Bought a DGX...

Cavallino

Cavallino

Cavallino

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And wth?
Plugged into PCIE. Plugged headphones and put the volume to max on all outputs and the volume is not really that loud (if anything its more quieter than what the onboard audio was giving me).

What gives? I have installed all drivers etc etc and I cannot understand why its not as high as I thought it would be....
 
A lot quieter... quieter than the onboard audio. I literally have to turn up the volume on my speakers as well as the windows output to max.

Whereas before with the onboard audio I would set at half way and they would be considerably loud.

My question I guess: Does the above sound correct to you? Or is there something fundamental which I have missed out?
 
Don't use the front panel?

Also, the cables to the front panel are usually pretty inferior so even for the sake of some quality, I would never use the front panel myself anyway.
 
PapaLazaru said:
Don't use the front panel?

Also, the cables to the front panel are usually pretty inferior so even for the sake of some quality, I would never use the front panel myself anyway.
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Ive connected my speakers to the rear (the card itself).
The volume is higher but not considerably higher compared to the onboard.

It seems to be a common problem with the DGX. Which kind of perplexes me since the whole point of a sound card is better amplification, quality etc etc.
 
Point of a soundcard is a better DAC, nothing to do with amplification unless it states it has an inbuilt amp. You've done the research, you've seen it is a common issue, and you aren't saying you can't get to the volume you want so Im not sure what you want us to say? no offense, but this is perplexing me.

Have you changed the BIOS settings so the soundcard is default?
 
have you got the right gain setting for your headphones?
When you've got headphones plugged in or selected in the driver panel, an extra button should appear next to the speaker test button. It should allow three gain modes, VOIP, Pro Gaming and Exciter, which basically equate to less than 32ohms, 32ohms to 64 ohms and over 64 ohms. If your headphones are high impedance and the lowest gain is selected then the volume will be too quiet and if you have low impedance headphones and the gain is set high then you'll get the opposite. Just pick the one that suits your phones the best.
 
Cookeh said:
You've done the research, you've seen it is a common issue, and you aren't saying you can't get to the volume you want so Im not sure what you want us to say? no offense, but this is perplexing me.

Have you changed the BIOS settings so the soundcard is default?
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Yes I have changed the bios settings sure.

And in reference to your comment about what I expect you to say... no offence but I don't think you read my original posts.

1st Post - I stated the volume is lower and what gives with this? (this was my question).

And then in your first post you ask me yes its lower whats my question?

2nd Post - I state my question again, is this normal for this card? Have I done something wrong?
(To which there was no answer - so off I went to do some research)

3rd Post - I confirmed this card has issues concerning volume as per the link above.

4th Post - was a response to a user and a comment about the front panel and my assumptions about these Soundcards and the expectations of something like this, perhaps I misunderstood when I first purchased this.

Im not expecting you to say anything now because I have recognised the problem and I shall be RMAing the card back to the supplier. Thanks.

IC3 said:
I had the opposite problem that you have, not matter what the volume was the card turned it up. After installing modded drivers that problem went away, I think its time asus get their drivers right.

Try this out - http://maxedtech.com/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/
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Thanks for your suggestion bud, but I am dubious about using 3rd party drivers and all that. Its a bit poor on the part of Asus when users have to use modded drivers etc. In the end I think Im going to RMA this card for now.

rids57 said:
have you got the right gain setting for your headphones?
When you've got headphones plugged in or selected in the driver panel, an extra button should appear next to the speaker test button. It should allow three gain modes, VOIP, Pro Gaming and Exciter, which basically equate to less than 32ohms, 32ohms to 64 ohms and over 64 ohms. If your headphones are high impedance and the lowest gain is selected then the volume will be too quiet and if you have low impedance headphones and the gain is set high then you'll get the opposite. Just pick the one that suits your phones the best.
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Thanks yes I did play with this and increasing the impedance to the Exciter setting (over 64ohms) did work but again its nowhere near as the levels I had with the onboard audio.

Thanks to all for your help folks.
 
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Cavallino said:
Yes I have changed the bios settings sure.

And in reference to your comment about what I expect you to say... no offence but I don't think you read my original posts.
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I think you misunderstood, my point was that this can be a common issue - as you yourself found out. So if you had done the research yourself and determined the cause of the issue (as you did) I wasn't sure what the point in the thread was.

As you say, doesn't matter now as you've returned it under RMA.
 
There is no external power needed with the DGX.

Asus drivers are **** TBH, I have the STX and now and then it crashes with ear busting white noise coming through headphones, needs a reboot to correct it.
 
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