Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
AMD (ATI) 480X and 500-Series Chipsets
The 480X, 570X (aka 550X), and 580X chipsets were the last chipsets developed by ATI before the
AMD takeover. All three could be used with the ATI-developed SB600, although the 480X could
also be paired with the ULi M1575 South Bridge. All chipsets in this family included some level of
support for ATI (now AMD) CrossFire dual-GPU rendering, but only the 580X supported both PCIe
x16 slots running in x16 mode. See
Table 4.31
for details.
Table 4.31. AMD/ATI 400, 500, and 600 Series Chipsets for Phenom, Athlon 64, and Sempron
Processors
When paired with the SB600, these chipsets included 7.1 High-Definition Audio, 10 USB 2.0 ports,
one PATA/133 port, and four SATA 3Gbps ports. The SATA ports could be operated in RAID 0, 1,
0+1, and RAID 10 modes. See
Table 4.30
for a comparison of AMD (ATI) South Bridge chips.
AMD 690 Series
AMD's 690 series of chipsets included the 690V and 690G. Both supported integrated video, but the
690G offered faster integrated video with support for HDMI, dual-link DVI-D output, and support for
HDCP encryption for Blu-ray and HDTV playback. The 690V supported only VGA output. These
chipsets also used the SB600 South Bridge. See
Table 4.31
for details.
AMD 700 Series Chipsets
The AMD 700 series of chipsets were in the process of development by ATI when ATI was absorbed
into AMD in late 2006, although the first models in the series were not released until late 2007. See
Table 4.32
to compare the features of these chipsets.
Table 4.32. AMD/ATI 700 Series Chipsets for Phenom, Athlon 64, and Sempron Processors
The 740 and 740G are the last AMD (ATI) chipsets to support PCIe version 1.0a; all others in the
