nForce4 Pci slots x1, do they have backwards compatbility?

[KillerTomato]

I'm going to get a sound card for my custom comp, and I was wondering if regular PCI slots are compatable with PCI x1. Thx

 

[blink182prj]

Nope...not even close. Take a look at pics of PCI-E x1 slots and you'll see what I mean.

 

[jojasary]

arent pci-e slots about half the size of a normal pci slot?

 

[dblagent]

They are even less than 1/2 the size. More like 1/3 to 1/4th the size.

 

[KillerTomato]

So I'm guessing I can't get a good sound care for the nForce4?

 

[Xeiros]

If they release a good soundcard for PCI-E, then yeah. I don't know if they have any currently, but I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't. I wish nVidia would just include "Soundstorm" with the nF4 boards.

 

[mickey987]

I heard that Creative has a PCI-e 1x card in the works, I also heard that the Audigy's can't really output at 24bit or something like that...so I dunno..

 

[LordAshram]

i haven't seen a pic of an nf4 board that didn't have any regular pci slots, so you'll be ok.

 

[Kovalen]

The PCIe soundblaster Zenith is scheduled for launch in march of next year. Still, all mainstream Nforce4 boards have regular PCI slots still.

 

[oldpablo]

i haven't seen a pic of an nf4 board that didn't have any regular pci slots, so you'll be ok.

Bingo, they are still including normal PCI slots even on the newest boards.