Gigabyte gtx 460 soc pdf

GV-N460SO-1GI
NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 460 Graphics Accelerator
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User's Manual
Rev. 101 12MM-N460SO-101R

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 4
1.1. Features ......................................................................................................................... 41.2. Minimum System Requirements .................................................................................... 4

2. Hardware Installation .................................................................................................. 5
2.1. Board Layout ................................................................................................................. 5 2.2. HardwareInstallation ...................................................................................................... 7

3. Software Installation .................................................................................................... 9
3.1. Driver and Utility Installation ........................................................................................... 9
3.1.1. DriverInstallation ........................................................................................................... 9

3.2. 3.3.

Display Properties Pages ........................................................................................ 13 Accessing NVIDIA Control Panel ............................................................................ 14

4. Troubleshooting Tips................................................................................................ 22 5. Appendix ................................................................................................................. 23
5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS in MS-DOS Mode .............................................................. 23 5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows XP)................................................... 24 5.3. Regulatory Statements ................................................................................................. 26

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1. Introduction
1.1. Features
• • • • • • • • Powered by NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 460 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Supports PCI Express 2.0 Integrated with 1GB GDDR5 memory Supports DirectX® 11 Supports NVIDIA® SLI (ScalableLink Interface) technology (Note 1) Supports 2 Dual-Link DVI-I connectors Supports 1 mini HDMI connector Supports HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) technology
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1.2. Minimum System Requirements
• Hardware - 500-watt system power supply specification or above is recommended - Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon XP class - 2GB system memory (4GB recommended) - Optical drive...