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15.10.2020
2/10
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Ужасно
No amount of effort made this HORRIBLE card want to install. I have over 20yrs experience with computers and this just REFUSED to install no matter what I tried. I spent 6 solid hours and got NOTHING. I'm currently in the process of returning it. I'll see if a USB sound card is a better option.
Running W7 x64 SP1 with all the latest BIOS, latest drivers, latest updates for all my kit, also tried safe-mode and many, many other things too. I even tried the 3rd party UNIxonar drivers,. nothing worked. I did all I knew how and it steadfastly maintained a stubbornness I've not experienced in hardware installation, (software primarily, but you get what I'm saying).
I've had it with Asus,.. really fed up with them. The annoying thing is that I'm not even happy with Creative either,. they're just as inept and lazy as Asus; both their drivers and software, (Asus and Creative alike), are bloody AWFUL - what's even MORE frustating is that these two firms are supposed to be the best! Disgraceful!
So once again I'm back to using the on-board audio,.. which is terrible, but at least it works!
Running W7 x64 SP1 with all the latest BIOS, latest drivers, latest updates for all my kit, also tried safe-mode and many, many other things too. I even tried the 3rd party UNIxonar drivers,. nothing worked. I did all I knew how and it steadfastly maintained a stubbornness I've not experienced in hardware installation, (software primarily, but you get what I'm saying).
I've had it with Asus,.. really fed up with them. The annoying thing is that I'm not even happy with Creative either,. they're just as inept and lazy as Asus; both their drivers and software, (Asus and Creative alike), are bloody AWFUL - what's even MORE frustating is that these two firms are supposed to be the best! Disgraceful!
So once again I'm back to using the on-board audio,.. which is terrible, but at least it works!
15.10.2020
4/10
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Ужасно
Sorry to say that after spending hours on failed installations and failed fault finding with Asus customers services I have returned the card for a refund - its just not worth the hassle. 1 It does not recognise the disc download and keeps telling you you need to install the card when it is there.
2. It would not allow my computer Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit to shutdown and could only be closed by pulling the plug! 3. Updates from Asus website failed to install. Finally Asus customer services were very polite and quick to respond offered no real solution.
2. It would not allow my computer Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit to shutdown and could only be closed by pulling the plug! 3. Updates from Asus website failed to install. Finally Asus customer services were very polite and quick to respond offered no real solution.
15.10.2020
8/10
Оценка пользователя
Хорошо
I bought this to replace my old Soundblaster Audigy 4, which had problems with mic stuttering in Windows 7. I have to say given its price this card has exceeded all my expectations. Sound quality is great, as good or better than the soundblaster it replaced, and significantly better than my motherboards onboard audio. A particularly great feature is the built in headphone amp. On a lot of soundcards volume levels through headphones are far too low as the card is expecting amplified speakers, not a problem here as you can use the control panel that installs with the cards drivers to have the card amplify the sound. There are 3 levels, each for different usage scanarios and/or types of headphones. The only downside and the reason it has 4 stars instead of 5 is that there is no hardware midi support, only software playback. Given that even the cheapest cards have had hardware playback for years now it seems an odd decision not to include it. However it is only a minor issue at most and for the majority of people a non issue. A highly recommended soundcard, especially if you use headphones often
15.10.2020
10/10
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Великолепно
I initiated purchase of a PCI sound card for one reason only: Like most onboard sound cards, the one on my ASUS P8Z77V-LX motherboard generates an annoying "POP" on PC boot that is completely out of character with an otherwise very refined system.
The ASUS DG card is inexpensive and supports a front panel connection, so I ordered one.
The first one was faulty (not detected in any PCI slot despite care taken to observe anti-static precautions) and replaced without quibble by Amazon. The second one installed flawlessly, first time, having of course first disabled the onboard soundcard via the BIOS utility.
