The nForce 500 is a motherboard
chipset
In a computer system, a chipset is a set of electronic components
An electronic component is any basic discrete device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields. Electronic components are ...
series and the successor to the
nForce4
The nForce4 is a motherboard chipset released by Nvidia in October 2004. The chipset supports AMD 64-bit processors (Socket 939, Socket AM2 and Socket 754) and Intel Pentium 4 LGA 775 processors.
Models nForce4/nForce4-4x
nForce4 is the second ...
series. It was revealed by
NVIDIA
Nvidia CorporationOfficially written as NVIDIA and stylized in its logo as VIDIA with the lowercase "n" the same height as the uppercase "VIDIA"; formerly stylized as VIDIA with a large italicized lowercase "n" on products from the mid 1990s to ...
on 2006-03-07 and released on May 23, 2006. The nForce 500 series supports
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. While it initially manufactur ...
'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, as ...
and support for
Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...
'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 the ...
has also been added.
Specifications
*Support for NVIDIA
SLI technology, including
Quad SLI (enabling the simultaneous use of four
GPU
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed to manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device. GPUs are used in embedded systems, mobil ...
s) and SLI LinkBoost developments.
*Support for up to six
SATA
SATA (Serial AT Attachment) is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical drives, and solid-state drives. Serial ATA succeeded the earlier Parallel ATA (PATA) standard to ...
3Gbit/s
hard disk
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnet ...
s and ten
USB 2.0
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that establishes specifications for cables, connectors and protocols for connection, communication and power supply (interfacing) between computers, peripherals and other computers. A broad ...
devices.
*Support for dual
RAID 5
In computer storage, the standard RAID levels comprise a basic set of RAID ("redundant array of independent disks" or "redundant array of inexpensive disks") configurations that employ the techniques of striping, mirroring, or parity to create lar ...
.
Chipsets for AMD processors
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 or PCI-e, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and AGP bus standards. It is the common ...
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
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 or PCI-e, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and AGP bus standards. It is the common ...
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 or PCI-e, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and AGP bus standards. It is the common ...
lanes.
See also
*
Comparison of Nvidia chipsets This is a comparison of chipsets designed by Nvidia.
nForce nForce
nForce Southbridges
nForce2 nForce2
nForce2 Southbridges
nForce3
The memory controller is integrated into the CPU, the supported memory types depend on the CP ...
References
https://www.nvidia.com/page/mobo.html
[Nforce MotherBoards - All Versions AMD & Intel Page Update]
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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