The between the nForce and nForce Ultra is explained below. It was copied
from <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.nvidia.com" target="_blank">www.nvidia.com</a>
Introducing the NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 and NVIDIA nForce2 400
The NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 incorporates dual 400MHz DDR controllers,
delivering twice the bandwidth of typical DDR chipsets, an optimized 128-bit
architecture, and 400MHz frontside bus (FSB) support for unparalleled
performance. The NVIDIA nForce2 400 relies on a single 64-bit memory channel
to deliver 400 MHz FSB and 400MHz DDR performance to the mainstream.
Regarding which mainboard to purchase that is figuring what you need/want
and finding it. All the major brands make good boards and stinkers too
including ASUS. ASUS is popular among the OC'ers because their BIOS allows
one to OC easily.
AOpen on the other hand builds boards that aren't exciting or flashy because
their focus is to build stable boards. Both ASUS and AOpen mainboards are
of high quality most of the time. Last year or so the must have mainboard
was the K7S5A made by ECS a company not know for their quality, yet the
K7S5A sold more than 3 million boards world wide. It used the SiS 735
chipset. Again SiS was a company not known for producing cutting edge
products but rather products one sees in budget systems. Today SiS chipsets
are producing benchmarks that are neck to neck with nvidia and VIA.
I became a fan of AOpen when I built my a system using their MK77M II a
micoATX board that simply was the best microATX board based system I have
ever built. I then got the AK79G Max and again I was impressed with it. I
am sold on AOpen. I don't OC so AOpen for the time being has what I want
and need. I also owned the ECS K7S5A and it too was and still is an
outstanding yet dated mainboard.
Whatever you do chose wisely after doing research. A good mainboard should
last for a couple of years with some upgrade in between.
Nystagmus
"missmuffy33" <missmuffy33 DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Ujd_a.658$Nc.442705@news1.news.adelphia.net...
> i too have been mobo shopping and am having a difficult time discerning
> which brand i'd rather go with
>
> ASUS, AOPEN, or GigaByte... ASUS seems to be very popular, i'd like to
think
> that's because it's reliable and does a good job..
>
> also, what is the advantage of the nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset vs. a
"regular"
> nForce2 with a 400mhz FSB?
>
> TIA of course!
>
> - kevin
>
>
> "CiRcUiT" <jcodling DeleteThis @xcelco.on.ca> wrote in message
> news:vjg4jgg2ohfr5c@corp.supernews.com...
> > I am looking at getting a 2600+ and 2x256MB PC3700. The shop I am going
to
> > get this from has an AOPEN NForce2 Mainboard for a reasonable price.
> >
> > Does anyone here have experience with AOPEN's NForce2 boards (I've used
> ASUS
> > for my last builds) good or bad? I'm looking for opinions on them as I
> have
> > never used AOPEN's products.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> >
> > CiRcUiT -=- J.J.C. -=- Ontario, Canada
> >
> >
>
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