After discussing the issues that I’ve been having with the ASUS Xonar DG causing general system instability, I have now heard from various sources that it could be the “GX” feature of the card causing the problem.
The GX mode is ASUS’ attempt to emulate EAX (Creative’s surround sound engine) so that older games written using it can still have surround sound. What they don’t seem to tell you is that it might cause all kinds of system lock-ups depending what games you play, etc.
As such, I feel that I perhaps should give the Xonar another go, this time with the GX mode permanently set to off. If this cures the stability issues, then I will happily recommend the cards again, with the proviso that GX mode should be always off. Especially considering that almost all games released these days are not coded with EAX and so gain no benefit from GX mode.
6:50 pm, February 7, 2011Hayt /
I just came across your site here and it is a great deal of help in choosing a set of headphones, much appreciated as im having the brain explosion you were talking of… now to find some money haha
..recently i bought an ASUS STX, and my GX is on all the time. yet no troubles with BC2. Perhaps it is a problem JUST between the DG + GX combo, i hope so..
looking forward to reading more
9:25 pm, February 7, 2011Siyfion /
I have yet to confirm that this is indeed the problem, for all I know it could be some kind of incompatibility between my system and the card! However I think that as a result of this experience I may well be sticking to Creative cards, at least until I figure out what is causing this problem.