PCI Express and X-Fi soundcard query

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I am currently thinking about upgrading to the X-Fi soundcard but if I did is it futureproof?

What I mean is within the next year or so I plan to upgrade to a 64 bit PC (and therefore a PCI Express motherboard) so will the X-Fi soundcard fit in it?

In the system requirements it mentions that a PCI 2.1 slot is needed for the audio card, I carried out a quick Google search and it appears to be a newer version of the standard PCI interface or am I mistaken? :o

If this is the case then it wouldn't be futureproof so I will pass.

Perhaps there are 2 versions PCI and PCI Express :confused:

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks.
 
charltonfan1 said:
All X-Fi's use standard PCI connection. Motherboards will use PCI slots for the next few years to come until PCI-E replaces PCI completely
I only asked whether the standard PCI interface was being phased out as I was going by the fact that AGP is virtually dead and PCI Express hasn't been out that long.
Apparently this doesn't apply to sound cards, probably because they need much less bandwidth compared to graphics cards.


Psypher5 said:
You'll have no compatability issues :)
So I don't need to worry about the PCI 2.1 standard then?
Good news!


Psypher5 said:
But yeah, pci wont be phased out totally for a good while yet.
That's what I wanted to hear as I have read many favourable reviews of the X-Fi soundcard and now all I need to do is decide which one to buy :rolleyes:


Thanks to everyone who replied :)
 
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