Will I hear a diff with x-fi > Audigy2ZS with my Z-5400's?

[3t3P]

Hi all i've searched and read most of the threads here and it seems people really rate X-FI soundcards over 2ZS's.
Would anyone agree with this statement?

I have also searched to find the difference between audio/music and gamer OEM versions as I am not bothered about a box etc and haven't really been able to find the differences.? Audio OEM is currently cheapest I believe

I use my pc to listen to music lots (out of the logitechs) and then gaming then watching dvd's few and far between really.

Just wondered if I am missing out soundwise, crystalliser sounds interesting too

Cheers

 

[Rebelius]

I used to have an Audigy 2 ZS but upgraded to an X-Fi fatality at the same time as I got a set of Creative G500s - the improvement was astonishing, but I never actually used the Audigy through those speakers either. My old ones were some altec lansing 2.1 job that came with a family dell ages ago.

I don't know how the onboard on a P5K Premium compares to an Audigy 2 ZS - but the difference between that and the X-Fi is huge.

I use it for listening to music a lot, Gaming a fair bit and DVDs/XVid quite a lot too.

To be honest, I turned all the crystaliser and CMSS-3D stuff off ages ago.