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Asus Xonar DS
8.4 out of 10

Asus Xonar DS

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Overall 6
6.0

disappointing

Newegg
1 July 2012
  • Pros: I've only tested the card with Debian Wheezy (testing at the moment). It's recognized automatically and it works.
  • Cons: The volume is rather low. So, I'm putting this card aside and going back to my SoundBlaster Live 5.1.
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Overall 6
6.0

Works OK so far, Windows 7 64-bit

Newegg
18 June 2012
  • Pros: Just wanted to help out anyone installing this card in Windows 7.
  • Cons: Driver software didn't install correctly.
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Overall 6
6.0

Bad Sound

Zinge, Newegg
23 February 2012
  • Summary: - Muddied lows (< 80 hz)
  • Pros: - Cheap
  • Cons: - Horrible Drivers
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Overall 6
6.0

Sounds nice when it works

Ray the Computer Guy, Newegg
19 September 2011
  • Pros: It had nice sound for the price point.
  • Cons: It failed after 5 months, causing me to have to format & reinstall Win 7 pro. I reinstalled the card, and down she went again.
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Overall 6
6.0

Good card with one glaring issue

Daedalus454, Newegg
20 April 2011
  • Summary: My Hardware ID was PCI\VEN_13F6&DEV_8788&SUBSYS_FFFF1043.
  • Pros: Cheapest card available with DTS Connect features.
  • Cons: My card suffered from the "Bad Hardware ID" bug that a few of these Asus cards have. This bug results in the Xonar driver refusing to install, telling me to "connect m...
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Overall 6
6.0

Good sound bad software

SCFasterComputers, Newegg
19 March 2011
  • Pros: It has good sound and a decent feature set on the little control thingie. It is pretty clean with decent definition.
  • Cons: The drivers on the CD and on the Asus web site crash Windows 7. It would install, but all programs and shortcuts only opened when run as administrator. You could insta...
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Overall 6
6.0

ASUS

Ufe, Newegg
31 December 2010
  • Summary: - Conflicts with the BIOS
  • Pros: - Good sound for the price (if you can get it working and if compared to onboard sound)
  • Cons: - Bad drivers off the bat
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Overall 6
6.0

Meh.

Broesph, Newegg
18 March 2010
  • Summary: Whenever I set it to use 6 channels, and I'm playing a 2-channel mp3 file, it only plays out of two speakers.
  • Pros: It produces clear sound. I haven't had any problems with (good quality) files producing pops or crackles.
  • Cons: Sounds sort of "flat" on regular setting. Any attempt to modify the equalizer results in either very high treble and no bass, or a lot of bass and very muffled treble....
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Overall 6
6.0

Seems good. Probably is, but

Newegg
7 March 2010
  • Pros: Got the card fast as always from Newegg. Packaged nicely. Installs easy, including the driver. The software interface does it's job. There are a lot of features.
  • Cons: Driver support is poor. I ended up ditching this card because of the driver. It makes the game "Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl" have a cmudaxp.sys crash. Did a lot of tr...
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Overall 6
6.0

Decent card, be ready to put some time into it

JavaHead, Newegg
4 March 2010
  • Pros: Good price, works on Win7, easy to install, sounds good, Asus has good forums.
  • Cons: Automatic front panel switching didn't work for me and many others as I saw in Asus forums. The need to ship updated Win7 drivers in the box. I'm lucky that I read the...
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