NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI for AMD Round Up: GIGABYTE, MSI and ASUS
Specifications and Retail Package - ASUS M2N32 WS Pro
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CPU Support AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64/ Sempron - AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology - AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing Chipset NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP (NVIDIA LinkBoost Technology, NVIDIA Tritium Technology certified) - North bridge: NVIDIA C51XE - South bridge: NVIDIA MCP55PXE PCI-X bridge: NEC uPD720404 Front Side Bus 2000/1600 MT/s Memory Dual channel memory architecture - 4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2-800/667/533, ECC and non-ECC, un-buffered memory Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA SLI technology support, at full x16, x16 speed 2 x PCI-X 2 x PCI-E x 1 1 x PCI 2.2 SLI Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (both at x16 mode) Storage
NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP supports:
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The retail bundle that accompanies the M2N32 WS Professional motherboard was a bit more comprehensive than the GIGABYTE GA-M59SLI-S5, leaving little left to desire. ASUS included an ample supply of data cabling, totaling 9 SATA cables, one IDE and one Floppy ribbon cable. There are also three Molex to SATA power adapters that convert a single Molex connection into two SATA power connectors. A flexible SLI connector was provided as well as an ASUS Q-Connector kit, which takes all of the case connections (Power SW, HD LED, etc) and connects them to a pin block that matches up to the headers on the main board. This makes it much easier to connect the cabling without trying to identify each header on the board.
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ASUS also provides a two port USB module and two port FireWire module, which, when installed, raise the external USB ports to six while adding two FireWire. The Support CD is also packed with software, including all necessary drivers and various ASUS utilities, such as ASUS PC Probe II, ASUS Update and ASUS AI utility. Rounding out the package was WinDVD Suite Enhanced, which offers a number of InterVideo titles, such as WinDVD Creator, InterVideo PhotoAlbum, Disc Master 2.5 Platinum and DVD Copy 2.5 Platinum. All software is coded so that it will only function on ASUS based hardware.
