NForce 500

{{short description|Motherboard chipset series}} {{lowercase title}} {{Infobox chipset |Image =File:NForce_500_logo.png |Table_name = Nvidia nForce 500 |CPU = |Socket = LGA 775<br>Socket AM2 |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 May 23, 2006. 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 3 Gbit/s hard disks and ten USB 2.0 devices. *Support for dual RAID 5.

==Chipsets for AMD processors== Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=NVIDIA nForce 500 Series MCPs for AMD |url=http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce5_specs_amd.html |accessdate=2013-10-15 |publisher=NVIDIA official website}}</ref> ===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.

==Chipsets for Intel processors== Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=NVIDIA nForce 500 Series MCPs for Intel |url=http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce5_specs_intel.html |accessdate=2013-10-15 |publisher=NVIDIA official website}}</ref> ===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.

==See also== * Comparison of Nvidia chipsets<ref>{{Cite web |title=GPU Comparisons, Features And Benchmarks |url=https://anycompares.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605145307/https://anycompares.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=anycompares.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

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== External links == *[https://www.nvidia.com/page/mobo.html Official Site - All NVIDIA nForce AMD/Intel] *[http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce5_amd.html Official site - NVIDIA nForce 500 Series for AMD] *[http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce5_intel.html Official site - NVIDIA nForce 500 Series for Intel] *[http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_30177.html NVIDIA Official Press Release] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060525213337/http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2764 AnandTech - nForce 500: nForce4 on Steroids?] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060629011350/http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2786 AnandTech - nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition: NVIDIA prepares an Intel 975X Killer] *[http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=6&id=1913 HardwareZone - NVIDIA nForce 500 Chipset Family] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081030021441/http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/mainboard/nvidia-nforce-500-chipsets.html iXBT Digit Life - NVIDIA nForce 500 Chipsets] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090308003603/http://mikeshardware.co.uk/RoadmapQ206.htm#nForce%20500 Mike's Hardware - Roadmap Q2 2006] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060608143728/http://www.sudhian.com/index.php?%2Farticles%2Fshow%2Fnvidia_nforce_590_sli_review%2F Sudhian - NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Review] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061119130216/http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2006q2/am2-chipsets/index.x?pg=2 The Tech Report - NVIDIA's nForce 590 SLI]

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