Depends what the current soundcard is?
Yes, yes it would.
Do you use it for mainly gaming, music, films or all of the above?
What is your budget.
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That is a good entry level soundcard.
Has an inbuilt headphone amp too which is handy.
A good way to dip your toes into better audio.
Shudders at the thought of going back to onboard audio.
I'd use it primarily for gaming, but listen to music also
My budget is around 60-70 pound.
But I'll buy that one for now, to try out![]()
I wouldn't expect night and day changes with a cheapish headset but it certainly wouldn't get any worse hehe![]()
I'd use it primarily for gaming, but listen to music also
My budget is around 60-70 pound.
But I'll buy that one for now, to try out![]()
Given your budget, a Xonar DX would be a very good purchase. It's a great sound card. However, given your current headset, it's rather pointless spending £60 on a sound card for use with a £30 headset. The headset or headphones play a larger part in the overall sound quality than a sound card upgrade will. £60 headset and a £30 sound card theoretically would provide better sound quality than £60 sound card and £30 headset.
There are two ways to look at it. You could either get a DGX to match your current headset, or you could spend £60 and get a DX, then upgrade the headset at a later date. If you have no intention of getting a "better" headset, then I'd just go with a DGX.
Out of the cards mentioned if I worried only about headphone as opposed to speakers I would simply go for the DG or DGX (PCI-e). Note that if you want a built-in headphone-gain amplifier the DX does not provide this.