My pleasant surprise has been the staggering difference in sound quality both compared to the onboard sound card ("wooden") and also a Creative Soundblaster Audigy card (nothing special) that I used until recently in another PC, in the same location, with the same Creative 5.1 amplifier and speakers. Sure, it is not a patch on high end HiFI kit, but music is surprisingly, well, musical - and enjoyable for it. 5.1 imaging from true surround sound source is also more precise than with the other cards.
Very happy.
The ASUS DG card is inexpensive and supports a front panel connection, so I ordered one.
The first one was faulty (not detected in any PCI slot despite care taken to observe anti-static precautions) and replaced without quibble by Amazon. The second one installed flawlessly, first time, having of course first disabled the onboard soundcard via the BIOS utility.
My pleasant surprise has been the staggering difference in sound quality both compared to the onboard sound card ("wooden") and also a Creative Soundblaster Audigy card (nothing special) that I used until recently in another PC, in the same location, with the same Creative 5.1 amplifier and speakers. Sure, it is not a patch on high end HiFI kit, but music is surprisingly, well, musical - and enjoyable for it. 5.1 imaging from true surround sound source is also more precise than with the other cards.
Very happy.
15.10.2020
4/10
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Doesn’t work with windows 10 latest edition update. Asus latest update for windows 10 doesn’t work. Had to send back for refund. Bought a usb sound card in the end.
15.10.2020
10/10
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Великолепно
Bought this to replace a high-end Asus Xonar D2 which, while being excellent, refused to work properly with W7.
For 20 quids this is an excellent replacement - I don't do gaming and flashy stuff so I just need a good quality sound card and this fits the bill.
Installation was simple and took about 15 minutes from the time I put the card into its slot. No trouble with drivers but NOTE: The Asus installation guide tells you not to let Windows try and find drivers. Cancel the Windows auto-seek and go straight to the supplied utility disc. Let it do its own loading and you are away.
One point to mention: if you are recording from the computer (eg Wavepad or similar) that software will not recognise an input until you go to the Control Panel and set 'Asus Wave' as the default. Why wave I don't know but it works fine.
Would recommend.
For 20 quids this is an excellent replacement - I don't do gaming and flashy stuff so I just need a good quality sound card and this fits the bill.
Installation was simple and took about 15 minutes from the time I put the card into its slot. No trouble with drivers but NOTE: The Asus installation guide tells you not to let Windows try and find drivers. Cancel the Windows auto-seek and go straight to the supplied utility disc. Let it do its own loading and you are away.
One point to mention: if you are recording from the computer (eg Wavepad or similar) that software will not recognise an input until you go to the Control Panel and set 'Asus Wave' as the default. Why wave I don't know but it works fine.
Would recommend.
15.10.2020
8/10
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Хорошо
I bought this to go along with my new headphones as the onboard audio on my motherboard simply wasn't good enough. There is a definite difference in audio quality with this and I have been told my mic also sounds a lot better with less static noise.
In order to get this to work however, I had to use 3rd party drivers as it was not working with windows 10 and this is the major problem with this product. It is easy enough to fix as you can simply google "Asus Xonar DG windows 10" and you will be directed to the fix but this should not be needed. Hopefully this will be sorted soon and then I will update my review to 5 stars.
Pros:
Price
Sound quality
Cons:
Drivers
In order to get this to work however, I had to use 3rd party drivers as it was not working with windows 10 and this is the major problem with this product. It is easy enough to fix as you can simply google "Asus Xonar DG windows 10" and you will be directed to the fix but this should not be needed. Hopefully this will be sorted soon and then I will update my review to 5 stars.
Pros:
Price
Sound quality
Cons:
Drivers
15.10.2020
10/10
Оценка пользователя
Великолепно
You cannot go wrong with this budget sound card. Excellent quality sound, easy to install - the optional low profile bracket is a great addition. Installed this on a Win XP PC I use for running older programs and games. No problems at all. Plus, as with all Asus sound cards, it works flawlessly with Linux. The driver and software installed without issue.
The headphone amp is a bonus and the quality though a high end pair of 'phones is excellent.
