Topic on Glossary talk:Sound card

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 First DirectSound3D '''G'''ame E'''X'''tensions debuted [http://www.techpowerup.com/46891/asus-provides-hardware-accelerated-audio-for-windows-vista.html 3 months] after Xonar D2 release (their first soundcard) and its only purpose was to '''''restore''' [http://event.asus.com/audiocards/2007/xonar_d2_d2x_u1/index.htm DS3D in Vista]'', along with common EAX 2.0 support.
-'''GX 2.0''' was silently added on the [http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=162027 end of February 2008] drivers [http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/multimedia/display/asus-xonar_11.html 8.17.30] and [http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/asus-launches-xonar-dx-sound-card.53886/#post-679822 8.17.31]. This [http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2008/05/01175844288l.jpg introduced] the much [http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1288696 discussed] '''EAX 5 emulation mode''', which was widely featured a week later with the launch of the Xonar DX<small><small>(which I own :3)</small>
+'''GX 2.0''' was silently added on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20141206102923/https://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=162027 end of February 2008] drivers [https://web.archive.org/web/20090503110703/http://xbitlabs.com/articles/multimedia/display/asus-xonar_11.html 8.17.30] and [http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/asus-launches-xonar-dx-sound-card.53886/#post-679822 8.17.31]. This [http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2008/05/01175844288l.jpg introduced] the much [http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1288696 discussed] '''EAX 5 emulation mode''', which was widely featured a week later with the launch of the Xonar DX<small><small>(which I own :3)</small>
 </small><br />(EAX 3 and 4 can also be [http://maxedtech.com/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/comment-page-130/#comment-6725 supported] btw). <br />
 As side note.. Asus [http://www.asus.com/Sound_Cards/Xonar_DX/overview/ claims] this "also incorporates Dolby Home Theater Technologies", even though these were already [http://www.asus.com/Sound/Xonar_D2PM/overview/ previ][http://www.asus.com/Sound/Xonar_D2X/overview/ ously] available (and the [http://tpucdn.com/img/07-12-13/asus02.jpg diagrams] are the [http://www.asus.com/websites/global/products/R3E8hhLCEgwyAOt9/directsound3d.jpg same])<br />
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 Various ''emulation-translation accuracy'' tests showed ''[http://techgage.com/article/creative_eax_vs_asus_ds3d_gx_20/ little] to [http://techreport.com/review/14500/asus-xonar-dx-sound-card/6 none]'' differences when compared to X-fi cards (even though there are still lots of people which [http://www.head-fi.org/t/633641/looking-for-a-sound-card-with-these-features#post_8816573 believe differently])
-Then by the end of 2008 with RC drivers [http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20081002144111640 8.17.47] GX version was bumped to '''2.5'''. Besides the questionable improvements in reverberation quality a much '''lower CPU footprint''' was [http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-xonar-essence-stx-soundcard-review,14.html objectively observed]. <br />With subsequent driver releases asus mainly took care of bug fixing and hopefully all of them have been fixed by now. <br /> Personally I hadn't none of the issues early adopters experienced 7 years ago.. (but maybe it's all merit of UNi xonar drivers instead..)
+Then by the end of 2008 with RC drivers [https://web.archive.org/web/20141206102747/http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20081002144111640 8.17.47] GX version was bumped to '''2.5'''. Besides the questionable improvements in reverberation quality a much '''lower CPU footprint''' was [http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-xonar-essence-stx-soundcard-review,14.html objectively observed]. <br />With subsequent driver releases asus mainly took care of bug fixing and hopefully all of them have been fixed by now. <br /> Personally I hadn't none of the issues early adopters experienced 7 years ago.. (but maybe it's all merit of UNi xonar drivers instead..)
 Finally, in the middle of 2012 Asus decided it was time to move on from the evergreen CMI8788 to the blazingly new CM8888DHT. And it did with its new Xonar Phoebus.. <strike>This introduced the new GX 3.0 which I couldn't find anything about. Hence I guess it could just be a marketing gimmick</strike> It actually has improved stablity and a new ''[http://maxedtech.com/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/comment-page-91/#comment-2883 server-client]''<br /><small><small>(and then there's this weird thing where [http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?29690-Benefit-of-GX-3.0-Mode WoW] shows benefit from DS3D restoration ''without'' winXP compatibility)</small></small><br />
-Driver installer is signed by [http://www.a-volute.com/ A-Volute], so I believe some of their technology is used
+Driver installer is signed by [https://web.archive.org/web/20140919125011/http://www.a-volute.com/ A-Volute], so I believe some of their technology is used
-<small>EDIT: albeit there's a Cm_Oal dll dated 13/12/2007 coming with Asus (and Auzentech/HT) drivers, it's suspiciously "smaller" than the other OpenAL native implementations. <br />It's [http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/multimedia/display/auzen-xfi-bravura-7-1_8.html reported] to not work, but my quite unfunded theory is that it just does only when GX is enabled (and Xear3D?)</small>
+<small>EDIT: albeit there's a Cm_Oal dll dated 13/12/2007 coming with Asus (and Auzentech/HT) drivers, it's suspiciously "smaller" than the other OpenAL native implementations. <br />It's [https://web.archive.org/web/20130402174254/http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/multimedia/display/auzen-xfi-bravura-7-1_8.html reported] to not work, but my quite unfunded theory is that it just does only when GX is enabled (and Xear3D?)</small>