BFG nForce 590 SLI Motherboard

BFG Technologies Updated: 2008-12-12 RSS
BFG nForce 590 SLI Motherboard

The BFG nForce® 590 SLI™ motherboard is engineered for enthusiasts. The high-performance design activates faster bus speeds with select BFG GeForce® graphics cards for greater data throughput. With a BIOS that lets you adjust every clock setting and the NVIDIA nTune™ utility which allows you to change your settings quickly from inside Microsoft® Windows® operating system, the BFG nForce 590 SLI motherboard gives you complete control over your experience. Additionally, NVIDIA® MediaShield™ storage technology controls up to 6 SATA 3Gb/sec drives with one interface. With a BFG nForce 590 SLI motherboard powered by the NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP, you'll be well on your way to setting new performance records.

Two x16 PCI Express® SLI Support
Two full-bandwidth,16-lane PCI Express links ensure maximum graphics performance for next-generation GPUs and games. Offers twice the PCI Express bandwidth of X8 SLI solutions.

NVIDIA LinkBoost™ Technology
NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP automatically increases bandwidth when select BFG GeForce® graphics cards are detected.

NVIDIA MediaShield Storage
Suite of features that safeguards your most important digital media assets; always reliable, scalable, and accessible. Includes RAID and SATA drive support.

NVIDIA Native Gigabit Ethernet
The industry's fastest Gigabit Ethernet performance eliminates network bottlenecks and improves overall system efficiency and performance.

NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology
Be the ‘King of Ping' with NVIDIA FirstPacket technology. Get the crystal-clear phone conversations and online gaming performance you expect. NVIDIA FirstPacket technology assures your game data, VoIP conversations, and large file transfers are delivered according to preferences set by you in an intuitive wizard.

NVIDIA DualNet® technology
Get Double-Barrel Gigabit Ethernet with two integrated networking connections on your NVIDIA nForce 500 series MCP.

NVIDIA nTune 4.0 Utility
Now with access to more settings from this Windows-based utility. NVIDIA nTune performance manager allows automatic tuning for optimal performance and the ability to customize. Once configured, nTune automatically chooses the right system settings for the application that is being run based on your saved profiles and personal rules.

High Definition Audio (HDA)
High definition audio brings consumer electronics quality sound to the PC delivering high quality sound from multiple channels. Using HDA, systems can deliver 192 kHz/32-bit quality for eight channels, supporting new audio formats.

64-Bit Architecture
NVIDIA nForce 500 series MCPs provide advanced processing capabilities and system innovations for the 64-bit AMD processor architecture.

Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
Part of the NVIDIA Forceware® unified software environment (USE). The NVIDIA UDA guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. Simplifies upgrading to a new NVIDIA product because all NVIDIA products work with the same driver software.

Specifications
Form Factor: ATX (304mm × 244mm / 12" × 9.6")
CPU: Supports SATA ATAPI devices and processor interface via 2000MT/s HyperTransport bus
Chipset: NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP
Expansion Slots: Two PCI Express x16 slots for dual PCI Express graphics cards, one PCI Express x4 slot, one PCI Express x1 slot and two PCI slots
Embedded System Monitoring: Temperature sensing for CPU and system / Fan speed monitoring and control for CPU and system
Boot-Block Flash ROM : Award system BIOS supports PnP, APM, DMI, ACPI and Multi-device booting features

Memory
Memory: Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMMs up to 8GB and supports Dual Channel DDR2 400/533/667/800 memory

Connections
Audio: Eight Channel 192kHz/32-bit High Defi nition Audio (HDA)
SATA: Supports six native SATA2 3.0Gb/s devices / Hot-swap capability, allowing disks to be changed without powering down the system / Optimized for NVIDIA MediaShield™ Storage technology / Supports SATA ATAPI devices
IDE Port: Supports one Ultra DMA-66/100/133 IDE port
FDD: One Floppy Disk Drive connector supports up to 2.88MB
USB: Ten USB 2.0 ports support up to 480Mb/s data transfer rate
Ethernet: Two 10/100/1000 Base-T Gigabit Ethernet (LAN) interfaces
FireWire: Two 1394a ports and one 1394b port support up to 400Mb/s and 800Mb/s data transfer rates respectively

Other Features
Rear panel I/O ports: PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard port / 1 IEEE1394a Port / 1 IEEE1394b Port, 6 USB 2.0 ports / 2 Gigabit LAN Ports and 6-port Audio Jack for 8-Channel / S/PDIF output
Internal I/O connectors: Two 3x1 pin fan connectors / one 4x1 pin CPU fan connector / six SATA2 connectors / one IDE connector / one FDD connector / two 5x2 pin USB connectors for an additional 4 USB ports / one IEEE1394a connector / one 5x2 pin Front Panel connector / one 5x2 pin Serial connector / one 5x2 pin Front Audio / 4-pin Molex Auxiliary Power connector / 24-pin ATX Power connector / 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector