Langley, BC V3A 4E6
Phone: 604-546-0830
Store Hours
- Mon-Fri 10:00AM - 8:00PM
- Saturday 10:00AM - 6:00PM
- Sunday 11:00AM - 6:00PM
- Holidays 11:00AM - 6:00PM
| Regular Price | $139.99 | |
| Clearance Discount | ($95.57) | 68% |
| Clearance Sale!! | ($4.44) | 10% Ends: 12/31/2024 |
| Clearance Price | $39.98 | 71% off |
- SKU: MX20617
- ILC: 610839034253
- Part #: XONAR DX
Product Info
Dolby Home Theater Technologies & Richest Gaming Audio Effects for best PC audio upgrade
Powered by complete Dolby Home Theater technologies, the ASUS Xonar DX supports latest DS3D GX 2.0 for gaming on Vista & XP. VocalFX voice processing technologies to make gaming and online chat more lively and attractive. The Xonar DX delivers high quality audio - ~35 times cleaner audio quality (116dB SNR) than most motherboard audio (85dB SNR).
Features
Complete Dolby Home Theater technologies
Inheriting from D2 and D2X, Xonar DX also provides complete valuable Dolby Home Theater technologies for games and all home entertainments:
Dolby Digital Live:
Real-time 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound encoders
Dolby Pro-Logic IIx:
Converts stereo or 5.1 sounds to seamless 7.1 surround soundfield
Dolby Headphone:
Delivers a realistic and spacious 2-to-5.1 surround or 3D positional soundfield over any set of stereo headphones
Dolby Virtual Speaker:
Simulates a highly realistic 5.1-speaker surround sound listening environment from as few as two speakers.
Supports latest DS3D GX 2.0 for gaming on Vista & XP
DS3D GX 2.0 not only revives EAX and DirectSound effects in games on Windows Vista as GX 1.0, but also incorporates Dolby Home Theater Technologies (Dolby Virtual Speaker, Dolby Headphone, Dolby Digital Live, Dolby PrologicIIX) to provide best gaming audio experience.
Innovative VocalFX makes gaming and online chat more lively and attractive
VocalFX is an innovative voice processing technology to let your voice get into the realistic game landscape (VoiceEX) or to emulate the background scenes in online chat (ChatEX). It also allows you to change your voice pitch to disguise who you are (Magic Voice). These features dramatically increase the fun for voice communication on PC.
Delivers about 35 times cleaner audio quality (116dB SNR) than most motherboard audio (85dB SNR)
The noise on Xonar DX audio card is only 1/35 (2.8%) of the noise level from most motherboard onboard audio. In addition, Xonar DX also produces as little as 1/32 (-105dB) of the total harmonics distortion from motherboard audio does (-75dB).
System Requirements
- One PCI Express 1.0 (or higher) compatible slot for the audio card
- One available 4-pin power cable from PC’s power supply unit
- Microsoft® Windows® Vista(32/64bit)/XP(32/64bit)/MCE2005
- Intel® Pentium®4 1.4GHz or AMD Athlon 1400 CPU or faster CPU
- > 256 MB DRAM system memory
- > 60 MB available HDD space for driver installation package
- CD-ROM drive (or DVD-ROM drive) for software installation
- High-quality headphones, powered analog speakers, or a Dolby Digital or DTS decoder, to enjoy the ultra-high fidelity sounds of the card
Specifications
| Audio Performance | |
|---|---|
| Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted) | 116 dB for Front-out 112dB for other channels |
| Input Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted): | 112dB |
| Output Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (-3dB) | 0.00056% (-105dB) for Front-out |
| Input Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (-3dB) | 0.0004% (-108dB) for Line-in |
| Frequency Response (-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz format) | <10Hz to 48KHz |
| Output/Input Full-Scale Voltage | 2 Vrms (5.65 Vp-p) |
| Bus Compatibility | PCI Express: - PCI Express Rev.1.0a specification compatible - Max. full 2.5Gbps bandwidth per direction and optimized latency for high-definition audio processing - Compatible with X1, X4, X8, X16 PCI Express slots |
| Main Chipset | |
| Audio Processor | ASUS AV100 High-Definition Sound Processor (Max. 192KHz/24bit) |
| 24-bit D-A Converter of Digital Sources | Cirrus-Logic CS4398*1 for Front-Out (120dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit) Cirrus-Logic CS4362A*1 for other 6 channels (114dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit) |
| 24-bit A-D Converter for Analog Inputs | Cirrus-Logic CS5361*1 (114dB SNR, Max. 192kHz/24bit) |
| Sample Rate and Resolution | |
| PowerAnalog Playback Sample Rate and Resolution | 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz @ 16/24bit |
| Analog Recording Sample Rate and Resolution | 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz @ 16/24bit |
| S/PDIF Digital Output | 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz @ 16/24bit, Dolby Digital, DTS |
| I/O Ports | |
| Analog Output Jack | 3.50mm mini jack *4 (Front/Side/Center-Subwoofer/Back) |
| Analog Input Jack | 3.50mm mini jack *1 (Shared by Line-In/Mic-In) |
| Other line-level analog input (for TV Tuner or CD-ROM) | Aux-In (4-pin header on the card) |
| Digital S/PDIF Output | High-bandwidth TOS-Link optical transmitter (shared with Line-In/Mic-In jack) supports 192KHz/24bit |
| Driver Features | Operation System Windows Vista(32/64bit)/XP(32/64bit)/MCE2005 Dolby® Digital Live Dolby® Headphone Dolby® Virtual Speaker Dolby® Pro-Logic IIx DS3D GX 2.0 VocalFX™ Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) Smart Volume Normalizer™ Karaoke Functions FlexBass™ Xear 3D™ Virtual Speaker Shifter Other Effects 3D Gaming Sound Engines/APIs ASIO 2.0 Driver Support: |
| Bundled Software Utility | Portable Music Processor Lite utility Converts digital music content or CD audio into regular MP3/WMA files with Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker (w/ Pro-Logic II), and Smart Volume Normalization processing (Windows Media Player 10 or above is required) MCE Software Kit RightMark Audio Analyzer 6.0.6 |
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