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Monday, June 2, 2008
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The Xonar D2X sound card from ASUS is their top line sound card. Based of the design of the D2, the D2X is out with the old and in with the new. ASUS has updated some of the components on the board, and changed the interface. The AV200 HD audio processor is still there, which means that this card supports most every audio acronym under the sun. However the D2X uses the PCI Express bus, which is a huge differentiation from the many other PCI based cards on the market.
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
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The ASUS Xonar D2X isn't your typical sound card. It features a host of impressive features, a generous bundle of software, and a variety of connections and cables to help you get fully connected right out of the box. The large Aluminum EMI shield gives it the appearance of a high end graphics card, while the PCI Express x1 connector finally gives you something useful to stick into those unused slots on your motherboard.
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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In some regards the D2X represents the rather pathetic state of the soundcard industry as a whole - we've had PCI-Express for nearly four years now and the only performance card worth buying on the interface has to use a bridge chip. At least Asus has got off its backside and done something about it. As for the Xonar D2X itself, I still prefer not to use any of the extra Dolby or DTS features and leave the core audio sounding as good as it should - and it certainly sounds excellent. But because I prefer to have the audio sounding as it was intended without the use of any Dolby or DTS 'features', a lot of this extra value is lost on me. I really wish Asus would launch a no-frills card that sounded just as good - without having to pay for the DTS and Dolby licences or extra OEM software included in the bundle - it would work out far cheaper.
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