Why pay more? This does all you need for a very sensible price
The headphone amp is a bonus and the quality though a high end pair of 'phones is excellent.
Why pay more? This does all you need for a very sensible price
15.10.2020
10/10
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Великолепно
Bought this mainly for the headphone amp - which is really useful. If you have a good motherboard, or just good onboard audio, there probably won't be a very noticeable difference at all in sound quality though. Really its a great overall sound card, especially considering the price, and the software is good, but I would recommend google searching guides on how to customise all the settings ---- just don't buy it expecting for your gaming life to change dramatically, unless you're buying this alongside a gaming headset or surround system.
15.10.2020
6/10
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Плохо
I used to have a creative audigy sound card but it broke about a year ago. I have been using the on-board sound since then. I wanted to buy one of the sound blaster z series but the only compatible PCI express slot on my motherboard is obscured by a dual slot graphics card so i was limited to PCI sound card only. I could have bought another audigy but I thought i would try this. Installation was easy and the drivers don't come with any bloatware so it was quick to get it up and running.
In terms of sound quality, its A LOT BETTER then the on-board sound especially in games. I always found games sounded a little flat from the onboard sound chip. Compared to the audigy....I still prefer the sound from the creative sound card...maybe its just me.
In terms of sound quality, its A LOT BETTER then the on-board sound especially in games. I always found games sounded a little flat from the onboard sound chip. Compared to the audigy....I still prefer the sound from the creative sound card...maybe its just me.
15.10.2020
6/10
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Плохо
This sound card is the PCI (older slot) version of the Xonar DGX (PCI-E). As a result, the features are essentially the same, as is performance (bandwidth on PCI shouldn't be an issue).
I encountered an issue with the card which I resolved through painfully slow means.The issue was the card being detected as a multimedia sound device (IIRC) via Device Manager but the drivers failing to detect the card. I tried both older and newer versions of the official drivers. Uni's custom drivers also failed to detect the card. Onboard was turned off (this is done via BIOS/UEFI > onboard devices config > realtek/onboard sound disabled) yet the issue remained. Eventually I found the culprit for my problem: Via Device Manager go down to "Sound, video and game controllers" and check if you have AMD's or nVidia's High Definition Audio Device device installed. If it is there proceed to disable it and reboot. Drivers should install fine after that... if you've got the same issue.
Many sources suggested reflashing it's eeprom due to corrupted firmware however the hardware/vendor IDs matched so suggestion is for a completely different problem.
The card is good value for its cost however, 3 stars for having to piss about with Device Manager. My Xonar DGX never required me to disable HD Audio Devices and was perplexed that I had to do it at all.
I encountered an issue with the card which I resolved through painfully slow means.The issue was the card being detected as a multimedia sound device (IIRC) via Device Manager but the drivers failing to detect the card. I tried both older and newer versions of the official drivers. Uni's custom drivers also failed to detect the card. Onboard was turned off (this is done via BIOS/UEFI > onboard devices config > realtek/onboard sound disabled) yet the issue remained. Eventually I found the culprit for my problem: Via Device Manager go down to "Sound, video and game controllers" and check if you have AMD's or nVidia's High Definition Audio Device device installed. If it is there proceed to disable it and reboot. Drivers should install fine after that... if you've got the same issue.
Many sources suggested reflashing it's eeprom due to corrupted firmware however the hardware/vendor IDs matched so suggestion is for a completely different problem.
The card is good value for its cost however, 3 stars for having to piss about with Device Manager. My Xonar DGX never required me to disable HD Audio Devices and was perplexed that I had to do it at all.
