ASUS Xonar D2X Sound Card

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Purchased this card for use in a Digital Audio Workstation. The line-in signal is weak, but a quick normalization can fix that. Due to my setup, I do not experience any latency (instrument to mixer to soundcard, mixer has own monitors). Can't comment on this card for gaming as I don't use it for that. Haven't had a bluescreen yet.

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woow this card is so GOOD,do what it says on the box,,thANKS ASUS

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A1 PLUS for all PC sound. Pair up with a nice set of speakers and you will be ballin'. To Lil G AKA WHINER: B.S. Is all the needs to be said. What is a Windows 98 card doing in an Alien ware case? So you spent $5000 on an Alien ware PC, but you couldn't afford an extra $200 for a sound card to be put IN the case before shipping. You are a LIAR.

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I could not believe what I have missed all these years.While I thought I need to upgrade my speakers first to hear the difference, it is not the case. I am still using my old and trusty Altec Lansing ACS-54 speakers and this Xonar already makes a BIG difference in audio output quality. Now imagine what if I replaced my speakers with the high quality one...Together with high quality MP3 files/audio CDs, you could feel the person is performing live in front of you. For DVD playback and games, the channel separation is excellent. Just make sure that you choose the right number of channels in the audio center application. It's total immersion.Highly Recommended, indeed!

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If this had Front Audio ports I'd give it a 100%, but it doesn't. Other than that I am very happy, it sounds great! Software is nice. Rear LEDs were an excellent idea. The case looks really nice and is of a quality that makes me proud to own it.Fits nicely in my ASUS Rampage II. Top slot, just cut off three rows of fins. Would definitely buy again! This review was modfied by poster @ 09-14-09 07:39 PM

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I bought this card to increase the audio quality of my music and the sounds from the few games I play. All I can say is this card does its job very well. The supplied Asus Audio Center software was easy enough for a layman like me to understand. I have an Apevia quietpack2 and I have noticed that the chassis does not give enough overhead for the card. The chassis is scrapping the top of my card! No cracks, chips, or otherwise severe damage but its enough to clench your teeth. Overall, I am very pleased with the card, its performance, and the bundled adapters, cables, software, and documentation.

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I saw the opportunity to upgrade from on-board sound to a sound card and decided to take it. From previous experience, I wanted to stay as far away from Creative as I could and from the reviews I read the D2X was among the best for gaming in Vista. I was impressed on the packaging for the unit and all the little goodies inside but the only downside was that the power plug for the card is not included. Luckily I had a spare but for others it might be a pain that you can't install it directly out of the box.The only other complaint I might have is that it sits a little too close to my video card and partially blocks the fan intake on it. I can't blame Asus for that since it's a fault on my XFX 680i motherboard for slot placement. People that have the extra wide GFX cards or SLI/crossfire'd may have problems with installing this because of this issue.All in all I'm more than happy with this card and would recommend it to anyone wanting to upgrade from Creative products or on-board sound This review was modfied by poster @ 05-19-09 01:08 PM

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Don't know what this first guy's whining about but it works great for me. Installed it on a ASUS mobo and Core 2 Duo with; 1- XP 32 bit, 2- XP 64 bit and lastly Windows 7 Beta. No issues what so ever! I bought it for movie playback in DD and DTS fidelity. It's hooked up to a $10K pretty high end surround Processor and Amp. Sounds fairly good. Mind you it is after all a PC sound card. Don't expect miracles from a 250$ device. If you're using it for gaming mostly - it'll sound extremely good. I recommend.

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this sucks, my old windows 98 sound card works the best on my vista comp. i have an alienware 5000$ computer. and like i said a 10-5$ sound card works the bestest or even one from the dump works great. like seriously.

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I am running Vista x64, so maybe the issue the drivers are having. But I’ve been running it for over 2 years and all my other custom and standard hardware is fine.This card may be a fine choice for only watching movies or playing music, but I’m very disappointed with it for gaming. Under any kind of heavy load this card goes into, what I would call, moderate failure mode…leading to massive failure mode. The entire point of a sound card for me is to be able to handle way more load than I could with onboard sound, this card is worse than any onboard I have seen under gaming pressure. The worst thing I can say about this card is that I swapped it out in favor of my old Creative X-Fi Fatality. This is a high insult, since I have long loathed the sound quality and drivers of Creative. I instantly noticed a sound quality drop  when I went back to the Creative card, but at least it is solid under load (rock steady, compared with the Asus).The search for a Creative replacement continues…

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Yes the card is expensive but it works. Call of Duty - World at War would not work properly on my Vista OS machine with a Sound Blaster card and the latest driver. Installed this sound card and the game wouldn't even run. Went onto the Asus web page and downloaded the latest driver and now the game works great. Caution: when you download the latest driver you will need a program to open a RAR file. There is free ware available to do that. The new driver is very nice. Why they didn't include it in the original package I don't know and why they use RAR instead of zip files I don't know but definitely get the new driver. Crysis also works better with this card and new driver. Great sound and Dolby as well.

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I own a pair of Sennheiser HD595 and I was using them with an old Sound Blaster Audigy 2. I am not an expert, but I did noticed a HUGE difference from my motherboard chip to the Sound Blaster, but I literally noticed less to none difference from my $50 card to this one. I assume the difference is much more hearable with 'normal' speakers, but with such high end headphones....it's allready the best my ears can hear, I guess. I'd suggest getting something cheaper, or give the card a try before buying it if you really notice a difference (if you may do this).

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This is a great sound card. very good sound quality, lots of good features. The LEDs in the ports are a nice touch when navigating in the dark.

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I couldn't find anything wrong with the card. I noticed a couple of games didn't show it as supporting EAX but most do. Sound quality is way way better than the one that came with my motherboard (ASUS Maximus). I've always had issues with the quality of Creative cards and drivers. Creative = instability in my books. Asus on the other hand I've never had a problem. Very happy with the card

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Great quality. Not as good quality as the X-fi Fatality in my opinion. Sounds a bit different but it's not bad or anything, I just prefer the X-fi for sound quality. The Xonar is way better with driver support in Vista 64bit than the Xfi though.

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A fantastic card all around, crisp, clear audio, tons of ports and supported features, the software is a bit weak, as is the documentation, but this is a great sound card, no issues installing.

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This sound card is simply amazing, I bought the Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium FATAL1TY PCI-E Last week (X-FI has problems in SLI systems) and the DX2 card performs Flawlessly. The X-FI does not like SLI systems but this D2X has no problems with SLI setups.I have been a Sound Blaster fan for a decade, now there is a new player in town. Thanks Asus