Asus Xonar DGX 5.1

[yavuz650]

https://www.asus.com/Sound-Cards/Xonar_DGX/

 

I just need opinions about this card. How does this do? I may buy this. But is this really necessary though? There are sound cards half the price of this one. I don't see how this one compensates its price.

 

I'll be using this for gaming.

 

I'm ready to be enlightened.

[FloRolf]

why do you want it?

[yavuz650]

Just now, FloRolf said:

why do you want it?

Good question. Gaming mostly, my onboard audio failed somehow.

[FloRolf]

1 hour ago, yavuz650 said:

Good question. Gaming mostly, my onboard audio failed somehow.

What headphones/speakers do you have?

[yavuz650]

1 hour ago, FloRolf said:

What headphones/speakers do you have?

Ahh they are just some mediocre Philips headphones. Not worth mentioning. They just work and that's enough.

[FloRolf]

4 minutes ago, yavuz650 said:

Ahh they are just some mediocre Philips headphones. Not worth mentioning. They just work and that's enough.

oh well, in that case just get the cheapest Xonar or Creative you can find lol.

[yavuz650]

1 hour ago, FloRolf said:

oh well, in that case just get the cheapest Xonar or Creative you can find lol.

Now, that was my intention initially. It was then i realised my mobo merely had pci-e slots. Most of the cheap sound cards require a pci slot. Thus, i leaned towards a bit more expensive models. 

 

It should also be noted that i dont have many alternatives in my region.

 

But what you're saying is that xonar i linked in the OP would outperform an onboard audio, is that it?

[FloRolf]

2 minutes ago, yavuz650 said:

Now, that was my intention initially. It was then i realised my mobo merely had pci-e slots. Most of the cheap sound cards require a pci slot. Thus, i leaned to wards a bit more expensive models. 

 

It should also be noted that i dont have many alternatives in my region.

 

But what you're saying is that xonar i linked in the OP would outperform an onboard audio, is that it?

What do you expect from it?

It might be slightly better but not really.

It's not like it'll make your mediocre headphones sound like high end ones.

 

what motherboard do you have?

[yavuz650]

1 hour ago, FloRolf said:

What do you expect from it?

It might be slightly better but not really.

It's not like it'll make your mediocre headphones sound like high end ones.

 

what motherboard do you have?

I think you missed my point. What I'm asking is that whether high end headphones would make me hear a considerable overall quality difference between the onboard and the xonar. I do know my mediocre ones wouldn't.

 

 

It's an MSI Z170M Mortar.

[FloRolf]

7 minutes ago, yavuz650 said:

I think you missed my point. What I'm asking is that whether high end headphones would make me hear a considerable overall quality difference between the onboard and the xonar. I do know my mediocre ones wouldn't.

 

 

It's an MSI Z170M Mortar.

So you are saying you are in the market for a "highend" headphone sometime in the near future?

Because in that case i'd definetely not go for some crappy soundcard solution and rather step up the game

to a nicer external amp/dac combo.

This thread by my good fellow descibes it very good and also lists some ideas.

 

[yavuz650]

1 hour ago, FloRolf said:

So you are saying you are in the market for a "highend" headphone sometime in the near future?

Because in that case i'd definetely not go for some crappy soundcard solution and rather step up the game

to a nicer external amp/dac combo.

This thread by my good fellow descibes it very good and also lists some ideas.

 

No, that's unlikely to happen. I'm just trying to compensate the onboard audio failure. 

 

Is that xonar truly a  "crappy" card? I know it's nowhere near a high end card but I think it's a decent card for a gamer.

 

Aaannd, that was not really an answer to my previous question

[FloRolf]

1 minute ago, yavuz650 said:

No, that's unlikely to happen. I'm just trying to compensate the onboard audio failure. 

 

Is that xonar truly a  "crappy" card? I know it's nowhere near a high end card but I think it's a decent card for a gamer.

