Is an audigy 2 a worthy upgrade?

[Cawchy87]

Is this: http://www.ncix.com/products/i...mp;affiliateid=2404665 worth spending 50 dollars for?

1. I will be playing games with this, will it better the sound quality?

2. I will be using These Zalman 6.1 headphones for gaming and listening to music.

3. Is it worth the upgrade from my sb live! 5.1 sound card?

Thanks for your replies!

 

[Thor86]

Originally posted by: Cawchy87
Is this: http://www.ncix.com/products/i...mp;affiliateid=2404665 worth spending 50 dollars for?

1. I will be playing games with this, will it better the sound quality?

2. I will be using These Zalman 6.1 headphones for gaming and listening to music.

3. Is it worth the upgrade from my sb live! 5.1 sound card?

Thanks for your replies!

With EAX 4.0 and CMSS 2.0, yes, it's worth it to me. My previous card was a Live 5.1 before getting my Audigy 2 OEM.

 

[Cawchy87]

thanks bud, with only 2 of these left i think i am going to get in on this deal.

 

[davidjaii]

thats the regular audigy2.. you should hold out for audigy2 zs model
i've got mine at BB for $58 after rebate a few months ago

 

[Maximus96]

i got an audigy2 hooked up to a set of Kinyo 5.1 headphones. It works well in doom3, but in movies i don't find it very impressive. how do you like your zalman headphone?

 

[Cawchy87]

I haven't got them in yet (shipped today), but I found this deal and really wanted to jump on it. I didn't end up getting it tho because shipping was 15 dollars

I called best buy and their audigy 2 value's are 96.99 (Canadian) Finding a good price on anything here is impossible.

Zaku, did you find your previous sound card better than the audigy?

Davidjaii, after reading reviews it seems that for gaming i will notice no differance between the zs and original model.

 

[Maximus96]

the audigy2 zs i have is better than my old soundblaster live. plus it decodes doby and dts which i liked because i watch DVDs on my computer. got it from newegg for around $65 or so after rebate. my DFI board does have onboard sound, but i never tried it because i built the rig with the audigy from the beginning.