nForce 500

NVIDIA nForce 500
Socket support LGA 775
Socket AM2
Release 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.

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 3Gbit/s hard disks and ten USB 2.0 devices.
  • Support for dual RAID 5.
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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 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.
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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.

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See also

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References

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