Audigy 2 or P3C-DS3R onboard sound?

ultim · 29 Aug 2007 at 22:50

my audigy 2 is a few years old now.

Am i better off using the onboard sound?

shokz · 30 Aug 2007 at 09:54

If you play games that depend on game-sense and directional sound (Counter-Strike: Source for example), then don't touch the onboard sound on the P35C DS3R.

I've just upgraded from the Azalia/Realtek onboard to an X-Fi Xtreme Gamer and I'm very happy, now I have directional sound and know where footsteps are coming from.

ultim · 31 Aug 2007 at 07:49

ive only got 2.1 speaker setup. Not worth getting top of the range sound card then

Carling · 1 Sep 2007 at 16:28

I was using on board, the HD realtek thing, just got a x-fi extrem music and its sooooo much better its not funny.

I got it off ebay for £20 :cool:

I'm using 2.1 as well.

C64 · 2 Sep 2007 at 02:07

No way audigy 2 will be miles better than the onboard.

Matmulder · 6 Sep 2007 at 18:04

Indeed. I've just installed the same board, decided to give it a go instead of my Audigy2 I had installed.

Music is about the same - but games are awful, just awful. Practically no positional sound at all.

I'm now scanning the archives to see whether its worth getting a new XFi or similar over the Audigy2....