15.10.2020
8/10
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Хорошо
I bought this - being in need of a sound card and this has some ecxellent reviews - all five stars as I can see. But it does have a small problem, now I would expect, old fool that I am, that the default output from a sound card would be switched, depending upon the connected outputs, but no, its not. Now when you read all these 5 star reviews please note they are invariably from those who listen via headphones, and that dear readers is the default setting. If you want your speakers to give you the benefit of your new toy you are going to manually switch from headphone to speaker system every time you switch on or even wake up. Its not the greatest chore in the world you merely merely end up with the Xonar short cut pinned. I did contact Asus and had a bit of a gripe, and was told to get used to it cos thats the way it worked. Now then having got that off my chest let me say that this is a lovely piece of kit the sound is gorgeous both with speakers and headphones, I found it easy to load and set up, apart of course, from its default setting. The job it does is worthy of the 5 stars thrown at it willy nilly, but I don't like the way it does it; so no -I'm not giving it 5 stars
Many months have past and at last I've discovered the secret. Took it off the computer; removed the software; refitted but ignored the instructions and used no internal connections -so no front panel and merely reloaded the driver, voila a miracle the sound card now will only operate on the speakers leaving the phones to use the motherboard via the front panel, and it still mutes the card.
Many months have past and at last I've discovered the secret. Took it off the computer; removed the software; refitted but ignored the instructions and used no internal connections -so no front panel and merely reloaded the driver, voila a miracle the sound card now will only operate on the speakers leaving the phones to use the motherboard via the front panel, and it still mutes the card.
15.10.2020
10/10
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Великолепно
The card is a half-height and it comes with a half-height adapter. Installation is straight forward. The Xonar software has good configuration function for adjusting the sound quality and effect; there are a lot of well configured presets ready to use. Just two observations; 1) if you select surround sound for you headphones, you may want to adjust the “distance” of the surround sound effect otherwise it can sound like you are sitting in a tin bath. 2) If you are going to use the Analogue Mic function onboard, it is not powered, keep the mic cable short otherwise it can be too quiet.
I have a more expensive (older) Auzeneech X-Fi Prelude, apart from missing some customisation function, the Xonar card is almost as good at a budget price.
I have a more expensive (older) Auzeneech X-Fi Prelude, apart from missing some customisation function, the Xonar card is almost as good at a budget price.
15.10.2020
6/10
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Плохо
I play sound through three jack cables into a sony receiver. When i plugged it in and set up the sound to 5.1 in the windows sound section (as I did before for the crackly soundblaster x-fi) then it only played through the front two speakers. I spent an hour changing over cables, trying the SP/DIF (no sound no matter what I did - see others comments on not being a real sp/dif and only putting out PCM) and was about to return the nasty piece of junk when half an hour searching on the net pointed me to the Xonar DG audio centre, where you have to replicate everything in the windows setup screen.
It now sounds good, but please remember that you have to set up both control sets to make it work.
By the way, to do anything useful, you have to press the arrow in the bottom right to expose the actual controls - just clicking 2 channel stereo and expecting to have some influence on this is beyond the software writers.
Good sound - lousy controls
It now sounds good, but please remember that you have to set up both control sets to make it work.
By the way, to do anything useful, you have to press the arrow in the bottom right to expose the actual controls - just clicking 2 channel stereo and expecting to have some influence on this is beyond the software writers.
Good sound - lousy controls
15.10.2020
10/10
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Великолепно
Having given up the struggle to get my desktop PC to recognise the Creative sound cards I had tried to install in it, this unit was a refreshing change. It installed easily and all the software worked first time. Thoroughly recommended.
15.10.2020
8/10
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Хорошо
Works OK. Bought to replace a Creative Sound Blaster Live! card that is not supported for Windows 7 and above, and when running through HiFi seems to offer similar sound quality - no better or worse.
I popped this into a machine that I've used to test Windows 10, and the drivers on the supplied disc installed and worked without trouble. The same machine is also used with Linux Mint Cinnamon, and the card was recognised and correct drivers installed automatically for it.
I popped this into a machine that I've used to test Windows 10, and the drivers on the supplied disc installed and worked without trouble. The same machine is also used with Linux Mint Cinnamon, and the card was recognised and correct drivers installed automatically for it.
