As per ASUS' Xonar D2, at the heart of the D2X is the AV200 HD audio processor, which supports everything from Dolby Digital Live and DTS interactive capabilities through to 192KHz/24-bit audio playback. With the general consensus still that this audio chip is heavily based on CMedia's CMI8788, the D2X also supports 3D audio capabilities in the form of OpenAL alongside EAX 1.0 and 2.0 acceleration. This means that there's still no EAX Advanced HD support, but the D2X does offer some exciting news for Windows Vista owners - This board is the first to use a software feature known as DS3D GX. This is basically ASUS' equivalent of Creative Labs' ALchemy software, which is used to translate DirectSound-based EAX commands into OpenAL so that they are compatible with Windows Vista's methods of handling audio. While it won't give you all the latest EAX goodness available to Creative-based products, it should offer compatibility for any titles that use EAX 1.0 and 2.0. Unlike ALchemy, which basically 'patches' certain game titles, DS3D GX is designed (when enabled via the driver control panel, which it is by default) to work with all and any EAX/DirectSound games, which should give it a much broader range of compatibility than Creative's equivalent software offering.the real big selling point of the Xonar D2X is its use of the PCI Express interface, making it a departure from the numerous PCI sound cards on the market. However, this functionality isn't supported natively within the AV200 chip, leaving the D2X requiring the use of this PLX PEX8111chip.This is a PCI to PCI Express bridge chip, supporting a single PCI Express lane - Perfect for the PCI Express 1x connection required by this board.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Asus Xonar D2X Manual
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Asus Xonar D2X User Manual
As per ASUS' Xonar D2, at the heart of the D2X is the AV200 HD audio processor, which supports everything from Dolby Digital Live and DTS interactive capabilities through to 192KHz/24-bit audio playback. With the general consensus still that this audio chip is heavily based on CMedia's CMI8788, the D2X also supports 3D audio capabilities in the form of OpenAL alongside EAX 1.0 and 2.0 acceleration. This means that there's still no EAX Advanced HD support, but the D2X does offer some exciting news for Windows Vista owners - This board is the first to use a software feature known as DS3D GX. This is basically ASUS' equivalent of Creative Labs' ALchemy software, which is used to translate DirectSound-based EAX commands into OpenAL so that they are compatible with Windows Vista's methods of handling audio. While it won't give you all the latest EAX goodness available to Creative-based products, it should offer compatibility for any titles that use EAX 1.0 and 2.0. Unlike ALchemy, which basically 'patches' certain game titles, DS3D GX is designed (when enabled via the driver control panel, which it is by default) to work with all and any EAX/DirectSound games, which should give it a much broader range of compatibility than Creative's equivalent software offering.the real big selling point of the Xonar D2X is its use of the PCI Express interface, making it a departure from the numerous PCI sound cards on the market. However, this functionality isn't supported natively within the AV200 chip, leaving the D2X requiring the use of this PLX PEX8111chip.This is a PCI to PCI Express bridge chip, supporting a single PCI Express lane - Perfect for the PCI Express 1x connection required by this board.
As per ASUS' Xonar D2, at the heart of the D2X is the AV200 HD audio processor, which supports everything from Dolby Digital Live and DTS interactive capabilities through to 192KHz/24-bit audio playback. With the general consensus still that this audio chip is heavily based on CMedia's CMI8788, the D2X also supports 3D audio capabilities in the form of OpenAL alongside EAX 1.0 and 2.0 acceleration. This means that there's still no EAX Advanced HD support, but the D2X does offer some exciting news for Windows Vista owners - This board is the first to use a software feature known as DS3D GX. This is basically ASUS' equivalent of Creative Labs' ALchemy software, which is used to translate DirectSound-based EAX commands into OpenAL so that they are compatible with Windows Vista's methods of handling audio. While it won't give you all the latest EAX goodness available to Creative-based products, it should offer compatibility for any titles that use EAX 1.0 and 2.0. Unlike ALchemy, which basically 'patches' certain game titles, DS3D GX is designed (when enabled via the driver control panel, which it is by default) to work with all and any EAX/DirectSound games, which should give it a much broader range of compatibility than Creative's equivalent software offering.the real big selling point of the Xonar D2X is its use of the PCI Express interface, making it a departure from the numerous PCI sound cards on the market. However, this functionality isn't supported natively within the AV200 chip, leaving the D2X requiring the use of this PLX PEX8111chip.This is a PCI to PCI Express bridge chip, supporting a single PCI Express lane - Perfect for the PCI Express 1x connection required by this board.
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