EPOX EP-9NPA+ Ultra, EP-9NA3 Ultra, 800FSB vs. 2000MT/S

[crazy032]

First, I have no idea what these mean. I think it's overall speed of the board. Second, which is better? I am asking because I have seen a lot of people reccomending the EPOX EP-9NPA+ Ultra as a good 939 board without SLI for about $100, but then I saw the EPOX EP-9NPA3 Ultra. The "+" has 800FSB, and the "3" has 2000 MT/S.

 

[crazy032]

OK, here's what I found out about MT/S (I know what FSB is):

MT/sec
(MegaTransfers per SECond) A measurement of bus and channel speed in millions of "effective" cycles per second. MT/sec is a rating of the actual, delivered speed rather than the speed of the interface clock. For example, if timing is derived from both the rising and falling edges of a clock cycle rather than one complete cycle, the effective rate is doubled: a 400 megahertz (MHz) clock yields 800 megatransfers per second (MT/sec). In this case, using 800 megahertz (800MHz) as a rating would be technically incorrect because it is not the true speed of the clock.

So, if I understand correctly, the faster board would be the 800FSB. Correct?

 

[Vile]

If a motherboard supports 2000MT/s, it HAS to be a Nforce 4 Ultra, right?

 

[falcon1209]

Where did you see this? I ask because I looked on Zipzoomfly where I purchased this motherboard yesterday. (9npa+)

Zipzoom rates it at 800MHz but then Newegg rates it at 1000MHz hypertransport (2000MT/s) so im going to go with the fact that its a Nforce4 Ultra mobo and assume Newegg is correct.

 

[crazy032]

I think it was Tigerdirect.com Let me clarify my question: I would like to know what the difference is between FSB and MT/s.