Fat1 soundcard

[Jamie1984]

Ok, I'm an avid CS:source nut and I just love 'tracking' the enemy as they run past/over/under me. I cant say ive ever bought a sound card (using onboard atm) and dont 'hear' what im missing.

So can someone with the fatal1ty or a fairly well spec sound card let me know what I'm missing out on?

I suppose its easy to notice the difference from old and new graphics cards but I admit im plain ignorant with sound hehe.

The only difference ive ever noticed with my sound has been changing from speakers to headphones where I can guess a lot better where the enemy is coming from.

 

[Jamie1984]

I'd say something like a pair of Medusa 5.1s would be a better investment.

If your onboard sound is only stereo, why not get something like the Audigy 2 ZS OEM?

I have the above setup (Medusa + Audigy OEM) and it's great. I really don't think the Fatality is anything more than hype, certainly as far as directionality goes. I don't doubt the audio quality will be slightly (and I mean, slightly), but the price premium is absurd. Mind you, that's the way of both the computer and HiFi world - a doubling in performance costs (at least) four times the money.

so medusa's are headphones? how much will medusa + audigy cost?

Hmm from what rlm says I might gain more from some top notch headphones than a new card.