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Hi again 
I don't want to create a new thread so I'll ask here. I've been having random reboots every 1-3 days since I've installed the sound card, usually that's during games as far as I remember. PC just reboots, no bsods or errors. Any ideas guys?
I think it's when I run a game and have winamp playing songs in background too.
I don't want to create a new thread so I'll ask here. I've been having random reboots every 1-3 days since I've installed the sound card, usually that's during games as far as I remember. PC just reboots, no bsods or errors. Any ideas guys?
I think it's when I run a game and have winamp playing songs in background too.
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Tried a new driver?
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| Memory | Kingston HyperX Fury White (2x8GB, DDR3-1866, 10-11-10-30, 1.5v) |
| Video Card(s) | MSI GTX 970 Gaming |
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| Power Supply | Corsair HX 650W |
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I've only tried the latest drivers with the fix that helps with crashing in some games.
Actually yesterday I crashed in windows XP not even running winamp or games.
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=Xonar D1 (Windows XP)
Actually yesterday I crashed in windows XP not even running winamp or games.
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=Xonar D1 (Windows XP)
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It's worth it!
The Xonar is a sick card, I have 2 of them, the D2.
When it comes to sound cards I have a few companies I'll buy from.
HT Omega, EMU *Creative Professional if you may*, Asus, Auzentech and lastly creative who doesn't make much I'm interested in anymore the only thing they had going for them was EAX and like it was said it's dying out so that's useless to me.
I demand high sound quality, a little lack of amplifier power I can deal with, I use external amps anyways.
The Xonar is a sick card, I have 2 of them, the D2.
When it comes to sound cards I have a few companies I'll buy from.
HT Omega, EMU *Creative Professional if you may*, Asus, Auzentech and lastly creative who doesn't make much I'm interested in anymore the only thing they had going for them was EAX and like it was said it's dying out so that's useless to me.
I demand high sound quality, a little lack of amplifier power I can deal with, I use external amps anyways.
If you're a gamer, then X-Fi is still the best choice. I have Xonar Essence STX and sound quality is sick. But ASUS's stupid GX mode that was suppose to enable hardware sound under Vista never ever worked right. All the games crashed sooner or later with Xonar's module in the error description.
So thats a no go. Without it, you can forget about EAX in even the oldest games, effects are often all messed up, sounds missing, sounds looping and getting stuck etc. But when it does work, it sounds great. And it wouldn't hurt if ASUS updated damn drivers a bit more often. Last update was in February 2009. And that is just as awful as Creative's offering...
For music, nothing beats Essence STX + Foobar2k + ASIO Output
So thats a no go. Without it, you can forget about EAX in even the oldest games, effects are often all messed up, sounds missing, sounds looping and getting stuck etc. But when it does work, it sounds great. And it wouldn't hurt if ASUS updated damn drivers a bit more often. Last update was in February 2009. And that is just as awful as Creative's offering...
For music, nothing beats Essence STX + Foobar2k + ASIO Output
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To be fair at least Asus drivers aren't pure bloatware...
I can agree though for games the card is meh if you want more than stereo sound.
As for the nothing beats STX + Foobar2k + ASIO... Sorry I have to do it..
Lots beats it, like digital output to external DAC, into high end reference amp, into high end speakers/phones whatever you may
But TBH, yes ASIO drivers are where it's at.
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| Cooling | Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.C + Blue Vortex 140mm |
| Memory | Kingston HyperX Fury White (2x8GB, DDR3-1866, 10-11-10-30, 1.5v) |
| Video Card(s) | MSI GTX 970 Gaming |
| Storage | Crucial C300 128GB, WD Green 2TB |
| Display(s) | BenQ XL2420T |
| Case | Antec Twelve Hundred |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard Realtek audio |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX 650W |
| Software | Win7 Ultimate (64-bit) |
I kept getting PC restarts.
I moved my sound card to another PCI slot and changed the sampling rate from 96KHz to 44.1KHz. I hope one the the two solves my problems :/
I moved my sound card to another PCI slot and changed the sampling rate from 96KHz to 44.1KHz. I hope one the the two solves my problems :/
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| Video Card(s) | EVGA RTX 3090 Ultra FTW3 |
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| Display(s) | 1x Samsung Odyssey G7 Neo and 1x Dell u2518d |
| Case | Lian Li o11 DXL w/custom vented front panel |
| Audio Device(s) | Focusrite Saffire PRO 14 -> DBX DriveRack PA+ -> Mackie MR8 and MR10 / Senn PX38X -> SB AE-5 Plus |
| Power Supply | Corsair RM1000i |
| Mouse | Logitech G502x |
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People often mis-understand sample rates... For instance CD Audio is 44.1khz, running a higher sampling rate doesn't really do anything when listening to a CD. A DVD or something eh, now we are getting somewhere but it's still pretty minimal.
Restarts don't sound too great though, hopefully you didn't get a bad card
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| Memory | Kingston HyperX Fury White (2x8GB, DDR3-1866, 10-11-10-30, 1.5v) |
| Video Card(s) | MSI GTX 970 Gaming |
| Storage | Crucial C300 128GB, WD Green 2TB |
| Display(s) | BenQ XL2420T |
| Case | Antec Twelve Hundred |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard Realtek audio |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX 650W |
| Software | Win7 Ultimate (64-bit) |
Getting frustrating here. I get crashes eveb more often now. My PC just reboots.
I've reinstalled drivers for all my hardware.
I don't know where to start troubleshooting, I've even tried clocking back my CPU to it's normal 2,8Ghz speed.
I may have to try and go back to onboard sound for like 3 days and see if it crashes then
I've reinstalled drivers for all my hardware.
I don't know where to start troubleshooting, I've even tried clocking back my CPU to it's normal 2,8Ghz speed.
I may have to try and go back to onboard sound for like 3 days and see if it crashes then
To be fair at least Asus drivers aren't pure bloatware...
I can agree though for games the card is meh if you want more than stereo sound.
As for the nothing beats STX + Foobar2k + ASIO... Sorry I have to do it..
Lots beats it, like digital output to external DAC, into high end reference amp, into high end speakers/phones whatever you may
But TBH, yes ASIO drivers are where it's at.
Whoever is running external DAC's that are higher end than the ones on soundcard are probably nt outputting sound from PC to amp in the first place. So Essence STX with analog connection to decent speakers is certanly the best you can get right now.