Shall I upgrade my Audigy LS?

[Mithrandir]

Just wanted to find out whether I will see any performance benefits if I upgrade to say a x-fi (mainly for games and DVD films).

Thanks

[dfour]

The sound upgrade will be noticable in the games with EAX 5HD and the better postioning will help depending on the quality of the speaker/headphones you use.

I very rarely use headphones for games but found the positioning in a normal set of stereo headphones to be amazing.

DVD I dont know .

[Mad-Max]

You should see some improvement, but with X-FI you get the mode changer so you can set it to games or music which also helps

[Mithrandir]

Thanks guys, I use headphones mainly. I got a pair of 5.1 channel Trust and they're good for movies and games. The 5.1 is not perfect but since I watch DVDs/play games at night it's ideal. I also have a set of Logitech z640 speakers but they don't get used often.

How does the soundcard affect gaming performance? I'm pretty sure my Audigy gives me choppy sound in some games.

[rob4001]

I keep getting told there is not may games that make that much use of EAX 5 and open AL will be the future. so maybe your better off with this http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=579624

Not that I'm an expert. But it does have DTS for your movies.

[Mad-Max]

Have a read of this

http://www.soundblaster.com/products/x-fi/

A soundcard just takes a load of the CPU and processors the sounds via the card saving CPU and giving slightly better sound it also can increase your FPS to but not by a lot.

Oh and as for headphones I've got some Sennheiser :

[Mithrandir]

I keep getting told there is not may games that make that much use of EAX 5 and open AL will be the future. so maybe your better off with this http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=579624

Not that I'm an expert. But it does have DTS for your movies.

I use my Audigy with DTS sound, and it's amazing. I can definitely hear the clarity compared with Dolby Digital. I think that card has output connectors that are DTS.