Which Soundcard for gaming...??

[Kakulukia]

Hi,

My WC setup leaked and my soundcard (soundblaster audigiy SE) took a shower. Since then I occasionally hear crackling when gaming.

So, therefore I am looking for a new soundcard.

-I game, listen music, watch movies. Gaming is here primair.

-Dont care for PCI or PCI-e

-I am using 2.1 Z4 logitech speakers, I wont go 5.1/7.1.

I dont want to spend more than 100 euro.

Which soundcard should I buy?

grtz

[Scubar]

Not much point buying anything decent if your only using 2.1 speakers. a simple cheap Soundblaster Audigy SE

[SoulsCollective]

As said above, for the speakers you're using a discrete soundcard would be total overkill. Just use the motherboard onboard sound, it'll do well enough.

[Kakulukia]

Hmm when I switched from onboard sound to this soundblaster SE it was an huge improvement. So for example switchting to Xtreme Gamer/music won't improve?

I thought that these improvements had nothing to do with how many speakers you have...

[SoulsCollective]

It's not so much how many speakers you have, it's just that with only 2.1 (and not exactly top-of-the-range 2.1 at that) you're not exactly in audiophile heaven and so therefore any benefits from a dedicated sound-card would be limited. You'd be better off spending the money on a decent set of speakers and just going for another cheap SE instead of buying an X-Fi to use with your current setup.

[ROBSCIX]

@Kakulukia, You should notice some improvement with those speakers. Buy the card and then if you want buy better speakers later on. Maybe a CL X-Gamer would be in your budget range...not sure. Good Luck on your gear hunt.

[Kakulukia]

You don't mean that the logitech Z4 speakers are bad , do you?
Because it s one the best 2,1 speakers as far as I know..?

Or do you mean that the technic of nowadays isnt concentrated on 2.1 speakers, instead to +5.1 speakers...

Anyway,
Which one is better:
Xtreme Gamer vs Xtreme Music vs Xtreme Audio vs Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1

[Donnie27]

You don't mean that the logitech Z4 speakers are bad , do you?
Because it s one the best 2,1 speakers as far as I know..?

Or do you mean that the technic of nowadays isnt concentrated on 2.1 speakers, instead to +5.1 speakers...

Anyway,
Which one is better:
Xtreme Gamer vs Xtreme Music vs Xtreme Audio vs Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1

Xtreme Gamer for Games
Xtreme Music for expandability
Auzen X-Plosion for Movies and Music for some.
No real reason to bother with Xtreme Audio=P

For games. The 5.1 Sps will perform better but you're right the Z4's are nice as far as Computer speakers go.

[SoulsCollective]

They're not bad as far as speakers go, but if you guys consider Z4s as some of the best 2.1 speakers around then you clearly aren't that into the whole sound-quality scene.

For a pure "gaming" card, the above post is about right.

[Donnie27]

They're not bad as far as speakers go, but if you guys consider Z4s as some of the best 2.1 speakers around then you clearly aren't that into the whole sound-quality scene.

For a pure "gaming" card, the above post is about right.

Note, I said they're "are nice (not bad) as far as computer speakers go". I like the Swann M200 and the Klipsch 2.1 Pro Media speakers. But I'm a receiver and home speaker guy.

[SoulsCollective]

Note, I said they're "are nice (not bad) as far as computer speakers go".I missed the qualifier. Apologies.

[Donnie27]

I missed the qualifier. Apologies.

No Biggie!

[YukonTrooper]

XtremeGamer gets my vote.

[JoeBar]

Get a xtremegamer and call it a day.

[Keitosha]

If budget isn't your problem i would go for the Auzen X-Fi Prelude, but if your budget is a problem, the XtremeGamer would be a very good choice.

The Prelude has way better components than its CL counterpart and supports both DDL and DTS (in the next driver).

One advise though: NEVER go for the Xtreme Audio, since that's a scam by CL. The card doesn't feature a true X-Fi chip, but is just a Live24! rehash with an X-Fi sticker.

[Donnie27]

If budget isn't your problem i would go for the Auzen X-Fi Prelude, but if your budget is a problem, the XtremeGamer would be a very good choice.

The Prelude has way better components than its CL counterpart and supports both DDL and DTS (in the next driver).

One advise though: NEVER go for the Xtreme Audio, since that's a scam by CL. The card doesn't feature a true X-Fi chip, but is just a Live24! rehash with an X-Fi sticker.


Originally Posted by Kakulukia

I dont want to spend more than 100 euro.

You don't mean that the logitech Z4 speakers are bad , do you?
Because it s one the best 2,1 speakers as far as I know..?

Or do you mean that the technic of nowadays isnt concentrated on 2.1 speakers, instead to +5.1 speakers...

Anyway,
Which one is better:

Xtreme Gamer vs Xtreme Music vs Xtreme Audio vs Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1


If he wanted to spend more than a 100 euros and listed the Prelude as one of the choices, many of us would have suggested it;)