GO: ASUS Xonar Sound Cards

The Bose QuietComfort 3 were the headphones of our choice
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One thing that any audio-geek needs is a good amp, and this is not present on this sound card
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some gems spotted on the techtree review :lol:

I wonder where TT finds these ijjuts. I suppose this one has been under a rock since the ye olde days when the soundcard drove the speakers :P
 
Hey guys, I have the logitech z-2300 THX speakers, and use my comp for gaming, movies, and music. I am pretty happy with the onboard HD output of my P5Q deluxe, will buying any of these cards really give me the difference?
 
greenhorn said:
nahice :D
will pm you this month end.... gotta wait for salary :ashamed:
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same here.. will love to get a HDAV1.3 :hap2: for my HTPC build

I cant find any detailed reviews on these cards,:ashamed: all seem to be pre accouncements and previews frm June. Can someone post any links if they find

thx:clap:
 
greenhorn said:
jasku read the previous page. avi_avadhut asked the same thing , and it has been answered....
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hey greenhorn, I did see his post, he has better speakers, and did not mention, what he intends to use the card for, so I am still wondering if surround sound would be the only difference? from the onboard?
 
the Z2300 are good , but its more bass , or rather boom oriented. I suppose it might improve sound quality a bit, but With better sounding ( MX 5021/Audioengines/klipsch GMX) speakers , the difference would have been more obvious :)
 
After a lot of searching I have learned that the cards are not available in US/Europe anywhere. So will have to wait for a few days I guess.

Also 1 thing that is worrying me is that the HDAV1.3 needs power. I hope it’s not to power hungry and runs cool. Don’t have much space and power to feed it :(
 
@Greenie and TH

My bro's 280 on the striker extreme and the Northbridge copperware make the pci-e 1x almost inaccessible, how would the D1 be as compared to the DX being a PCI variant? Considering the huge ~277 MB/S difference in the slots' speeds?
 
Jasku said:
Hey guys, I have the logitech z-2300 THX speakers, and use my comp for gaming, movies, and music. I am pretty happy with the onboard HD output of my P5Q deluxe, will buying any of these cards really give me the difference?
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i have xonar dx + z-2300 and the diff between onboard and xonar is huge :ohyeah: , much louder sound and better bass , with onboard sounds get distorted if i put some equalizer patterns but with xonar even if i set eq to high bass no distortion :D . only problem is my mobo northbridge fab blows hot air on xonar if i put on pci-e top slot :( so i have put it in lower pci-e 16x slot :)
 
RoBoGhOsT said:
i have xonar dx + z-2300 and the diff between onboard and xonar is huge :ohyeah: , much louder sound and better bass , with onboard sounds get distorted if i put some equalizer patterns but with xonar even if i set eq to high bass no distortion :D . only problem is my mobo northbridge fab blows hot air on xonar if i put on pci-e top slot :( so i have put it in lower pci-e 16x slot :)
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Thanks Robo !!!
 
sarang said:
@Greenie and TH

My bro's 280 on the striker extreme and the Northbridge copperware make the pci-e 1x almost inaccessible, how would the D1 be as compared to the DX being a PCI variant? Considering the huge ~277 MB/S difference in the slots' speeds?
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None in terms of processing power.

8 streams x 1.5 mb/s (assuming all streams are uncompressed PCM, unlikely but let's stick with it) = 12 mb/s

PCI bandwidth is 133 mb/s, or over 10x the required bandwidth. Even if you look at processing overhead of 50%, you're well within the bus limits.

The problem is PCI latency (NOT the BIOS setting), which creates problems in some implementations. An example is the 690G chipset. In my Asus M2A-VM, system latency is about 90us with the LAN switched on. Not too shabby, one needs to set a buffer of about 3 seconds with SSRC operating at 'Ultra' quality. The Jetway 690G board I had before this should have similar performance. Right?

Wrong. The Jetway was at about 180-190us system latency, and would just not operate at all with SSRC at Ultra mode, even with a 6 second buffer (which means music would play a couple of seconds after you hit play). It may have been a faulty board.

The point is, PCI is sufficient unless it's badly implemented.
 
Thanks Sangram, quite a useful post that.

Waiting for predator to update on the availability and pricing of the D1 now.
 
RoBoGhOsT said:
i have xonar dx + z-2300 and the diff between onboard and xonar is huge :ohyeah: , much louder sound and better bass , with onboard sounds get distorted if i put some equalizer patterns but with xonar even if i set eq to high bass no distortion :D . only problem is my mobo northbridge fab blows hot air on xonar if i put on pci-e top slot :( so i have put it in lower pci-e 16x slot :)
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ZOMG :S
Din't know that!!

Can you put X1 cards in X16 slots if they are free? Gotto be a great thingy for me, will safely get da dx rather than waiting for the D1.

@robo: saar pics please of the black aart saar.
 
sarang said:
ZOMG :S
Din't know that!!

Can you put X1 cards in X16 slots if they are free? Gotto be a great thingy for me, will safely get da dx rather than waiting for the D1.

@robo: saar pics please of the black aart saar.
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yes u can put it in pci-e 16x slot , i got gtx 260 in one 16x slot and xonar in the second , works great :D
 
RoBoGhOsT said:
yes u can put it in pci-e 16x slot , i got gtx 260 in one 16x slot and xonar in the second , works great :D
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@roboghost: Thaank u saar!

@predatorvj: Get me da payment details for da xonar saar. YGPM
 
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