Onboard Sound or Audigy 2 ZS any REAL difference for gaming ?

RealityTime

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Right now I'm just using the onboard sound with my k8n neo2 and am quite satisfied with it as far gaming goes. Just wondering what the benefits might be of getting an audigy 2 zs ? I'm only interested in gaming btw.
 

amdguy

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i have the K8N neo too and i used the onboard sound for a while

thou sufficient on its own, after swapping in a Audigy 2 ZS it made a world of difference in both music and games!

the EAX sound effect is teh best, for example in ROme total war, when my legions are in a forest or valley, the commander's voice and echo is rendered very life-like!
 

carpenter

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I've got two boards that I ran the on board sound on for quite awhile. Put a TB SC on one and a Audigy 2 on the other (this one had soundstorm on it) and the difference is amazing. Much better in games and music. The onboard works well if you don't want to spend the extra money or don't have decent speakers.