 

Aaannd, that was not really an answer to my previous question

Yeah i'm trying to see what exactly you want to know

 

So, the difference between a real dac/amp and onboard WILL be noticeable with good headphones.

A difference between some cheap card and onboard however will not really be there.

 

I wouldn't say it's a crappy card. The "higher end" ones probably are, price/performance wise, but the cheaper

ones are, like what you need, just a replacement for a failed onboard solution.

In your case i'd not go for something over 15€ and would probably scan the used market.

 

There are cards with 1x PCIE, 16x PCIE and even PCI.

You should get a 1x one.

Or something like a cheap USB dongle.

[yavuz650]

1 hour ago, FloRolf said:

Yeah i'm trying to see what exactly you want to know

 

So, the difference between a real dac/amp and onboard WILL be noticeable with good headphones.

A difference between some cheap card and onboard however will not really be there.

 

I wouldn't say it's a crappy card. The "higher end" ones probably are, price/performance wise, but the cheaper

ones are, like what you need, just a replacement for a failed onboard solution.

In your case i'd not go for something over 15€ and would probably scan the used market.

 

There are cards with 1x PCIE, 16x PCIE and even PCI.

You should get a 1x one.

Or something like a cheap USB dongle.

Yeah, cheap ones... maybe i can find one with pcie slot. Another thing im concerned about is quality. Very cheap ones...  idk, i feel like they'll fail me soon.

[FloRolf]

Just now, yavuz650 said:

Yeah, cheap ones... maybe i can find one with pcie slot. Another thing im concerned about is quality. Very cheap ones...  idk, i feel like they'll fail me soon.

nah, they shouldn't fail you.

I don't even know why your onboard failed (what exactly happened?)

but a friend of mine has some cheap-o soundcard which is probably 10 years old and still works.

[yavuz650]

1 hour ago, FloRolf said:

nah, they shouldn't fail you.

I don't even know why your onboard failed (what exactly happened?)

but a friend of mine has some cheap-o soundcard which is probably 10 years old and still works.

Oh boy! It's nightmare, ive been cursing it for the weekend. There's the thread i advice you to read it.

 

[FloRolf]

3 minutes ago, yavuz650 said:

Oh boy! It's nightmare, ive been cursing it for the weekend. There's the thread i advice you to read it.

 

Awesome how many people helped.

 

Another idea though, what monitor do you use?

Some have an audio chip that get's its signal from the GPU over hdmi/DP.

[yavuz650]

1 hour ago, FloRolf said:

Awesome how many people helped.

 

Another idea though, what monitor do you use?

Some have an audio chip that get's its signal from the GPU over hdmi/DP.

Yeah plenty of ppl.

 

I know about that hdmi audio feature. I connected the computer to my television via hdmi. The sound worked fine throughout the test, no problems. But unfortunately my monitor doesnt have an hdmi input.. dvi is the thing

[FloRolf]

6 minutes ago, yavuz650 said:

Yeah plenty of ppl.

 

I know about that hdmi audio feature. But unfortunately my monitor doesnt have an hdmi input.. dvi is the thing

okay, damnit.

 

i usually don't recommend this, but if you can find something similar for cheap/used,

then why not this?

http://de.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-play-2

 

Taking it outside the case "removes" static noises that might occur aswell. (ya know, electronical interferences with other components)

[yavuz650]

1 hour ago, FloRolf said:

okay, damnit.

 

i usually don't recommend this, but if you can find something similar for cheap/used,

then why not this?

http://de.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-play-2

 

Taking it outside the case "removes" static noises that might occur aswell. (ya know, electronical interferences with other components)

That's a usb sound card. Usually meant for laptops. I've seen some variants of this in my retailer. What I think is that these are even more likely to fail me.  You know, I'll be gaming for hours maybe, load the computer heavily and consistently. Thus, relying on a usb stick? Idk, I just dont feel comfortable with these. 

 

Not sure about the interference topic though, it might come in handy. If i find a cheap version of usb sticks, I MAY buy one