Gigabyte AM2 motherboards preview (NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI & 570 SLI)

The nForce 590 SLI is NVIDIA’s top performing chipset that has dual full-speed PCIe x16 slots and the chipset is also a two-chip solution like the current nForce4 SLI X16 class. It has six SATA 3.0Gpbs connectors (RAID 5 capable), dual Gigabit LAN media controllers integrated, HD-Audio support and many more numerous PCIe lanes available. Like the current best, it is likely going to be tuned for better performance and overclockability than the mainstream chipsets. Gigabyte’s model name for its nForce 590 SLI motherboard - the GA M59SLI-S5 - isn’t final and it may yet evolve to adopt another moniker.

One rung below the almighty nForce 590 SLI chipset is the nForce 570 SLI single-chip solution. The key difference? The nForce 570 SLI features dual PCIe x8 lanes SLI setup instead of two PCIe x16 lanes SLI setup, which is more than sufficient for mainstream usage. The GA-M57SLI-S4 (not the finalized model name), is one such board that is based on the nForce 570 SLI.

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