Intel® X58 Express Chipset - Intel - #1

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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 performance 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 bandwidth 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 bandwidth capability enables much higher levels of performance on graphics intensive applications such as high end gaming and video rendering for digital content creation.