Audigy vs Fortissimo on 2.1 speaker setup?

[Bananadude]

Looking at getting either the Audigy (not Platinum) or the Hercules Fortissimo. Only using a 2.1 speaker setup, so not going for full on surround or anything. Wondering whether the extra cash for the Auidgy is really worth it. Everyone who has a Fortissimo seems to rave about it, so seems a good way to go. But will the Audigy give me something the Fortissimo doesn't on a 2.1 setup?

 

[holdencommodore]

Save your money and get either the Fortissimo II or Fortissimo III, gaming may not be quite as good as the Audigy (lacks EAX HD), but you'll be hard pressed to find any other differences with only 2.1 speakers.

Cheers

 

[clicknext]

Fortissimo is a good sound card at a good price, but it's gaming performance with EAX isn't as good as Audigy. People report getting higher frame rates with Audigy than the chipset Fortissimo uses.

 

[holdencommodore]

CPU usage for the Fortissimo is usually around the 3- 4 % mark. Audigy uses around 1- 2% accoring to Ziff Davis AudioWinBench 99. The performance hit will be bigger on all Sensaura cards, because reverb is done in the Software. The latest drivers from Hercules (released December) are excellent.

Cheers