Creative EAX vs. ASUS DS3D GX 2.0

[Monkeywoman]

"Creative might yet succeed in holding off its tenacious competition for the time being, but a look at the short list of available EAX 5.0 game titles when compared to the sheer number of EAX 4.0 and 3.0 titles suggests that interest in EAX technology might be waning, in favor of non-hardware-specific 3D positional and environmental audio solutions.

ASUS appears to be ahead of the curve there, as their solution provides them with the agility to adapt to whatever standard the game industry throws at them next. And as we've all seen, trying to stifle the competition is ultimately a losing battle - Creative will eventually need to respond either with improved hardware, or with a software DSP solution of their own. With these latest developments by ASUS, one thing's for darned certain: the world of PC gaming audio just got a lot more interesting."

source; http://techgage.com/article/creative_eax_vs_asus_ds3d_gx_20/1

[Anemone]

Think a lot of folks are thinking "anything that works to leave Creative behind" right now.

[Donnie27]

So, who wins this round? It's clear that the Xonar card is capable of performing under an EAX 5.0 game, but while the Xonar card sounded clearer and crisper to my ears, with greater dynamic range, the X-Fi XtremeGamer sounded slightly more realistic. The main difference I noticed was with the quality of the reverberant effects - this is something that ASUS can definitely improve upon with future driver releases, in addition to eliminating the occasional pop or crackle that I noticed with the Xonar card, and I hope that ASUS will continue to pursue improvement and refinement of their reverb algorithm.


This is what I've said many times. I wish more companies would do what Auzen did;)