hi i want to get a graphics card but not sure on what to get my motherboard is a nforce4m-a?

Question

it says it a pcie-1 slot could some 1 help

Answer 1

Your mobo almost certainly has a PCI-e x16 slot...
The link below is to a review of an ECS board with this chipset - there is a picture showing from left to right:
three white PCI slots
orange PCI-e x16 slot
two white PCIe x1 slots

Take a look inside your PC to compare.

PCIe x16 graphics cards = a bewildering choice.
Consider:
- what you want to use it for (generally: what games do you favour, and at what resolution do you play)
- whether you want to be able to upgrade to a larger (higher resolution) screen in the life of the card
- whether there are any physical restrictions imposed by your case, or on your use of adjacent slots (some cards take two slots, and my passive 7600GT actually denied me the use of adjacent slot on both sides!)
- do you want a passive (fanless=quiet) card - will your case cooling cope?
- do you feel the need for directX 10 (I think you would have to have Vista)
- how much do you want to spend?

Tomshardware compares a number of gaming cards, using mostly DX9 benchmarks - I haven't found any similar grouped info for DX10 tests - only individual reviews..

Hope you enjoy whatever you select!

Answer 2

If you have x16 PCIe slot there, you have a lot of choices:
Cheap= 8400GS, HD2400 Pro
Better= HD2600XT, 8600GT or GTS
Awesome= 8800GT

BUT if you only have x1 PCIe slot, you have limited options:
http://www.3dgameman.com/content/view/2775/47/
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2005/07/14/matrox-releases-worlds-first-pcie-1x-graphic-card