AMD / Nvidia Hyper transport vs Intel

[Protouringcars]

I have one concern before jumping to a new motherboard.....south bridge to north bridge bandwidth. I don't need a ton but something moderate. Buuuut, my processor must be an Athlon XP or P4! I understand that Nvidias nforce chipset has a 400MB one way....800MB (up and down) bandwidth with it's hyper transport.... 8 bit wide bus with a 400Mhz bus speed = 400MB. Intel has a 266Mhz technology between their northern chip and southern......buuuut..

THE MAIN QUESTION IS ---->>is that 266 one way like the 400MB one way with the nvidia chipset ooorrr is that the total for both the up and down streams like the 800MB (up and down) nvidia chipset. Someone tell me what they know ... any internet sources to back up your info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks much! <this msg is also posted in "motherboards". Don't mean to be redundant, just making sure the word gets out.>

 

[MrGrim]

If you are an overclocker there is only one way to go right know, P4 Northwood + RDRAM. Fastest combo.

 

[Adul]

either provied more bandwidth the let say a bx system use to.

 

[BD231]

Originally posted by: Adul
either provied more bandwidth the let say a bx system use to.

Now there's a helpfull post, I think a "no sh*t, my grandma knew that one" is in line. So back to the question, why is it your worried about bridge bandwith? Any recent system has more than enough bandwidth between its "bridge's", and I really think that is the last thing on a long list of things to worry about that you should be worried about(Intel would not realease a chipset with a cripple such as the one you suggest). While I cant answer your bandwidth question with specific number's, I can assure you that the bandwidth on Intel's chipset's is more than you'll likely ever need. MrGrim was on the right track, a P4+RDRAM currently offers more bandwidth than any combo out there.