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NVIDIA nForce 500 Socket support LGA 775
Socket AM2Release date May 23, 2006 Predecessor nForce4 Successor nForce 600 The nForce 500 is a motherboard chipset series and the successor to the nForce4 series. It was revealed by NVIDIA on 2006-03-07 and released on 2006-05-23. The nForce 500 series supports AMD's Socket AM2 and support for Intel's LGA 775 has also been added.
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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 3Gb/s hard disks and ten USB 2.0 devices.
- Support for dual RAID 5.
Chipsets[1]
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 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
- 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.
Intel Edition
NVIDIA has also prepared enthusiast segment nForce 590 SLI and performance segment nForce 570 SLI motherboards for Intel's Core 2 processors. These motherboards will compete against the Intel 975X Express chipset, but information about performance has been withheld due to non-disclosure agreement restrictions. Some nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition and nForce 4 Ultra motherboards will also be updated to support Core 2.
See also
References
- ^ NVIDIA Product page "nForce 500 Series MCPs - Tech Specs". NVIDIA official website. http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce5_specs_amd.html NVIDIA Product page. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
External links
- Official site - NVIDIA nForce 500 Series for AMD
- Official site - NVIDIA nForce 500 Series for Intel
- NVIDIA Official Press Release
- AnandTech - nForce 500: nForce4 on Steroids?
- AnandTech - nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition: NVIDIA prepares an Intel 975X Killer
- HardwareZone - NVIDIA nForce 500 Chipset Family
- iXBT Digit Life - NVIDIA nForce 500 Chipsets
- Mike's Hardware - Roadmap Q2 2006
- Sudhian - NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Review
- The Tech Report - NVIDIA's nForce 590 SLI
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