I currently have Creative Xtreme Music souncard and lately have what seems like driver issues in regards to having to reinstall drivers to get 'Game Mode' working with sound again. (I have W7 64bit) I have this with a pair of Sheniesier PC160's.
I have recently got the Xonar DG and a pair of Plantronics 380's for a friends pc. From what I remember I think the sound doesn't sound as bassy, as in the water, footsteps and environment sounds, seem to be noticed more but big explosions don't sound as deep and aggressive.
Now I just want to know, because I have had my souncard and headset so long, is there anything out there that would be a noticeable improvement over what I have got. (I think I spent £60 for both headset and souncard so total £120 in the day) OR
is my sound setup still regarded as decent?
Drivers have no updates since around 2010 so sounds like all latest updates are discontinued for this card and also a lot of the newer gaming cards have headphone amps built in, this has none.
I am only using for headset currently and mainly playing BF3 so good directional sound is prob best to soak up the environment and atmosphere.
Thanks in advance for any input on if it's worth sticking? Recommendations? Or what you have and how it works
I have recently got the Xonar DG and a pair of Plantronics 380's for a friends pc. From what I remember I think the sound doesn't sound as bassy, as in the water, footsteps and environment sounds, seem to be noticed more but big explosions don't sound as deep and aggressive.
Now I just want to know, because I have had my souncard and headset so long, is there anything out there that would be a noticeable improvement over what I have got. (I think I spent £60 for both headset and souncard so total £120 in the day) OR
is my sound setup still regarded as decent?
Drivers have no updates since around 2010 so sounds like all latest updates are discontinued for this card and also a lot of the newer gaming cards have headphone amps built in, this has none.
I am only using for headset currently and mainly playing BF3 so good directional sound is prob best to soak up the environment and atmosphere.
Thanks in advance for any input on if it's worth sticking? Recommendations? Or what you have and how it works