ASUS Strix Raid DLX 7.1 Overview
The Strix Raid DLX 7.1 PCIe Sound Card from Asus features rich, immersive, and clear sound with a 124 dB signal-to-noise ratio and a 600 ohm headphone amplifier for deep, tight bass. It supports 7.1 surround sound and comes with a control box and Sonic Studio, a software suite that gives you full control over every sound option. With Sonic Studio you'll also have access to Sonic Radar Pro, an audio positioning program that enhances in-game sounds and locates footsteps, gunshots, and more, giving you edge in first-person shooters. This card has a PCIe interface for easy installation and has rear ports consisting of five 3.5mm jacks for headphone-out, front-out, side-out, center-subwoofer out, and rear-out, one 3.5mm line-in and mic combo jack, and one S/PDIF jack via the side-out port.
124 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) clarity
High-fidelity grade ESS SABRE9016 Premier 8 Channel Audio DAC delivers jitter-free sound and a 124 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for better clarity than average onboard audio.
600 ohm Integrated Headphone Amplifier
The powerful TI LME49600 headphone amp lets you experience the full potential of your gaming headset. A 600 ohm headphone amplifier provides enhanced bass and clear, detailed sound.
Control Box & Raid Mode
Raid Mode can be turned on in the heat of action with just one-click on the audio control box to provide the exact audio adjustment you want. With Raid Mode and the audio control box, gamers no longer need to pause the game and open sound software to adjust their audio, ensuring they never miss a single moment of gaming action.
Save your favorite or most frequently-used audio adjustments - Equalizer, Bass Boost, Virtual Surround, and Mic Volume - into custom presets and instantly turn it on or off with the dedicated Raid Mode button on the audio control box. It also has a convenient knob to adjust the Raid Mode intensity level.
Hyper Grounding Technology
Noise-blocking multi-layer PCB
Lighting Effects
Light up owl-eye design
Sonic Studio
Strix Raid features the latest Sonic Studio software suite for full control over every sound technology, from equalization (EQ) to 7.1-speaker level-balancing. Sonic Studio has a single navigation page that puts everything in front of you, with an intuitive point-and-click interface that allows you to pre-set audio profiles to suit different audio requirements.
- Instant sound status check
- Main settings - Key audio settings (input/output I/O setting, volume and channel selection)
- Audio Profiles - Instantly enable pre-set profiles such as gaming, movie, music, etc with one click
- Equalizer - Adjust gain levels at different frequencies
- Virtual Surround - Realistic virtual surround brings audio to life
- Reverb - Play sound with a selection of environmental effects
- Bass Boost - Adjust low-frequency harmonics for immersive game sounds
- Voice Clarity - Increase speech recognition in movies and music playback
- Compressor - Adjust tightening level based on a given threshold
- Perfect Voice Technology - Eliminates noises for clear in-game communication
- Raid Mode - Allows customizable audio set-up
Sonic Radar Pro
Modern games are more than graphics – precise audio positioning gives gamers a distinct edge over enemies. That's why Strix Raid includes Sonic Radar Pro, an ASUS exclusive technology that visualizes and enhances in-game sounds, giving you a vital edge in first-person shooters.
Fire up your favorite game and Sonic Radar Pro displays a ‘radar' HUD (heads-up display) that pinpoints in-game actions relative to your position, so you'll know exactly where you are on the battlefield and what's happening around you.
Multiple radar-enhancers can be enabled in order to visualize and boost specific sounds such as footsteps, gunshots, and call-outs. Sounds are plotted on the 360-degree HUD, even when there's no clear line of sight, so invisibility is no barrier to pinpointing opponents, giving you a distinct advantage over other players. Additionally, Sonic Radar's on-screen appearance and position is completely customizable, so you can arrange it just the way you want, with whatever game you want.
