asus xonar d2x

ard-tullaich · 15 Jul 2020 at 23:29

Well finally upgraded my pc .
I bought a gigabyte X570 aurus master
Ryzen 3900xt. 32gb corsair vengence

Old pc I7 920 overclocked to 4gb
Gigabyte x58 ud5
24gb corsair vengence.

Can any body help should i use my xonar d2x in my new setup or use the on board sound.

How good is the sound on new motherboards?

TonTom · 20 Jul 2020 at 02:02

You’ve upgraded to the same set up as me. Sadly I had to pull the D2X out as it was randomly bluescreening, rebooting the machine as it has compatibility issues with AM4.

For me the onboard sound bass wise especially on the Master is extremely poor compared to the D2X. I’m using the old Z5500 system the bass used to vibrate the room now it’s weak. A friend has the exact system and speaker setup with the same issues.

I’m currently thinking about getting an alternative card to the onboard sound though unsure what to go for.

ard-tullaich · 20 Jul 2020 at 06:13

Thanks for the reply . I to am using the z5500 speakers.
I will give the card a go and let you know if I run into the same issues.
Haven't played much with the set up since building last week not even played with overclocking yet.
Spent all my free time getting my head round win 10. :mad:

TonTom · 20 Jul 2020 at 08:40

If you end up pulling the card let me know if your bass quality drops please.

Below is from another forum member regarding the D2x and AM4.

“Also that ASMedia PCIe-PCI bridge chip isn't good for compatibility with AM4 boards...
Many of which use chipset made by ASMedia...”

ard-tullaich · 23 Jul 2020 at 20:11

yes every thing you said. it dosn't work tried lots of different ways to install drivers nuthing!!!!

lord filbuster · 23 Jul 2020 at 20:47

ard-tullaich said:
yes every thing you said. it dosn't work tried lots of different ways to install drivers nuthing!!!!

Have you tried using the STX uni xonar drivers instead?
It worked for me, but you have to disable driver signing enforcement to install it.

ard-tullaich · 23 Jul 2020 at 21:25

Found
Xonar Essence STX drivers but these the same as d2x do you have a link to the uni drivers? see if they are the same

lord filbuster · 24 Jul 2020 at 16:40

It's a slightly older build from when they were separate drivers:
http://uni.maxedtech.com/download/uni-xonar-stxii-11-5-v1-80b-r3/

I also had to put the card in the PCIe slot, and cap it to pcie 1.0 in the BIOS, so you could try moving the card between slots to see if that helps.

TonTom · 25 Jul 2020 at 16:35

How did you get on with the above drivers if you’ve had time?

If you have any luck I’ll put my D2x in again.

AWPC · 31 Jul 2020 at 14:27

Asus Xonar D2X works perfectly for me on a X570 since I bought the system in Set 2019! it ONLY works on up to Win 10 build 1909 though. Currently Win10 build 2004 does not support the card & has sound issues with lots of other sound cards as well due to MS terrible recent QA (or lack of!!).

quonker · 31 Jan 2021 at 17:25

I recently upgraded my mobo and tried using the onboard sound but it wasn’t a patch on the d2x so I put it back in.

Sounds great with my Z5500 5:1 system.

if I replaced the d2x with a more modern card would I notice any improvement?

used mainly for gaming and watching movies