Which Asus Xonar for Gaming?

ShiWarrior · 2 Jun 2010 at 14:54

alexhull24 said:
If you can afford one with a headphone amp that's good, though you said you were using a receiver? Does that have a decent dedicated headphone amp? If so, it might be just as good, though I have no idea which way to go here, AV Forums might be the place to check out for more info on this.

I dont use my A/V amplifier for the PC, but i thought it could be an "option" to this headphone AMP

I dont know if its dedicated headphone amp or not (i doubt it)

Its a Yamaha RX-V640

ShiWarrior · 2 Jun 2010 at 19:58

looks like im getting the Essence STX now

will post back once its in and tested with my HD 485's

Thanks guys

alex24 · 2 Jun 2010 at 20:29

I'm sure you won't be disappointed. Make sure you get back and let us know what you think. As you know it's always good to have members opinions on these things.

marlos · 2 Jun 2010 at 20:38

I've got a D1 in my rig sounds great.

ShiWarrior · 8 Jun 2010 at 14:56

my Essence STX has arrived and working perfectly

and so far, im quite impressed

first thing i did was plug in head phones and i had nothing, i found the xonar application and switched to headphones from speakers

i tried a music file and it was great, it actually sounded slightly better

then i tried a game "day of the defeat", sounded the same so far, but then i switched to "game mode" and at first i thought it sounded quite muffled, but once you get used to it, it and turn it off again it sounds tinny, switch it back on and it makes an improvement, good for a 10 year old game! the rifle sounds of the K98 are superb now, im really impressed

i am now thinking i should get some Dolby Headphones?

i suppose i ought to try some more modern games

ShiWarrior · 8 Jun 2010 at 19:50

what settings best to use?

i enable "game" and D3D"? buttons

but in game (in the likes of half life 1 etc, should i enable EAX etc?

Thanks

Shamrock · 8 Jun 2010 at 20:08

With my Essence STX and the DX previously I find it best to ignore all those buttons like "game" and "GX" and set it to 8 channels, headphone and check dolby headphone.

In games it's like being Daredevil, but without the blindness!

ShiWarrior · 8 Jun 2010 at 21:10

Shamrock said:
With my Essence STX and the DX previously I find it best to ignore all those buttons like "game" and "GX" and set it to 8 channels, headphone and check dolby headphone.

In games it's like being Daredevil, but without the blindness!

ok thanks

when i click on dolby headphone it enables "game mode" anyway

Thanks