ASUS Xonar DX Sound Card Review

**MIG-31** · Apr 10, 2008, 02:17 AM

Creative Labs and ASUS have been trading barbs over a very gray area of the cyberscape: Can a hardware manufacturer, through its own design, support another company's proprietary software?

ASUS doesn't care about the answer, as it's going ahead with its latest, sub-$100 offering. A tiny PCI Express audio card, the Xonar DX boasts features far larger than it looks like it possibly can. Most notoriously, it uses a software engine called DirectSound 3D GX 2.0 to pick up EAX Advanced HD 5 calls and emulate them through its own inner workings.
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Apr 10, 2008, 02:17 AM	#1
MIG-31 DH News MOD Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 42,245 Rep Power: 180 System Specs	ASUS Xonar DX Sound Card Review Creative Labs and ASUS have been trading barbs over a very gray area of the cyberscape: Can a hardware manufacturer, through its own design, support another company's proprietary software? ASUS doesn't care about the answer, as it's going ahead with its latest, sub-$100 offering. A tiny PCI Express audio card, the Xonar DX boasts features far larger than it looks like it possibly can. Most notoriously, it uses a software engine called DirectSound 3D GX 2.0 to pick up EAX Advanced HD 5 calls and emulate them through its own inner workings. ___________ Review: Extremetech __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

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