15.10.2020
6/10
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Плохо
It's a solid piece of hardware it sounds great and is a huge improvement to built in motherboard sound cards like realtek or nvidia the difference is marked. There are some issues with drivers which is why I've only given a score of 3. They are not very well supported and really buggy with updated drivers also seemly incomplete some aspects. If you want to reinstall or update the verified manufactures Xonar DG drivers after removing the card it's a hassle. If you're net savy it's so much not a problem as there's a group of users updating an unverified version of drivers that give near full functionality but for everyday users this might be difficult to located and achieve.
15.10.2020
6/10
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Плохо
I had had the DG for around 4 months, it was working fine up until recently, the left channel emits a loud screech/noise as if that channel has gone, it never did this before and I havent changed anything on my pc. I have tried everything to resolve it, even changing pci slots, removing devices you name it ive tried and it still persists. I have read online various people with the same problem and no way to fix it other then a RMA. Thankfully amazon is kindly replacing the item for me and im amazed how good there customer service is!. I hope the replacement works ok, but my trust in asus has gone downhill. It's a great card when working, much better then onboard so give it 3 stars for that.
15.10.2020
10/10
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Великолепно
Comes inside good, sturdy packaging, sealed in anti-static bag with instruction manual, extra screws and mount (just in case, I didn't need them) and the driver disc. No problems installing, no problems getting the driver going. The sound quality is just sooo much better than my previous (on-board) sound card, which was still a decent on-board card. The first thing I did was plug my headphones in and was blown away by the shear clarity of sound. Then I hooked up my surround sound and immediately new this was a wise purchase.
If you currently have on-board sound or you aren't happy with your current sound card you should definitely pick one of these up - you won't regret it.
If you currently have on-board sound or you aren't happy with your current sound card you should definitely pick one of these up - you won't regret it.
15.10.2020
10/10
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So I bought some 5.1 headphones a few weeks back only to find to my horror when my headphones arrived that my soundcard didn't support it... (I'm fairly useless when it comes to PC's.). So I had a look around for a top quality new sound card that would be perfect for music and casual gaming and this was the one that came up. I'm glad I bought it now, it's amazing the difference between this one and a low quality one! Everything is better in terms of music and gaming is epic! I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a new sound card to enhance their audio experience...
15.10.2020
8/10
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Хорошо
Crappy drivers.
Update 30-08-2015, I cannot adjust the volume anymore, I was thinking maybe there is something wrong with my headset but I tried it on another computer and it works....
Update 15-09-2015 The volume problem was an issue with a Windows service not being started not the soundcards fault so as it stands now looks OK for the money.
Update 30-08-2015, I cannot adjust the volume anymore, I was thinking maybe there is something wrong with my headset but I tried it on another computer and it works....
Update 15-09-2015 The volume problem was an issue with a Windows service not being started not the soundcards fault so as it stands now looks OK for the money.
15.10.2020
10/10
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Великолепно
Card worked as expected. handy minxi pci bracket availablein box, softwear looks quite old but works perfectly, subwoofers was enabeled through the flexbass option, and 3d gaming works great. Only downside is how small the equaliser is, makes it difficult for accurate adjustments but still works perfectly.
15.10.2020
10/10
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Великолепно
I love this sound card as it provides perfect sound to my 5.1 pc speakers. No extra noise when the speakers are switched on but nothing is currently playing on them. The only think that I consider as disadvatage (comparing to the onboard Realtek) is the fact that you have to switch between the outputs: 5.1 spearkers; or front panel headphones + mic. This could be easily resolved by 3.5mm Y-cable and connecting the headphones + mic directly to the soundcard, together with the speakers.
15.10.2020
10/10
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Великолепно
Good item. Has a lot of customization options via the audio control centre (Good for people who want that many options but may be intimidating for the less determined PC user. Especially since it is hard to find any online info regarding setting up the card) Be sure to get the PCI version if you have an older motherboard as the PCIe version may cause issues (We had to return the PCIe & switch to this)
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