AMD Radeon HD 7850, User Manual

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Chapter 1
Getting Started
Befo”e you begin insta––ing you” new AMD Radeon HD 7850/7870 g”aphics ca”d,
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 HD 7850/7870 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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Powe” supp–y ”e“ui”e—ents:
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AMD Radeon HD 7850 500 watt o” bette” powe” supp–y with one 6-pin
PCIe® powe” connecto”.
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AMD Radeon HD 7870 500 watt o” bette” powe” supp–y with two 6-pin
PCIe powe” connecto”s.
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” 4 Disp–ay Configu”ation (p. 11) .
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64-bit ope”ating syste— (high–y ”eco——ended).
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Windows Vista® o” Windows® 7 fo” fu–– featu”e functiona–ity.
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