AMD 580X CrossFire™ Chipset - Specifications
General
- The worlds first single chip 2x16 PCI-E chipset
- Enhanced support for over-clocking, and PCI Express performance
- Fastest multi-GPU interconnect
- Coupled with SB600 for performance
CPU Interface
- Support for all AMD CPU’s: Athlon™ 64, Athlon™ 64
FX, Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core, and Sempron™ processors
- Support for 64-bit extended operating systems
- Highly overclockable and robust HyperTransport™ interface
PCI Express Interface
- 2 x16 PCI Express lanes to support simultaneous operation of graphics cards
- Additional 4 PCI-E General Purpose Lanes for peripheral support
- Compliant with the PCI Express 1.0a Specifications
Power Management Features
- Fully supports ACPI states S1, S3, S4, and S5
- Support for AMD Cool‘n’Quiet™ technology
for crisp and quiet operation
Optimized Software Support
- Unified driver support on all ATI Radeon PCI Express discrete
graphics products
- Support for Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows® 2000,
and Linux
Universal Connectivity
- A-Link Xpress II i/f to ATI northbridges; providing high bandwidth
for high speed peripherals
- 10 USB 2.0 ports
- SATA Gen 2 PHY support at 3.0Ghz with E-SATA capability
- 4 ports SATA AHCI controller supports NCQ and slumber modes
- ATA 133 controller support up to UDMA mode 6 with 2 drives
(disk or optical)
- TPM 1.1 and 1.2 compliant
- ASF 2.0 support for manageability control
- HPET (high precision event timer), ACPI 3.0, and AHCI support
for Windows Vista
- Power management engine supporting both AMD and Intel platforms
and forward compliant to MS Windows Vista
- UAA (universal audio architecture) support for High-Definition
Audio and MODEM
- PCI v2.3 (up to 6 slots)
- LPC (Low Pin Count), SPI (new flash bus), and SM (System Management)
bus management and arbitrations
- “Legacy” PC compatible functions, RTC (Real Time
Clock), interrupt controller and DMA controllers
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