FiringSquad reviews Gigabyte M59SLI-S5, ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe, and EPOX MF570SLI nForce5 socket AM2 motherboards
It has been over a month since the June 23rd launch date for the AMD AM2 Socket and the NVIDIA nForce500 core logic. AM2 was the first part of AMD's transition to a new generation of Athlon 64 CPU's. The most significant change in AM2 is AMD's transition from DDR1 to DDR2 memory. Along the way NVIDIA has added new and innovative technologies to their nForce chipsets. These include LinkBoost, DualNet, FirstPacket and Teaming technologies. You can read about these advancements and more in our AMD Socket AM2 Chipset Showdown.
Presently, there are many nForce AM2-ready motherboards on the market from numerous manufacturers. Prominent manufacturers such as ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, Foxconn, Abit, DFI, ECS, EPOX, Biostar and more, have boards available for purchase. Today we'll look at the premium boards from ASUS, Gigabyte, Foxconn, and EPOX. The first three boards are from the nF590 SLI segment, while the EPOX board is based on the nF570 SLI chipset. More boards will be thoroughly tested in a second roundup later on. Here's a quick overview of the new nF500 chipsets:...
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