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mDee · Oct 25, 2012, 04:38 PM

I used to have a Creative X-Fi Extreme Music. Worked well but I found the drivers and the plethora of software annoying. When ASUS started offering sound cards I gave them a try and bought the Xonar DX. Love it. Stable drivers, easy interface (I'm a bit software retarted

), competitive price, and it sounds great to me. I listen to a lot of movie scores and soundtracks and loved the Xonar more than the Creative.

At the time the cheaper gamer-oriented Xonars (the DG, DGX, and the DS) weren't out yet, but based on what I know about my DX I'd say those gaming Xonars are good budget buys.

Processor:	Phenom II X6 1090T (1.2GHz idle @ 0.800v / 3.8GHz load @ 1.350v)
Motherboard:	Asrock 870 Extreme3
Cooling:	Scythe Orochi (passive)
Memory:	8GB Corsair DDR3 1600MHz
Video Card:	MSI R6850 Power Edition / OC
Hard Disk:	Corsair Force 3 60GB SSD \| 2.5" WD Blue 250GB \| Seagate 1TB
Optical Drive:	USB Samsung
CRT/LCD Model:	2x ASUS VW228TR 21.5"
Case:	BitFenix Outlaw
Sound Card:	ASUS Xonar DX
PSU:	FSP Group AURUM 400W
Benchmarks:	Bench-what?

Oct 25, 2012, 04:38 PM	#56
mDee Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 14 (0.07/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	I used to have a Creative X-Fi Extreme Music. Worked well but I found the drivers and the plethora of software annoying. When ASUS started offering sound cards I gave them a try and bought the Xonar DX. Love it. Stable drivers, easy interface (I'm a bit software retarted ), competitive price, and it sounds great to me. I listen to a lot of movie scores and soundtracks and loved the Xonar more than the Creative. At the time the cheaper gamer-oriented Xonars (the DG, DGX, and the DS) weren't out yet, but based on what I know about my DX I'd say those gaming Xonars are good budget buys.