AMD 900 chipset series

Short description: Series of chipsets by AMD

AMD 900 chipset series

CPU supported| Opteron,
FX,
Phenom,
Athlon (X2, X3, X4),
Sempron
Socket supported| Socket F+/F, G34, C32
Socket AM3, AM3+
Southbridge(s)| SB950, SB920
Desktop / mobile chipsets
Enthusiast segment| 990FX
Performance segment| 990X
Mainstream segment| 970, 980G
Miscellaneous
Release date(s)| June 1, 2011
IGP Direct3D support| 10.1 (980G)
Predecessor| AMD 800 chipset series
Successor| AMD 300 series chipset

The AMD 900 chipset series is identical to the AMD 800 chipset series except for the fact that it is only found on Socket AM3+ mainboards, whereas its predecessor is only found on Socket AM3 mainboards. It was released in 2011.

This allows consumers to easily identify the Socket through the chipset name. Socket AM3+ supports solely Bulldozer (microarchitecture)-based FX-processors.

In support of AM3+ CPUs, AMD has validated the 9-Series chipset for use with HyperTransport 3.1 (up to 6.4GT/s). They also worked with NVIDIA to bring SLI support to this chipset series.[1] AMD OverDrive is supported for simplified overclocking.

## Contents

* 1 Lineup
* 1.1 990FX
* 1.2 990X
* 1.3 980G
* 1.4 AMD 970
* 2 Southbridge
* 3 Southbridge issues (SB9x0)
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Lineup

Common features of all chipsets in the 9xx series:[2]

* Supports AM3+ and AM3 processors
* PCI Express 2.0
* IOMMU 1.26
* SATA 6 Gbit/s with Trim support
* Up to 14 USB 2.0

### 990FX

* Codenamed RD990
* Four physical PCIe 2.0 ×16 slots @ x8 electrical which can be combined to create two PCIe 2.0×16 slots @ x16 electrical, six PCIe 2.0×1 lanes in various combinations of 1x 2x or 4x slots, and an additional PCIe 2.0x4 slot that does not exist on the 990x or 970 the chipset provides a total of 42 PCIe 2.0 lanes and 4 PCIe 2.0 for A-Link Express III solely in the Northbridge
* HyperTransport 3.0 up to 2600 MHz and PCI Express 2.0
* ATI CrossFireX supporting up to four graphics cards
* 19.6 Watt TDP
* Southbridge: SB950
* Enthusiast discrete multi-graphics segment

### 990X

* Codenamed RD980
* One physical PCIe 2.0×16 slot or two physical PCIe 2.0×16 slots @ ×8, one PCIe 2.0×4 slot and two PCIe 2.0×1 slots, the chipset provides a total of 22 PCIe 2.0 lanes and 4 PCIe 2.0 for A-Link Express III solely in the Northbridge
* HyperTransport 3.0 up to 2600 MHz and PCI Express 2.0
* Support for up to two graphics cards
* 14 Watt TDP
* Southbridge: SB950

### 980G

(Identical to 880G)

* Codenamed RS880
* Single AMD processor configuration
* One physical PCIe 2.0 ×16 slot, one PCIe 2.0 ×4 slot and two PCIe 2.0 ×1 slots, the chipset provides a total of 22 PCIe 2.0 lanes and 4 PCIe 2.0 for A-Link Express III solely in the Northbridge
* Integrated graphics: Radeon HD 4250
* Side-port memory as local framebuffer, supporting DDR3 modules up to DDR3-1333.
* ATI PowerPlay 7.0 technology
* HyperTransport 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0
* ATI CrossFire
* Hybrid CrossFireX

### AMD 970

* Codenamed RX980
* One physical PCIe 2.0 ×16 slot, one PCIe 2.0 ×4 slot and two PCIe 2.0 ×1 slots, the chipset provides a total of 22 PCIe 2.0 lanes and 4 PCIe 2.0 for A-Link Express III solely in the Northbridge
* HyperTransport 3.0 up to 4800 MT/s and PCI Express 2.0
* 13.6 Watt TDP
* Southbridge: SB950/SB920

## Southbridge

AMD 970 chipset southbridge

The SB950 is the companion southbridge that provides I/O support. It provides the following additional capabilities:

* RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 support

## Southbridge issues (SB9x0)

* Linux platform:
* HPET operation with MSI causes LPC DMA corruption on devices using LPC DMA (floppy, parallel port, serial port in FIR mode) because MSI requests are misinterpreted as DMA cycles by the broken LPC controller[3]
* Enabling multiple MSI vectors for the SATA controller when three or more SATA ports are used results in loss of interrupts and system hang.

## See also

* Comparison of AMD Chipsets

## References

1. ↑ "NVIDIA brings SLI support to AMD 990FX, 990X and 970 chipsets". https://www.engadget.com/2011/04/28/nvidia-brings-sli-support-to-amd-990fx-990x-and-970-chipsets.
2. ↑ https://support.amd.com/TechDocs/48691.pdf [bare URL PDF]
3. ↑ https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=73472a46b5b28116b145fb5fc05242c1aa8e1461[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

## External links

* AMD 9-Series Chipset

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AMD sockets and chipsets

AMD sockets

| Desktop sockets|

* Super Socket 7
* Slot A (1999)
* Socket A (2000)
* 754 (2003)
* 939 (2004)
* 940 (2003)
* AM2 (2006)
* AM2+ (2007)
* AM3 (2009)
* AM3+ (2011)
* FM1 (2011)
* FM2 (2012)
* FM2+ (2014)
* AM1 (2014)
* AM4 (2016)
* TR4 (2017)
* sTRX4 (2019)

|

Mobile sockets|

* Socket A
* 563
* 754
* S1 (2006)
* FT1 (2011)
* FP2 (2012)
* FS1
* FT3
* FP3 (2014)
* FP4 (2015)
* FP5 (2019)
* FP6 (2020)

Server sockets|

* Socket A
* 940
* F (2006)
* F+
* G3 (never)
* G34 (2010)
* C32 (2010)
* SP3 (2017)

Motherboard chipsets List of AMD chipsets

| ATI chipsets|

* IGP 300 series/RX380
* Radeon Xpress 200
* CrossFire Xpress 3200
* Radeon Xpress 1250

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AMD chipsets|

* 480X/570X/580X
* 690 Series
* 7-Series
* 8-Series
* 9-Series
* Fusion Controller Hubs
* AM4 chipsets
* TR4 chipsets
* sTRX4 chipsets

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