Asus Xonar STX 2

hiya,yeah i come across that but requires you to disable a few things like windows driver device checks or something and to be honest wouldn't want to do that. :/

i tried emailing Asus support to see if they can just send me the driver via email and their website is horrendous for support, No live chat, email requires you to login. Reset my password twice still couldn't login so no support either, joke!
 
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1.80b doesnt require running in test mode with an STXII. :)

OSDriver package name & download linkAudio driver ver. & build dateASIORequires Test Mode or Disabling Driver Signature Verification on x64 OS for:Notes
Win11

Win10		UNi Xonar W10 1825 v1.81a r21825 / 22-Jun-20162.0.0.12STX II, HDAV, Xense, Razer AC-1Latest Win10 and Win11. The included audio drivers might have more problems than previous drivers. Beta quality.
Win11

Win10
Win8.1
Win8
Win7
Vista		UNi Xonar 1816/1823 v1.80a r31823 / 02-Jun-20152.0.0.12STX II, HDAV, Xense, Razer AC-1Latest Win8.1, Win7, Win Vista. Might be more stable than v1.81a for Win10 and Win11.
UNi Xonar STXII 11.5 v1.80b r3STXII 11.5 / 18-Feb-20142.0.0.14All cards except STX IILatest STX II signed driver. Fork from standard audio drivers (eg. 1822). The included audio driver might have more fixes than standard drivers.
UNi Xonar 1816/1822 v1.75a r31822 / 11-Dec-20132.0.0.12STX II, HDAV, Xense, Razer AC-1Overall it might be more stable than v1.80a and v1.81a drivers.
UNi Xonar 1816/1821 v1.71.11821 / 11-Apr-20132.0.0.12STX II, HDAV, Xense, Razer AC-1Win 10 (at least on vers 1709 and older): might solve the BSOD's after system wakeup from sleep. More info here.
UNi Xonar 1814/1818 v1.701818 / 17-Dec-20122.0.0.12HDAV, Xense, Razer AC-1
UNi Xonar 1814/1815 v1.64 r31815 / 03-Oct-20122.0.0.12HDAV, Xense, Razer AC-1Might offer better positioning in multichannel setups like 5.1 or 7.1 (info)
WinXPUNi Xonar STXII 11.5 v1.80b r3STXII 11.5 / 18-Feb-20142.0.0.14-Latest Win XP. Fork from standard audio drivers (eg. 1822). Might have more fixes than standard drivers.
UNi Xonar 1816/1823 v1.80a r31816 / 11-Apr-20132.0.0.12-Latest Win XP standard audio drivers.
UNi Xonar 1814/1815 v1.64 r31814 / 03-Oct-20122.0.0.12-Might offer better positioning in multichannel setups like 5.1 or 7.1 (info)
 
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Oh,i missed that one!

Super duper just installed those drivers working fine!
just out of curiosity what makes the Uni Xonar drivers better than the original drivers?
 
Yeah i didn't really notice a difference in sound quality, Just glad he mentioned it as the website was down for days!

Now im on the real/un-modified drivers.
 
Nevakonaza said:
Oh,i missed that one!

Super duper just installed those drivers working fine!
just out of curiosity what makes the Uni Xonar drivers better than the original drivers?
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OH sorry, i didnt realise you'd replied.

If everything was fine before then you wont hear any difference. You'll have a lower latency if you choose the cmedia control panel over the regular xonar control panel, and lower still if you chose their custom control panel (least features though). Lower DPC latency is always welcome buy you wont really notice the latency (assuming it isn't already causing you problems) unless you use it for music production and whatnot. otherwise, they are much the same.
 
Nevakonaza said:
Oh,i missed that one!

Super duper just installed those drivers working fine!
just out of curiosity what makes the Uni Xonar drivers better than the original drivers?
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Its been awhile since I ran any Asus audio hardware, between a few different rigs owned by myself and friends (Essence ST, Xonar DG, and a couple more) the official drivers were an absolute ballache.

Very high latency, buggy in various other ways ways such as crashing and an annoying echo that wouldn't go away on a DG. UniXonar always ran flawlessly by comparison, but we're talking years ago on W7 at this point.
 
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