Earthquake Simulator for Win7 / 64bit and devil 5.1

Originally, it should definitely be a X-Fi. As for well 2 years still no proper drivers for Windows7 / 64 bit are available but I just have to assume that sound cards no longer belong to the business segment of Creative. A card will work immediately and without tinkering and be supported properly. The 5.1 sound system is the Teufel Concept E300

The Asus comes well packed with DriversCD, manual and additional Low Profile Bracket to incorporate them also in small systems. The Asus Xonar DG PCI card comes as. My board has 2 PCI and 4 PCIe slots. Positives: Because the PCI slots are at the end of the motherboard is the graphics card away.

She has 1 microphone input, 3x jack outputs and a digital out.
The occupancy is from top to bottom:
1. Micro
2. Front
3. Rear
4. Center
5. Digital

More can be the manual, however, does not refer, in particular in the driver setting one has to rely on trial and error. Installation is easily grds: Windows boot, insert CD, install and computer rest species. In bios I have nothing touched, moved only my old 2.1 system from the onboard sound.
After starting the sound was very quiet and without a subwoofer. I then downloaded the online available Win7 / 64bit drivers from Asus. In hindsight, however, I'd bet that it would also work with the Alttreibern.

In the Windows system settings must then be set as the Asus speaker is enabled and the 5.1 system. In the Asus software a little more adjustment must be carried out:
Turn sound there to 100%: Mixer
Main: Setup 5.1 System
Effect: Set, instead of "generic space" "space" or "stone room" and select the volume size (eg, S.).
Flex Bass: Bass Flex needs to be enabled. The default is 150 Hz chosen which fits
Volume: Here SVM activate (what HF ​​/ GX are I have not found)

Movies:
If the card is configured it crashes quite formidable. The map tends in almost every setting some room Hall inflict what in films leads to a real cinema experience. For rent see a vicious system but black as the walls shake;)

Games:
In Battlefield 2, I felt the meteorite strike around me. Game sounds were super resolved. Left4Dead2 or Limbo were also implemented great. Here is clearly the strength of the Asus.
In RPGs like Dragon Age disrupts the clear sound resolution and Hintergrundgedüdel acted quickly penetrant and had to be limited.

Skype UAE .:
Here must wegregeln and SVM disabling one, otherwise one gets the impression the caller is either at the motorway service area or talking through a tin sausages.

Music: As homebrewers tube amplifier I think of music via PC sound eh not so much. The Asus Xonar always trying to give something "Over Bright" sound sources. Always something clear, crystalline, punchier. For games and movies that fits well. For music that seems a bit disturbing. Here the overall sound is possible 1: 1 reproduced without sound change and disturbances (scratches on the plate, cut off of MP3 etc) are bridged harmoniously. In some poorer MP3s besides music the noise is "sound-optimized" through the sound card. Do not get me wrong: the music playback via Asus Xonar and devil 5.1 is totally ok for the PC receiver. Only a simple stereo tube amp is the card not reach in life.

Conclusion: Good Gamer / film sound card for a fair price. Drivers operate and be maintained, which is no longer apparently self-evident. Watt could you want :-)