Asus Xonar D2X Reviews

Much has been made of the incredible speed advantages PCI Express offers over PCI. Beyond GPUs, however, we haven't found much worthy of occupying those slots. Asus hopes to change that with its Xonar D2X card-the first soundcard we've reviewed that ...

The EAX 5 hack is commendable and the card's LED lights add flash

Initially spotty PCI-E support that must be fixed with a BIOS update

We're more troubled by this card's PCI Express support. Our D2X simply wouldn't work on two different EVGA 680i SLI motherboards, and users have reported issues with nForce 790i boards as well. Asus tells us the problems are related to a BIOS issue ...

Superb audio quality ; supports all major audio standards ; PCI Express interface ; includes numerous audio cables

Cumbersome control panel software ; PMP music converter is extremely limited ; converter required if you have no available floppy power connector

Asus' Xonar D2X is an excellent sound card with a strong software bundle that will appeal to gamers and audiophiles alike, but we hope to see improvements in its software.

However, the last couple of months have seen a few changes and (hopefully) improvements upon the D2, which brings us to today's review.  Out goes PCI support in favour of a PCI Express 1x interface, and the drivers for this board have also had an ...

When we reviewed the PCI Xonar D2 a couple of months back, we certainly weren't expecting quite such a fast response from ASUS to some of its criticisms.  While on the surface the D2X is simply the same board with a PCI Express interface, it's clear ...