NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Motherboard
Engineered for the enthusiast, the NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI motherboard is the highest performing solution for the AMD® AM2 processor. This platform provides full-bandwidth dual x16 PCI Express slots, NVIDIA SLI™ support, and extreme overclocking to the AMD enthusiast. This motherboard provides enthusiast-class, workbench-friendly features such as LED with POST codes, power and reset buttons, and onboard speaker.
Best board for AMD AM2 processors
Full-bandwidth 2 x16 PCI Express slots
Enthusiast board features like LED with POST codes
6 SATA for extreme RAID performance
NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Motherboard
Segment
Enthusiast
Chipset
nForce 590 SLI MCP
Socket
AMD Socket AM2
CPU
Athlon 64 FX Athlon 64 X2 Athlon 64
Graphics
NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology
Yes 2 x 16
Memory
SLI-Ready Memory (MHz) with EPP
800 MHz
JEDEC DDR2 Memory (MHz)
800 MHz
SATA 3.0GB/s
6
Gigabit Ethernet Ports
2
Audio
HDA (Azalia)
USB (rear/onboard)
6/4
Slots
PCIe x16 slots
2
PCIe x4 slots
1
PCIe x1 slots
1
PCI slots
2
Storage
RAID
0,1,0+1,5
NVIDIA MediaShield™ Storage Technology
Yes
Networking
NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology
Yes
NVIDIA DualNet® technology
Yes
Teaming
Yes
TCP/IP Acceleration
Yes
Performance Utility
NVIDIA nTune™ Utility
Yes
*NVIDIA LinkBoost™ Technology
No
*Note: NVIDIA LinkBoost™ technology has been removed as a feature from NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI