ATI Technologies X850 - Radeon Xt Platinum Edition 256 Mb Agp, User Manual

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CHAPTER 3:
Getting Started
Congratulations on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X850 CrossFire
Edition card. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of trouble-free
computing.
System Requirements
External Connections
The following connection types are available on the baseplate of your
Radeon® X850 CrossFire Edition:
• DVI-I
• DMS-59™
Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®.
• 512MB of system memory; 1GB or more for best
performance.
• A CrossFire™ certified motherboard with two (2) PCI
Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver.
Note: The Radeon® X850 CrossFire Edition is a dual-
slot solution that may obscure the adjacent slot. (See
ati.com/crossfire
for a list of CrossFire™ certified
motherboards.)
• Optical drive for installation software (CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM drive).
• Specialized PCI Express® 500 watt or greater power
supply recommended. Consult your computer system
manual to ensure the power supply is designed to
accommodate a high-end graphics card with a peak
dissipation above 75 watts.
Operating
System • Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2).
• Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition.
Monitor • High-resolution MultiSync or multi-frequency monitors
or any other type of VGA monitor.
• Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display.