The nForce 500 is a motherboard
chipset
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series and the successor to the
nForce4 series. It was revealed by
NVIDIA
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on 2006-03-07 and released on May 23, 2006. The nForce 500 series supports
AMD
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's
Socket AM2
The Socket AM2, renamed from Socket M2 (to prevent using the same name as Cyrix MII processors), is a CPU socket designed by AMD for desktop processors, including the performance, mainstream and value segments. It was released on May 23, 2006, a ...
and support for
Intel
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's
LGA 775
LGA 775 ( land grid array 775), also known as Socket T, is an Intel desktop CPU socket. Unlike PGA CPU sockets, such as its predecessor Socket 478, LGA 775 has no socket holes; instead, it has 775 protruding pins which touch contact points on th ...
has also been added.
Specifications
*Support for NVIDIA
SLI technology, including
Quad SLI (enabling the simultaneous use of four
GPUs) and SLI LinkBoost developments.
*Support for up to six
SATA
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3 Gbit/s
hard disk
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s and ten
USB 2.0 devices.
*Support for dual
RAID 5.
Chipsets for AMD processors
Source:
nForce 590 SLI MCP
*Enthusiast dual GPU segment, with full 16+16 SLI support.
*Uses the C51XE
northbridge and MCP55XE
southbridge. The two chips provide a total of 46
PCI Express
PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a high-speed standard used to connect hardware components inside computers. It is designed to replace older expansion bus standards such as Peripher ...
lanes.
nForce 570 SLI
*Performance dual GPU segment.
*Total of 28 PCI Express lanes.
nForce 570 LT SLI
*Performance dual GPU segment.
*Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.
nForce 570 Ultra
*Performance single GPU segment, lacking SLI support.
*Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.
nForce 560 SLI
*Performance dual GPU segment, featuring only one Ethernet and four SATA ports.
*Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.
nForce 560
*Mainstream single GPU segment, lacking SLI support, and featuring only one Ethernet and four SATA ports.
*Total of 19 PCI Express lanes.
nForce 550
*Mainstream single GPU segment, lacking SLI and RAID 5 support, and featuring only one Ethernet and four SATA ports.
*Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.
nForce 520
*Value/Mainstream single GPU segment, lacking SLI and RAID 5 support, and featuring only one 10/100 Ethernet and four SATA ports.
*Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.
*Uses MCP65S northbridge.
nForce 520 LE
*Value single GPU segment, lacking SLI, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5 support, and featuring only one 10/100 Ethernet, 8USB ports two SATA ports.
*Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.
nForce 500 SLI (nForce4 SLI AM2)
*Performance dual GPU segment.
*Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.
nForce 500 Ultra (nForce4 Ultra AM2)
*Performance single GPU segment.
*Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.
nForce 500 (nForce4 AM2)
*Value single GPU segment.
*Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.
Chipsets for Intel processors
Source:
nForce 590 SLI
*Enthusiast dual GPU segment, with full x16 + x16 SLI support.
*Total of 48
PCI Express
PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a high-speed standard used to connect hardware components inside computers. It is designed to replace older expansion bus standards such as Peripher ...
lanes.
nForce 570 SLI
*Performance dual GPU segment, with x8 + x8 SLI support.
*Total of 20
PCI Express
PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a high-speed standard used to connect hardware components inside computers. It is designed to replace older expansion bus standards such as Peripher ...
lanes.
See also
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Comparison of Nvidia chipsets
This is a comparison of chipsets designed by Nvidia. Nvidia stopped producing chipsets in 2009. Nvidia codenames its chipsets MCPs (Media and Communications Processors).
nForce nForce
nForce Southbridges
nForce2 nForce2
nForce2 So ...
References
External links
Official Site - All NVIDIA nForce AMD/IntelAnandTech - nForce 500: nForce4 on Steroids?AnandTech - nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition: NVIDIA prepares an Intel 975X KillerHardwareZone - NVIDIA nForce 500 Chipset FamilySudhian - NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI ReviewThe Tech Report - NVIDIA's nForce 590 SLI
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