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NVIDIA nForce 500 Series MCPs for AMD

NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI NVIDIA nForce 570 LT SLI NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra NVIDIA nForce 560 SLI NVIDIA nForce 560 NVIDIA nForce 550 NVIDIA nForce 520 NVIDIA nForce 520 LE NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI NVIDIA nForce 500 Ultra NVIDIA nForce 500

Segment Enthusiast Performance SLI Performance SLI Performance non-SLI Performance SLI Mainstream Mainstream Mainstream Value Performance SLI Performance non-SLI Value

CPU AMD
Athlon 64 FX
Athlon 64 X2
Athlon 64 AMD
Athlon 64 FX
Athlon 64 X2
Athlon 64 AMD
Athlon 64 FX
Athlon 64 X2
Athlon 64 AMD
Athlon 64 FX
Athlon 64 X2
Athlon 64 AMD
Athlon 64 FX
Athlon 64 X2
Athlon 64 AMD
Athlon 64 X2
Athlon 64
Sempron AMD
Athlon 64 X2
Athlon 64
Sempron AMD
Athlon 64 X2
Athlon 64
Sempron AMD
Athlon 64
Sempron AMD
Athlon 64 X2
Athlon 64
Sempron AMD
Athlon 64 X2
Athlon 64
Sempron AMD
Athlon 64 X2
Athlon 64
Sempron

*NVIDIA LinkBoost™ technology No No No No No No No No No No No No

NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology Yes
2 x 16 Yes
2 x 8 Yes
2 x 8 No Yes
2 x 8 No No No No Yes
2 x 8 No No

PCI Express

# Lanes
46 lanes 28 lanes 19 lanes 20 lanes 20 lanes 19 lanes 20 lanes 20 lanes 20 lanes 20 lanes 20 lanes 20 lanes

# Links
9 links 6 links 4 links 5 links 4 links 4 links 5 links 4 links 3 links 5 links 4 links 4 links

Configuration
16, 16, 8, 1, 1, 1,1, 1, 1 16, 8, 1, 1, 1,1 8,8,1,1 16, 1, 1, 1,1 8, 8, 1, 1 16, 1, 1, 1 16, 1, 1, 1,1 16, 1, 1, 1 16, 1, 1 8, 8, 1, 1, 1 16, 1, 1, 1 16, 1, 1, 1

SATA/PATA drives 6/2 6/2 4/2 6/2 4/4 4/2 4/2 4/2 2/2 4/4 4/4 4/4

SATA speed 3Gb/s 3Gb/s 3Gb/s 3Gb/s 3Gb/s 3Gb/s 3Gb/s 3Gb/s 3Gb/s 3Gb/s 3Gb/s 3Gb/s

RAID 0,1,0+1,5 0,1,0+1,5 0,1,0+1,5 0,1,0+1,5 0,1,0+1,5 0,1,0+1,5 0,1,0+1 0,1,0+1 0,1 0,1,0+1,5 0,1,0+1,5 0,1,0+1

NVIDIA MediaShield™ Storage Technology Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Native Ethernet Connection 2 x
10/100/1000 2 x
10/100/1000 1 x
10/100/1000 2 x
10/100/1000 1 x
10/100/1000 1 x
10/100/1000 1 x
10/100/1000 1 x
10/100 1 x
10/100 1 x
10/100/1000 1 x
10/100/1000 1 x
10/100/1000

NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No

NVIDIA DualNet® technology Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No

Teaming
Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No

TCP/IP Acceleration
Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No

NVIDIA nTune™ Utility Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

USB ports 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 10

PCI Slots 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Audio HDA HDA HDA HDA AC97 HDA HDA HDA HDA AC97 AC97 AC97

*Note: NVIDIA LinkBoost™ technology has been removed as a feature from NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI