| 790FX | nForce 590 SLI | |
| Processor interface | 16-bit/2GHz HyperTransport | 16-bit/1GHz HyperTransport |
| PCI Express lanes | 42* | 18 |
| Multi-GPU support | CrossFire | SLI |
| Chipset interconnect | PCIe x4 | 16-bit/1GHz HyperTransport |
| Peak interconnect bandwidth | 2GB/s | 8GB/s |
| SB600 | nForce 590 SLI MCP | |
| PCI Express lanes | 4* | 28 |
| Serial ATA ports | 4 | 6 |
| Peak SATA data rate | 300MB/s | 300MB/s |
| AHCI | Y | N |
| Native Command Queuing | Y | Y |
| RAID 0/1 | Y | Y |
| RAID 0+1/10 | Y | Y |
| RAID 5 | N | Y |
| ATA channels | 2 | 1 |
| Max audio channels | 8 | 8 |
| Audio standard | AC'97/HDA | HDA |
| Ethernet | N | 2 x 10/100/1000 |
| USB ports | 10 | 10 |
| Processor | Athlon X2 5200+ 2.6GHz | |
| System bus | 1333MHz (333MHz quad-pumped) | |
| Motherboard | Foxconn C51EM2AA | Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 |
| Bios revision | 612W1P34 | F2K |
| North bridge | nForce 590 SLI SPP | 790FX |
| South bridge | nForce 590 SLI MCP | SB600 |
| Chipset drivers | ForceWare 15.01 | Catalyst 7.10 |
| Memory size | 2GB (2 DIMMs) | 2GB (2 DIMMs) |
| Memory type | Corsair TWIN2X2048-8500C5 DDR2 SDRAM at 742MHz | |
| CAS latency (CL) | 5 | 5 |
| RAS to CAS delay (tRCD) | 4 | 4 |
| RAS precharge (tRP) | 4 | 4 |
| Cycle time (tRAS) | 12 | 12 |
| Command rate | 2T | 2T |
| Audio codec | nForce 590 SLI/ALC882D with Realtek HD 1.81 drivers | SB600/ALC889A with Realtek HD 1.81 drivers |
| Graphics | GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB PCI-E with ForceWare 163.75 drivers | |
| Hard drive | Western Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB | |
| OS | Windows Vista Ultimate x86 with KB936710, KB938194, KB938979, KB940105 updates | |
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