NForce 500
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 May 23, 2006. The nForce 500 series supports AMD's Socket AM2 and support for Intel's LGA 775 has also been added.Specifications
nForce 590 SLI MCP">Media Communications Processor">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.
Chipsets for Intel processors
nForce 590 SLI
- Enthusiast dual GPU segment, with full x16 + x16 SLI support.
- Total of 48 PCI Express lanes.
nForce 570 SLI
- Performance dual GPU segment, with x8 + x8 SLI support.
- Total of 20 PCI Express lanes.
