New Asus Xonar drivers

pduk · 2 Oct 2008 at 10:09

Just a heads up, there are new beta drivers up at asus that claim to fix a few things (D2, D2X, D1, DX):

Changelog:
- Upgrade new DS3D GX v.2.5 3D sound engine to support more vivid environmental reverberation sound effects for games and music.
- Fixed Bugs:
1. No music in Mass Effects game
2. Crash issue in Oblivion game

I've installed but not tested in game yet, but the claimed Mass Effect fix will be great if it's true - I've been playing it in 2-channel software mode.

Aruffell · 2 Oct 2008 at 11:40

Don't see it will benefit me much. I use digital output into an amp so i get full sound instead of 2 channel sound.

Might take a look later though.

Andy

MystaEB · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:05

A little late but still good!

Uriel · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:54

Oooh - Beta drivers. Make's me hesitant. I think I just fixed an intermittent BSOD that's been plaguing me since June that turned out to be caused by nVIDIA beta drivers.

Nice to see Asus are updating things though. Does EAX3 work in Rome: Total War yet?

Tetsu · 2 Oct 2008 at 14:18

Cheers for the heads up

Shaolin Chicken · 3 Oct 2008 at 14:23

Uriel said:
Nice to see Asus are updating things though. Does EAX3 work in Rome: Total War yet?

Hey Uriel, would be nice to know if Asus have listened to their customers.

jbloggs · 4 Oct 2008 at 22:09

Shaolin Chicken said:
...would be nice to know if Asus have listened to their customers.

I highly doubt it!

mrk · 5 Oct 2008 at 00:39

Installed on Vista64 here no issues.

AntiHeroUK · 5 Oct 2008 at 01:05

mrk said:
Installed on Vista64 here no issues.

Same. No issues so far. Maybe slightly better sound quality too, but I may just have imagined it

Tombo · 5 Oct 2008 at 01:12

Yeah I'm sure games sounded better, but it's probably a placebo.

Shaolin Chicken · 5 Oct 2008 at 11:11

mrk said:
Installed on Vista64 here no issues.

Nice to know,
thanks

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theforce · 5 Oct 2008 at 15:35

Nice downloading these now.

Olibubble · 5 Oct 2008 at 15:49

So it was the Xonar drivers responsible for crashing Oblivion was it. Grrr...

ro55o · 6 Oct 2008 at 12:30

I've installed the new drivers and so far so good. Don't know if theres a difference in sound quality, never really had a chance to experience it yet, only had the soundcard a week

AntiHeroUK · 7 Oct 2008 at 01:13

ro55o said:
I've installed the new drivers and so far so good. Don't know if theres a difference in sound quality, never really had a chance to experience it yet, only had the soundcard a week

You liking it so far?