GA-M59SLI-S5 (rev. 1.0)

NVIDIA® nForce 590 SLI chipset
 
  • AMD Athlon™64 FX/ Athlon™64 X2 socket AM2 platform
  • High performance Dual Channel DDR2 800 memory
  • Enables NVIDIA SLI technology at two full-bandwidth PCI Express X16 interface
  • Optimized Dual Gigabit Ethernet solution with Teaming and failover
  • Integrated T.I. IEEE1394 FireWire interface
  • Features 8-channel High Definition Audio with DTS and Dolby
  • Enables NVidia LinkBoost - 25% faster clock speeds when "Optimized for NVIDIA nForce" NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards and memory are detected
  • Features SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function and dual eSATA II interface
  • GIGABYTE patent Dual BIOS Plus technology
  • Supports Windows Vista Premium
  • Introduction
    GIGABYTE Technology latest S-series motherboards for AMD socket AM2 platform, featuring with five innovative features- Safe, Smart, Speed, SLI, and Silent-Pipe Technologies. The new S-series motherboards GA-M59SLI-S5; supporting AMD new generation AM2 processor with dual channel DDR2 800MHz high frequency memories, providing reliable and user friendly computing and reaching the maximum system performance easily via personalized software settings. In addition, the leading Silent-Pipe Technology provides an ultimate cooling yet silent solution for motherboard and the outstanding graphics performance through NVidia SLI™ dual PCI Express x16 architecture provide the S-series motherboards excellent scalability for extreme gaming and 3D graphics. GIGABYTE S-series motherboards, the champion’s choice for AMD Socket AM2 platform!
  • Silent-Pipe
    The revolutionary GIGABYTE Silent-Pipe Technology compliant S-series motherboards featuring 0dB soundless heat-pipe thermal cooling solution, convergence with GIGABYTE Crazy Cool Technology, enhances heat dissipation efficiency from the critical Chipsets and CPU power components!...more
  • SLI
    The SLI compliant motherboards of GIGABYTE S-series support NVidia SLI™ multi-GPU function, not only to provide extreme graphics performance, but also provide efficient expandability and multi-display function. A must-have feature for enthusiasts in gaming platform!...more
  • Speed
    The Speed compliant motherboards of GIGABYTE S-series provide intelligent over-clocking and over-voltage software settings through the well known EasyTune™ 5, R.G.B. and & M.I.T. utilities!...more
  • Smart
    The Smart featured motherboards of GIGABYTE S-series provide GIGABYTE proprietary innovative software such as Download Center, @BIOS, Q-Flash, Xpress Install, Boot menu, and Smart Fan. BIOS and driver management now becomes much easier and user friendly through GIGABYTE Smart features!...more
  • Safe
    Safe is the key feature of GIGABYTE S-series motherboards with the following elements: Excellent hardware design, reinforced BIOS protection through GIGABYTE Virtual Dual BIOS Technology and GIGABYTE BIOS Setting Recovery Technology. Unique system software such as Xpress Recovery 2, PC Health Monitor, HDD S.M.A.R.T., and C.O.M. further strengthen the stability and reliability of your PC!...more
  • Windows Vista Premium Logo Certified
    Windows Vista Premium promises to deliver a streamlined computing experience designed to fundamentally change how users view, find and organize their digital information. With GIGABYTE AM2+/ AM2 solutions enabling support for Vista Premium, GIGABYTE offers a fresh and unique desktop experience that will be more informative, intuitive and completely new....more
  • Essential Vista
    NVIDIA nForce® motherboards and GeForce® GPUs, world renowned for innovation, stability, and award-winning performance, are the choice of reviewers and consumers worldwide. Together, they are essential ingredients for the best Windows Vista experience.
  • AMD Live Ready
    AMD Live Ready Requirement compliant.
  • AMD Athlon™ 64 FX/ 64 X2 / 64 /Sempron™ Processor
    The leading-edge performance and unparallel technology of the 8th generation AMD Athlon™64 Socket AM2 series processor has built its strength on the well-known AMD64 framework which consisted of 64-bit computing platform, HyperTransport Technology, and integrated memory controller. The latest Athlon™64 X2 dual-core processor brings the power and multitasking performance on the desktop platform and ensures superior performance on mission critical business applications.
  • NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI
    NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ media and communications processors (MCPs) deliver the tools and performance PC enthusiasts demand. When combined with select NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards and other system components, you get automatic access to faster bus speeds. Ready for system overclocking and greater data throughput.NVIDIA LinkBoost™ TechnologyNVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP automatically increases bandwidth when "Optimized for NVIDIA nForce" NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics cards are detected.
    NVIDIA LinkBoost™ Technology
    NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP automatically increases bandwidth when "Optimized for NVIDIA nForce" NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics cards are detected.
  • NVIDIA® SLI™ X16
    NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI offer blistering graphics performance with the ability to bridge two NVIDIA SLI-ready PCI Express™ graphics cards! The SLI design takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express™ bus architecture, features hardware and software innovations within NVIDIA GPU (graphics processing unit) and the NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI. Together, the NVIDIA SLI technologies work seamlessly to allow two graphics cards to operate in parallel and share the work and deliver heart-pounding PC performance. NVIDIA SLI is the best solution for driving Multi GPU system performance to experience earth-shattering game play.
  • Superior Dual channel DDR2 800 Architecture
    Experience the advanced technology of DDR2 800 memory by overclocking, featuring faster speeds and higher data bandwidth, which delivers superior performance for the most demanding applications.
    * Please refer "Memory Support List" for memory support information
  • SATA 3Gb/s & RAID
    This platform supports reliable storage solution for enhanced data protection and data accessing performance. Serial ATA 3Gb/s is firstly introduced in this platform to provide blazingly 3Gb/s bus bandwidth thus higher disk performance. The NVIDIA® RAID allows multi-disk designs to be set up as RAID 0, 1, based on users' priority of protection/ performance. This NVIDIA RAID function makes the RAID even more accessible by introducing the innovative windows-based facility.
  • IEEE1394 motherboard
    This motherboard with IEEE1394 FireWire interface from Texas Instruments (TI). With the transfer speed up to 400Mb/s, the new generation IEEE1394 interface further enhances PC connectivity with consumer electronics audio/video.
  • High Definition Audio
    Experience home theater-quality sound with your PC using High Definition Audio for enhanced 6/ 8-channel* audio, improved voice and communication input, and multi-streaming capability.
    * To use 8-channel HD audio, please use the system case with HD audio front panel featured and see manual for detail configuration.
  • Dual Gigabit LAN connectivity
    The dual Gigabit LAN with Teaming function allows the 2 single network connections to act as one for twice the bandwidth, further to improve overall throughput with lower CPU utilization and also provide new generation connectivity for the broadband era. It is able to prevent network downtime by transferring the workload from a failed port to a working port.
    (Note) To enable Teaming or Bonding (IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation) feature, it is required the connected network switch or router device supports the IEEE 802.3ad LACP standard. Please refer to your network switch or router device manual for further details.
  • Home theater Audio with Dolby and DTS support
    Dolby and DTS support delivers heart pounding 8 channel surround effects and delivers the most natural and engrossing multimedia entertainment experience possible for games, DVD movies, music, and TV.

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* The entire materials provided herein are for reference only. GIGABYTE reserves the right to modify or revise the content at anytime without prior notice.
* Advertised performance is based on maximum theoretical interface values from respective Chipset vendors or organization who defined the interface specification. Actual performance may vary by system configuration.
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* Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.