New Xonar from Asus Radeon HD 4650 with an AGP

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New Xonar from Asus   Posted on 18/05/2009 at 16:14 by Marc - source: Asus

	After seeing the rumours about the Radeon HD 4770 having an AGP, here we are today with a firm story, as real as you like and a hairs breadth more believable: an HD 4650 with an AGP from Gigabyte. This card, the GV-R465D2-1GI, has an AGP that will allow it to be installed in configurations that are a touch old but which can still run some, even recent, games. It is based on the RV730 with 320 processing units, 1024 MB of DDR2 and a 128 bit bus. Like the PCI Express cards, it has VGA, DVI and HDMI outs. The HDMI connection coupled with the AVIVO HD function can make this card a good solution for upgrading an HTPC. The card should be available at between 80 and 90 euros. New Xonar from Asus Asus has announced the release of a new card in its Xonar range: the Xonar DS 7.1. It’s a development of the Xonar D2/D2X that should be available in PCI and PCI Express (DS for the PCI and DX for the PCIe). While the DX has a theoretical SNR on the main DAC of 118 dB, the new Xonar DS 7.1 has been announced with a more realistic 107 dB(A) SNR. The innovation on the other Xonars is the changeable preamp like on the Auzentech Prelude 7.1. The preamp on the front stereo can be replaced instead of being soldered to the PCB. This is more of a gadget than anything else but it may appeal to modders. For 3D, the Xonar DS has DS3D GX 2.5 technology. This is a simulation of EAX 5.0 effects via the EAX 2.0, entirely carried out by DSP software. Thanks to this, in those games and applications with an EAX Advanced HD or EAX 5.0 option, the Xonar cards will be recognised as compatible. The Xonar DS also integrated DTS Connect. DTS Interactive comes with this and means you can encode any flow in DTS Surround and send it from S/PDIF outs to an external decoder. DTS Connect also integrates DTS Neo: PC, this virtualisation technique can convert stereo to surround sound. This 24 bit/192 Khz card with ASIO 2.0 should be available at around 85 euros. Note that Asus has also announced a “Pro” version of the card, the "Xonar Essence ST". It is based on the same C-Media chipset but offers higher signal noise ratios (118 Db in and 124 dB out) as well as RCA connections and a 6.3 mm jack.

Radeon HD 4650 with an AGP   Posted on 18/05/2009 at 15:26 by Marc - source: Gigabyte

	After seeing the rumours about the Radeon HD 4770 having an AGP, here we are today with a firm story, as real as you like and a hairs breadth more believable: an HD 4650 with an AGP from Gigabyte. This card, the GV-R465D2-1GI, has an AGP that will allow it to be installed in configurations that are a touch old but which can still run some, even recent, games. It is based on the RV730 with 320 processing units, 1024 MB of DDR2 and a 128 bit bus. Like the PCI Express cards, it has VGA, DVI and HDMI outs. The HDMI connection coupled with the AVIVO HD function can make this card a good solution for upgrading an HTPC. The card should be available at between 80 and 90 euros.