#Xear 3d ds3d eax driver
We initially assumed that ASUS’ driver wizards had come up with a way to mimic the Creative X-Fi’s onboard DSP through the driver software itself, in the same way that Dolby and DTS processing are handled. The centerpiece of EAX is hardware-based signal processing, controlled directly through the software itself, which is why we were surprised to learn that ASUS had released a new driver revision for their Xonar cards, enabling “EAX 5.0 Support”. So what exactly is EAX? The Environmental Audio eXtensions (EAX) is a proprietary sound API that allows developers to use the onboard digital signal processing capabilities of Creative’s audio chips to produce more realistic virtual environments through simulated environmental reverb and occlusion effects. It was a clever scheme – versions 1 and 2 of EAX were hugely popular, and gamers hoping to take advantage of the technology’s newest iteration would have to choose Creative hardware exclusively. We were sure that Creative’s X-Fi cards had finally met their match, but one gripe that we repeatedly heard from our readers was lack of support for Creative’s EAX versions 3.0 and above.ĮAX, now in version 5.0, is a proprietary Creative Labs technology, but versions 1.0 and 2.0 of the specification were made freely available for use by other manufacturers, a practice that ceased with version 3.0. Several other Techgage authors quickly picked up cards of their own, and were similarly stunned by the competency, clarity, and fidelity. When we first reviewed ASUS’ Xonar D2 sound card in September of last year, ‘impressed’ didn’t begin to describe our initial reaction – quite simply put, it rocked our faces off.
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