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Audio card (chip if you have an integrated solution on your motherboard) are the component necessary to play or record sounds on your PC.

The major producers in this field are Realtek, ASUSTeK, Creative, VIA.
AMD and Nvidia are also audio chip producers, since the arrival of HDMI outputs.

Set up OpenAL

ADI, Creative and nForce are already ready out of the box

Make sure to be running latest libraries

Default Windows output device name must match OAL device one for native implementations to work, DS3D based "Generic Hardware" fallback will be used otherwise (if available)^[1]

Asus

Instructions

Realtek

Instructions

Universal

Instructions

Restore legacy audio effects on newer OS

DirectSound hardware path

Starting with Windows Vista and its new audio stack, DirectSound applications are rendered entirely in an user-mode software audio session^[2]

Most games developed in the preceding decade will experience problems going from the simple lack of EAX effects to the complete demotion to stereophony^[3]

Instructions

Asus

Instructions

Creative

Instructions

Realtek

Instructions

Universal

Instructions

A3D

Lists of Aureal 3-Dimensional enabled games can be found here and here

A3D 1.0 is supported out of the box by C-Media based boards (via Xear3D^[4]), X-Fi and older based devices and older VIA drivers

Instructions

Instructions

References

[1] Enumeration with OpenAL on Windows - OpenAL

[2] Audio in Windows Vista - Creative Labs Discussion Forums (retrieved)

[3] Restoring surround sound to Deus Ex and other games - should I get Sound Blaster MB3? • VOGONS

[4] C-Media’s Xear3D EX Takes Audio to the next level for Windows Vista | C-Media Electronics (retrieved)

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 {{++}} ADI, Creative and nForce are already ready out of the box
 {{ii}} Make sure to be running [http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/10-openal/ latest libraries]
-{{ii}} Default Windows output device must match OAL device name for native implementations to work and [[#DirectSound hardware path|DS3D]] based "Generic Hardware" fallback to appear<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070118174547/http://www.openal.org/windows_enumeration.html Enumeration with OpenAL on Windows - OpenAL]</ref>
+{{ii}} Default Windows output device name must match OAL device one for native implementations to work, [[#DirectSound hardware path|DS3D]] based "Generic Hardware" fallback will be used otherwise (if available)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070118174547/http://www.openal.org/windows_enumeration.html Enumeration with OpenAL on Windows - OpenAL]</ref>
-===Asus===
+====Asus====
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Enable Game eXtensions}}
 # Open the Asus control panel
 # Tick "GX" mode
+# In games configuration files, force native implementation name as reported by <small>'''ALC_ENUMERATION_EXT'''</small> in [http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/625-openal-tools/ EnumerateWin32]
 '''Notes'''
 {{ii}} Turning off GX mode after playing games is advised to avoid glitches in other applications
 }}
-===Realtek===
+<!-- That's probably not the ideal and perfect way to point out, that the system reports you are using "Speakers (ASUS Xonar DX Audio Device)" while the OpenAL driver only reports "ASUS Xonar DX Audio Device". Though -->
+====Realtek====
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Set up native device}}
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 # Navigate to the installation folder and copy <code>rtk_oal.dll</code> in <code>{{p|windir}}\System32\</code>
 }}
-===Universal===
+====Universal====
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|OpenAL Soft}}