GX Mode?

Mason- · 29 Jan 2011 at 02:44

Okay PITA with the bloody Xonar DG Audio Center,

First off wtf is GX mode? I search into google and not much comes up.

And secondly the UI that Asus makes, sure it's pretty, but practically it's ****.

Which one of these means that it is on???

1)

2)

thanks

Auraomega · 29 Jan 2011 at 03:02

I'm glad someone finally agrees with me on the pretty/practical argument

Anyway 1) is on, 2) is off.

GX mode is basically Asus emulation of EAX, unless you play any old games where software sound wouldn't allow 5.1 then there is very little reason to have it enabled and in the majority of cases it will cause games/Windows to crash.

Angel_Rex · 29 Jan 2011 at 08:42

Marsman · 29 Jan 2011 at 11:31

Why the heck couldn't they put a GX mode on highlight like when you enable EQ, or Hi-Fi, Dolby Headphone etc.

Lethagized · 29 Jan 2011 at 14:08

It's easy to tell if it's on because the button is a different colour to the rest.

Auraomega · 29 Jan 2011 at 14:14

It comes default with the hifi off and the GX on, and on the DG those are the only 2 options. It really doesn't help too much for figuring out which is which.

Kosmiche · 29 Jan 2011 at 17:18

I leave it off, LOTRO doesnt like having it on, not sure about other games.

Uriel · 29 Jan 2011 at 18:04

IMO Asus messed up royally when they updated from DS3D-GX 2.0 to 2.5, adding EAX3-5 support. It does this by using very aggressive driver optimization and attempting to appear to programs as if it's an X-Fi.

The trouble is, it lacks several features that X-Fis have in hardware. When it works it's fine. When it doesn't the best case is sound glitches and the worst case is crashing. OpenAL, FMOD and various other current audio APIs have the facility to make use of X-Fi hardware, in some cases automatically. Contrary to popular belief, X-Fi assisted games are still very much alive and well.

DS3D-GX 2.0 actually worked very well at restoring the Xonar's original function under XP. Since version 2.5 they've broken several games that worked fine with version 2.0.