Gigabyte GV-N550WF2-1GI - 1 Introduction; Features; Minimum System Requirements

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1. Introduction
1.1. Features
• Powered by NVIDIA
®
GeForce
TM
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 and 1 mini HDMI connectors
(Only GV-N550OC-1GI / GV-N550UD-1GI)
• Supports 1 Dual-Link DVI-I,1 HDMI and 1 D-sub connectors
(Only GV-N550WF2-1GI / GV-N550D5-1GI)
• Supports HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) technology
1.2. Minimum System Requirements
• Hardware
- 400-watt system power supply specication or above is recommended
- Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 or AMD Athlon
TM
XP class processor or higher
- 1GB system memory (4GB recommended)
- Optical drive for software installation (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive)
• Operating System
- Windows
®
7
- Windows
®
Vista
- Windows
®
XP
• SLI
TM
Conguration
If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of an SLI system, the following
are required:
-
An SLI certied motherboard with two PCIe x16 slots and correct chipset driver
- Two GV-N550WF2-1GI / GV-N550OC-1GI / GV-N550UD-1GI / GV-N550D5-1GI
for SLI conguration;
- A power supply with 650-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 conguration must be with the same model name
(e.g. GV-N550WF2-1GI / GV-N550OC-1GI / GV-N550UD-1GI / GV-N550D5-1GI) and from the same
vendor (e.g. GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY).