4 Before You Begin

System Requirements

Hardware

• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®.

 

• 512MB of system memory; 1GB or more for best

 

 

performance.

 

• Optical drive for installation software (CD-ROM or

 

 

DVD-ROM drive).

 

• Specialized PCI Express® 550 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

• Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2).

System

• Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition.

 

•

Windows® 2000.

 

•

Windows® Vista.

 

 

Monitor

• High-resolution MultiSync or multi-frequency monitors

 

 

or any other type of VGA monitor.

 

• Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display.

 

 

CrossFire™

If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of a

Compatibility

CrossFire™ system, the following is required:

 

• A CrossFire™ certified motherboard with two (2) PCI

 

 

Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver.

 

 

(See ati.com/crossfire for a list of CrossFire™

 

 

certified motherboards.)

 

• a CrossFire™ Edition graphics card from the same

 

 

product series that works as the Master graphics card.

 

More information on the requirements for each of these

 

components can be found within the CrossFire™ FAQ.

 

 

 

Before You BeginBefore you begin installing your new graphics card, please do the following.