Sound issues with Xonar D2X card!

Emjay86 · 29 Apr 2012 at 18:51

Hey guys.

Looking for a little help here or at least a little enlightenment.

Basically im having sound issues with my PC and have had since having it. On that basis perhaps ive got a duff sound card but I want to try the other avenues first (for obvious reasons).

The sound tends to be fine during music and films (havnt watched many films but the ones I have ive never seen an issue with), but as soon as I get into gaming the sound goes all over the place.

The sound isnt always terrible on all games and some others tend to be just plain awful with it. The actual problem with the sound is it gives off a lot of static type feedback constantly. Its kind of like tuning partially into a radio station where you can still hear what you are meant to be hearing but you get all that crackle where the channel isnt clear.

Any ideas on how I can resolve this issue?

I have tried updating my drivers (on everything) and still no joy. I have uninstalled the software and re-installed them and again no joy...

Any help is appreciated,

Thanks!

Marsman · 29 Apr 2012 at 19:43

Have you got the GX function enabled? That can cause problems with game audio.

Emjay86 · 29 Apr 2012 at 19:55

Yea I read that somewhere else also...

Ive turned it off since having it and its made no difference on or off tbh.

dewi · 29 Apr 2012 at 21:18

Are you using the front panel audio connectors? Try connecting the speakers or headphones to the back panel. Have you tried moving the sound card to another slot?

wazza300 · 29 Apr 2012 at 21:28

try this,pull out the front panel usb headers from your motherboard,i had exact same thing on a new build,fixed the noise for me using front panel headphones

Marsman · 30 Apr 2012 at 14:48

Another thing you could try, if none of the other suggestions work, is Brainbit's Unified Xonar drivers.

Hagar · 30 Apr 2012 at 16:27

Marsman said:
Another thing you could try, if none of the other suggestions work, is Brainbit's Unified Xonar drivers.

+1

Much better than standard? Asus drivers ( on my Xonar D1)

Marsman · 30 Apr 2012 at 17:26

Depends if you have any issues. Probably not if you don't have any troubles. They have sorted out some issues people have had, so worth a shot for anyone who does have any.