fxi or audigy

Barleymo

Barleymo

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I currently run a soundblaster Audigy 2 in my system which is used for games and the occasional music, would i get any real benafit from upgrading to an fxi music i play the games through a medusa 5.1 headset.
 
M'well, the Medusa's are gaming headset.. so with their restrictions I would imagine. Still, for a gaming rig, I would go X-Fi if only for the features.
 
I see that the x-fi has like a built in 3d sound mode so iwould i be better with this and my sennhiser's headphones that the medusa's, also for music is the quality THAT much better?
 
greenlizard0 said:
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This is starting to get stupid now :rolleyes:

The X-Fi is a lot better than the Audigy 2 for music, a lot clearer and plenty of options to get it sounding exactly as you want it.

For gaming the surround sound effects are excellent. It has a headphone mode but I think this is only for virtual surround on 2 channel headphones, but as you've got 5.1 headphones that's of little use to you.
 
I've recently changed from an Audigy2 to an X-Fi and the improvement in sound quality is superb through a 5.1 speaker setup. Not as noticeable through headphones but still worth doing IMO. :)
 
thanks for that Bill, i use speakers for music and the medusa just for gaming, looks like i might invest in the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music card, now which speaker to get, OC's do a bundle with the Inspire T6060 5.1 Speakers, are these ok or would the Creative Inspire 5.1 T5900 Speakers be a better prospect.
 
I do have some old creative 5.1 speakers but i have had these years and i want to upgrade but am a bit reluctant to spend £100+ if i can get a decent sound out of something a bit cheaper.
 
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