Gigabyte GV-N580UD-3GI User Manual

- 5 - Introduction
1. Introduction
1.1. Features
• Powered by NVIDIA
®
GeForce
TM
GTX 580 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
• Supports PCI Express 2.0
• Integrated with 1536 MB GDDR5 memory (GV-N580UD-15I only)
• Integrated with 3072 MB GDDR5 memory (GV-N580UD-3GI only)
• Supports DirectX
®
11
• Supports NVIDIA
®
SLI
TM
(Scalable Link Interface) technology
(Note 1)
• Supports 2 Dual-Link DVI-I connectors
• Supports 1 mini HDMI connector
• Supports HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) technology
1.2. Minimum System Requirements
• Hardware
- 600-watt system power supply specication or above is recommended
- Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 or AMD Athlon
TM
XP class
- 2GB 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/three PCIe x16 slots and correct chipset driver
- Two GV-N580UD-3GI / GV-N580UD-15I for SLI conguration;
Three GV-N580UD-3GI / GV-N580UD-15I for 3-way SLI conguration
- A power supply with 900-watt or above is recommended
- An SLI bridge connector or 3-way SLI bridge connector
(Note 1) SLI technology requires a PCI Express motherboard with two/three x16 physical connectors.
Graphics cards working in an SLI conguration must be with the same model name
(e.g. GV-N580UD-3GI / GV-N580UD-15I) and from the same vendor (e.g. GIGABYTE
TECHNOLOGY).

Gigabyte GV-N580UD-3GI Specifications

General

Brand	Gigabyte
Model	GV-N580UD-3GI
Category	Video Card
Language	English