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Intel® X58 Express Chipset

Highest performing desktop platform for extreme gamers

and demanding enthusiasts

Desktop PC platforms based on the Intel® X58 Express Chipset and Intel® Core™ i7 processor family

drive breakthrough gaming and digital media content creation performance with state-of-the-art

technology transitions targeting extreme gamers, demand enthusiasts and mainstream PC users.

The Intel X58 Express Chipset

The Intel X58 Express Chipset continues to push innovation

with capabilities designed to deliver quality, performance and

headroom The Intel X58 Express Chipset achieves this per-

formance by supporting the latest Intel® Core™ i7 family of

processors at 6.4 GT/s and 4.8 GT/s speeds via the Quick

Path Interconnect (QPI), and enabling increased system band-

width by supporting industry leading technologies, such as

PCI Express 2.0 graphics, Intel® Turbo Memory and support

for Intel® High-Performance Solid State drives.

PCI Express* 2.0

Intel’s high-end desktop chipset continues support for PCI

Express 2.0 and adds flexibility with support of dual x16 and

up to quad x8 graphics card configurations and combinations

in between. The greatly improved 32GB/s of graphics band-

width capability enables much higher levels of performance

on graphics intensive applications such as high end gaming

and video rendering for digital content creation.

Product Brief

Summary of content (4 pages)

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Product Brief Intel® X58 Express Chipset Highest performing desktop platform for extreme gamers and demanding enthusiasts Desktop PC platforms based on the Intel® X58 Express Chipset and Intel® Core™ i7 processor family drive breakthrough gaming and digital media content creation performance with state-of-the-art technology transitions targeting extreme gamers, demand enthusiasts and mainstream PC users.
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Faster System Performance With the growing imbalance between processor and memory performance, it is critical to optimize the memory controller design to obtain the maximum possible performance from the memory subsystem. The transition of the integrated memory controller (iMC) into the processor significantly increases overall system performance through the optimization of available bandwidth along with reduction of memory access latency.
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Intel® X58 Express Chipset Features at a Glance Feature Benefit Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) at 6.4 and 4.8 GT/s Intel’s latest system interconnect design increases bandwidth and lowers latency. Supports the Intel® Core™ i7-965 processor Extreme Edition and Intel® Core™ i7-940 and i7-920 processors. PCI Express* 2.0 Interface PCI Express 2.
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For more information, visit the Intel Web site: www.intel.com/products/desktop/chipsets 1 Intel® Matrix Storage Technology requires the computer have an Intel MST-enabled Intel chipset, RAID controller in the BIOS enabled and the Intel Matrix Storage Technology software driver installed. Please consult your system vendor for more information. 2 Performance based on interface speed specifications for eSATA, USB 2.0 and Firewire 400.