Soundcard?

[chielmeiberg1112]

Hi! Recently I got my hands on two brand new Asus Xonar DX 7.1 Audio card, and I was wondering if I should/can put it in a future build? What should I ask for it if I want to sell it? Who has experience with it?

 

Thanks a lot in advance!

[rice guru]

I don't see why you shouldn't use it if you already have it . It will most likely be better than your onboard audio

[chielmeiberg1112]

Just now, rice guru said:

I don't see why you shouldn't use it if you already have it . It will most likely be better than your onboard audio

Thank you! I am mainly concerned if it isn't worse, especially since it has "Windows XP and Vista compatible" text on the box

[Kisai]

4 minutes ago, chielmeiberg1112 said:

Hi! Recently I got my hands on two brand new Asus Xonar DX 7.1 Audio card, and I was wondering if I should/can put it in a future build? What should I ask for it if I want to sell it? Who has experience with it?

 

Thanks a lot in advance!

Only if the onboard audio is trash, and most onboard audio is at least usable today, but cheap MB's might still have bad builds. 

[Applefreak]

I've bought mine for 80.- at the time, they are still pretty decent but require a floppy power connector and on mine. Seeing as a lot of onboard audio solutions have gotten pretty decent, I would not charge much extra unless you find an audiophile like me who needs more power for higher ohm headphones.

 

The card itself has drivers for windows 10 x64 and a working utility to go with it. 

Specs are 24 Bit 192 Khz out and in with a dedicated headphone amp port.

The audio quality is much better than almost all Realtek solutions but you need high end headphones or monitors to hear the difference.

[chielmeiberg1112]

2 minutes ago, Applefreak said:

I've bought mine for 80.- at the time, they are still pretty decent but require a floppy power connector and on mine. Seeing as a lot of onboard audio solutions have gotten pretty decent, I would not charge much extra unless you find an audiophile like me who needs more power for higher ohm headphones.

 

The card itself has drivers for windows 10 x64 and a working utility to go with it. 

Specs are 24 Bit 192 Khz out and in with a dedicated headphone amp port.

The audio quality is much better than almost all Realtek solutions but you need high end headphones or monitors to hear the difference.

Thanks a lot! This really helps!