PCI Express Question

[Tommunist]

Some of NF4 boards are supposed to have this feature but not having been in the hardware game for a couple of years I was curious about some things...

1. Will all the slots on the board be PCI Express or only the GPU slot?
2. Will old PCI devices (NICs, soundcards, etc.) work in the new PCI Express slots?

I've noticed that a mid December arrival for the GF4 boards is expected - let's hope that is correct!

Thanks in advance to anyone with some information!

 

[GuitarDaddy]

1. Most of the specs I've seen for the NF4 boards have at least 1 16x pcie for the GPU, 2 or 3 1x pcie(for next gen NICs, soundcards,etc...) and usually 3 PCI

2. No I don't beleive you can put a PCI card in a PCI-e slot (won't physically fit)

 

[Tommunist]

I suppose if the board has an assortment of slots it doesn't matter too much about the backwards compatibility.