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EVGA GeForce GTX 295 User Manual

Geforce gtx 295 minimum system requirements, Included equipment, Installing the evga geforce gtx 295

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Quick Start Guide

GeForce GTX 295

Minimum System

Requirements

Motherboard:

▪ PCI Express

®

or PCI Express 2.0-compliant motherboard

with one dual-width x16 graphics slot. For Quad SLI

configuration, you need an SLI-ready motherboard with one

dual-width x16 graphics slot for each graphics card.

System Power Supply:

▪ One 6-pin PCI Express power connector or t

wo available

hard disk power connectors and one PCI Express 8-pin

connector or two available 6-pin PCI Express power

connectors.

For power supply recommendations for SLI configurations,

visit www.slizone.com and check the Certified Products section.

Operating System:

▪ Microsoft Windows Vista, 32-bit or 64-bit (64

-bit recommended)

▪ Microsoft Windows XP, 32-bit or 64-bit

6-pin Power Connector

8-pin Power Connector

SPDIF Connector

SLI Connector

HDMI Connector

DVI-I Connectors

Included Equipment

▪ EVGA GeForce GTX 295 Graphic Card

▪ Quick Start Guide and Printed Manual

▪ SPDIF Audio-In Cable

▪ DVI-to-VGA Adapter

▪ Driver Installation CD Features:

- Features Windows XP and Vista (32/64-bit) drivers

- EVGA Precision Special Edition

Installing the EVGA

GeForce GTX 295

1 Remove the current graphics driver installed on you

r computer.

In Windows Vista, go to

Start > Control Panel > Programs >

Uninstall a Program

.

2 Turn off your computer and disconnect the power cord.

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Driver Installation

With the hardware installed, it is now time to install the graphics driver.

1 Power up your computer.

2 Insert the driver installation CD or double click on the GeForce driver

executable file that can be downloaded at www.evga.com/support/drivers.

The Setup program takes over and will walk you through the driver

installation process.

3 You may need to reboot your PC once the driver installation is complete.

Enabling SLI

If you have installed multiple graphics cards in your system for SLI,

you can set your SLI configuration in the NVIDIA Control Panel:

4 In Windows Vista, go to

Start > Control Panel > Additional Options

and select the NVIDIA Control Panel icon.

5 Click on

Set SLI and PhysX Configuration

in the left task pane and

select

Enable SLI

and click

Apply

.

6 Click

Yes

on the

Applications Shutdown Required window.

Note: Quad SLI is only supported under the Windows Vista operating system.