nForce 500

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NVIDIA nForce 500
Socket support	LGA775 Socket AM2
Release date	May 23, 2006
Predecessor	nForce4
Successor	nForce 600

The nForce 500 is a computer 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 LGA775 has also been added.

1 Specifications
2 Chipsets^[1]
3 Intel Edition
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Chipsets^[1]

[edit] nForce 590 SLI MCP

Enthusiast dual GPU segment, with full 16+16 SLI support.
Uses the MCP55XE northbridge and C51XE southbridge. The two chipsets provide a total of 46 PCI Express lanes.

[edit] nForce 570 SLI

Performance dual GPU segment.
Total of 28 PCI Express lanes.

[edit] nForce 570 LT SLI

Performance dual GPU segment.
Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.

[edit] nForce 570 Ultra

Performance single GPU segment, lacking SLI support.
Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.

[edit] nForce 560

Mainstream single GPU segment, lacking SLI support, and featuring only one Ethernet and four SATA ports.
Total of 19 PCI Express lanes.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] nForce 500 SLI (nForce4 SLI AM2)

Performance dual GPU segment.
Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.

[edit] nForce 500 Ultra (nForce4 Ultra AM2)

Performance single GPU segment.
Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.

[edit] nForce 500 (nForce4 AM2)

Value single GPU segment.
Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.

[edit] Intel Edition

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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.

[edit] See also

Comparison of Nvidia chipsets

[edit] References

^ NVIDIA Product page nForce 500 Series MCPs - Tech Specs. NVIDIA official website. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.

[edit] External links

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