Once done, you will be presented with a summary of how the test went and how well your graphics card fared. Adjust them to your preference and then proceed as usual. They include Render Mode, Antialiasing, and Brightness. Alternatively, you can opt to create a custom test using various parameters. Start a benchmarking run immediately by clicking on the ‘ Start Benchmark’ button. Its user interface is simple and easy enough to use. But I think it will be a tougher decision if you are choosing to get either DX240 and DX300.What’s nice about 3DBenchmarkOK is that it's a portable program that you can use right away after opening it. If you already have DX300 and want something more compact and pocket friendly while being as fast and as responsive as DX300, DX240 is also a clear alternative. I think it's a no brainer as an upgrade from DX220. Based on 3D benchmark tests, heavily influenced by Rockchip SoC (DX220) vs Snapdragon 660 (DX240), DX240 is 3x faster. It's a great compact super fast DAP with a modular amp design. DX300 has upper hand because it has more 'room' to grow and its big display turns it into multimedia phablet, but I wouldn't call DX240 a mid-fi. Everything changed after DX160 release which blurred the lines between entry and mid-fi.

2-3 years ago when we had DX120, DX150, and DX220, there was a clear line between entry, mid-fi, and summit-fi. But, as I posted before, DX300 amp has 2x more real estate so more opportunities for something new and innovative.ĭX300 is a flagship, borrowing some of its tech from MAX architecture, but if you are going to judge it purely on sound performance and DAP performance (speed/UI), in my book both DX240 and DX300 share a flagship status. Btw, I have been told we might even see a new amp for DX240 in a future, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for 4.4mm output. The only 'negative' is that amp1mk3 has only enough room for 3.5mm LO/PO and 2.5mm BAL and all my cables are 4.4mm, so I'm using ddhifi adapter.

After 100+ hrs of burn in, I even prefer amp1mk3 (default DX240 amp) over amp8 with DX240 since the original amp8 sounds brighter in comparison. DX300, with either amps, has more bass impact and a warmer tonality, while DX240 is more neutral in comparison. For a relative size comparison: DX300, DX220, DX240, and DX160:Ĭompact size makes a difference, and to my ears DX240 sounds more neutral (sound sig) and revealing (tonality) relative to DX300 (amp11.2 and amp12).

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