia– nu—be” and pa”t nu—be” befo”e insta––ing. The se”ia– nu—be”
and 102 pa”t nu—be” on the g”aphics ca”d a”e ”e“ui”ed fo” ”egist”ation and f”ee
suppo”t. They a”e –ocated on a sticke” on the back of the ca”d.
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