PCIE x4

[JordanPLC]

I need a sound card to put on a motherboard that only has PCIE x4 and PCIE x8 slots. Are there any available cards that fit into this slot? and if so what is the best option? There is also a PCIX slot if that is an option.

Thanks

 

[steckman]

Creative Labs makes PCI-e sound cards that should fit. NewEgg sells them. There are also USB sound cards available if you want to go that route.

 

[Ignatowski]

I need a sound card to put on a motherboard that only has PCIE x4 and PCIE x8 slots. Are there any available cards that fit into this slot? and if so what is the best option? There is also a PCIX slot if that is an option.

Thanks

in addition to the creative labs pci-e card (1x), any pci card will fit and work in a pci-x slot.

 

[weilin]

A PCIe x1 card will operate in a x4/x8/x16 slot and a x4 card would work in a x8/x16 slot. etc.

Warning: Plugging in a PCI card into a PCI Express slot would be VERY bad for both the board and the card do not try.

That being said, Creative sells pcie x1 cards that will work for ur situtation and i have heard good things about the ASUS Xonar series. AuzenTech also makes pcie x1 cards too. They should also work for ur purposes

 

[JordanPLC]

Thank you all for the help

 

[snarfies]

in addition to the creative labs pci-e card (1x), any pci card will fit and work in a pci-x slot.

NO PCI-E card will fit or function in a PCI-X slot - they are two different things.

 

[steckman]

Ignatowski didn't say that a PCI-E card will fit and work in a pci-x slot. Ignatowski said "any pci card will fit and work in a pci-x slot." Very different things. And here is the info on that according to Wikipedia:

PCI-X is generally backward-compatible with most cards based on the PCI 2.x[1] or later standard, meaning that, a PCI card can be installed in a PCI-X slot, provided it has the correct voltage keying for the slot and (if inserting into a 32-bit slot) nothing obstructs the overhanging part of the edge connector. Originally the PCI bus was a 5-volt bus. Later, in PCI Revision 2.x, the PCI bus was a dual-voltage interconnect. In 3.0 this was changed to 3.3 volts only. The PCI-X bus is not compatible with the older 5-volt cards but newer 3.3-volt PCI cards will work in a PCI-X slot.[1] Apart from this, PCI and PCI-X cards can generally be intermixed on a PCI-X bus, but the speed will be limited to the speed of the slowest card. For example, a PCI 2.3 device running at 32 bits and 66 MHz on a PCI-X 133-MHz bus will limit the total throughput of the bus to 266 MB/s. To get around this limitation and the voltage compatibility issue, many motherboards have separate PCI-X channels that can be dedicated to different PCI hardware families if needed, allowing for better backward compatibility while maintaining higher total system bandwidth.