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Hi all, I know you must get this question alot and I have tried my best to research on the subject without asking but I get conflicting answers when searching so Ive decided to ask and get an answer specific to my problem.
I will start from the top, about 4-5 years ago I made the worst purchase of my 15+ Years of PC Gaming, I bought a (at the time) brand spanking new Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS (or whatever) I cant say I got any good proper use out of the thing and it has been left mostly unused due to not being able to get drivers working a few years back.
Anyway, I started looking for a new headset for gaming as my current headset and mic just dont do well and my friends often tell me I need a new mic.
I was looking at the Sennheiser PC 360 gaming headset. I'm looking for an all in one headset for my gaming needs but I also want the best I can get for the money... so if this isnt it feel free to tell me. I hear the Mic is very good and the Audio is pretty good aswell but I'm sure you will give me the real story.
I am currently running onboard sound, I know its realtek (spelling?) but I cant seem to find it (my motherboard is the Asus P5KC if that helps).
really I want to know is, if I get this headset, how well can i expect it to perform (if at all) from the onboard sound. I have also played with the idea of sticking my X-Fi card back in and seeing how it does today, I've yet to try it with Windows 7 and I cant remember if I tried it with this Set up before ( I will probably try it tonight).
I have read online, and this is where the confusion comes into it, people suggesting the Asus Xonar DX as its great for gaming, then other people saying you need a dedicated headphone amp and recomending soundcards such as the Asus Xonar essence STX, Ive seen people Recommend the Xonar DS, I think I have found what I need then someone else says a different card and price range. I'm not looking to spend alot considering the price of the headset as I wont have the money this month so anything that would work well with the PC360 would need to be in the area of £50-60 MAX, if this wont do or wont allow me to get the best from my headset then I would just wait until I have enough to get a decent sound card aswell but I would rather not spend £100+ if I dont need to.
Now, if you recommend another headset then please also recomend anything I would require to get the most out of them.
I should say that although I use my PC mostly for gaming (maybe use the pc 70-80% of the time gaming), I do like my music and I do like my TV shows/movies.
I appologise for asking this fairly standard question, but I am not that great when it comes to sound cards and although I have been happy with onboard sound I would like to get good quality audio from my machine.
Thank you for readng, and I thank you again if you take the time to answer me.
I will start from the top, about 4-5 years ago I made the worst purchase of my 15+ Years of PC Gaming, I bought a (at the time) brand spanking new Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS (or whatever) I cant say I got any good proper use out of the thing and it has been left mostly unused due to not being able to get drivers working a few years back.
Anyway, I started looking for a new headset for gaming as my current headset and mic just dont do well and my friends often tell me I need a new mic.
I was looking at the Sennheiser PC 360 gaming headset. I'm looking for an all in one headset for my gaming needs but I also want the best I can get for the money... so if this isnt it feel free to tell me. I hear the Mic is very good and the Audio is pretty good aswell but I'm sure you will give me the real story.
I am currently running onboard sound, I know its realtek (spelling?) but I cant seem to find it (my motherboard is the Asus P5KC if that helps).
really I want to know is, if I get this headset, how well can i expect it to perform (if at all) from the onboard sound. I have also played with the idea of sticking my X-Fi card back in and seeing how it does today, I've yet to try it with Windows 7 and I cant remember if I tried it with this Set up before ( I will probably try it tonight).
I have read online, and this is where the confusion comes into it, people suggesting the Asus Xonar DX as its great for gaming, then other people saying you need a dedicated headphone amp and recomending soundcards such as the Asus Xonar essence STX, Ive seen people Recommend the Xonar DS, I think I have found what I need then someone else says a different card and price range. I'm not looking to spend alot considering the price of the headset as I wont have the money this month so anything that would work well with the PC360 would need to be in the area of £50-60 MAX, if this wont do or wont allow me to get the best from my headset then I would just wait until I have enough to get a decent sound card aswell but I would rather not spend £100+ if I dont need to.
Now, if you recommend another headset then please also recomend anything I would require to get the most out of them.
I should say that although I use my PC mostly for gaming (maybe use the pc 70-80% of the time gaming), I do like my music and I do like my TV shows/movies.
I appologise for asking this fairly standard question, but I am not that great when it comes to sound cards and although I have been happy with onboard sound I would like to get good quality audio from my machine.
Thank you for readng, and I thank you again if you take the time to answer me.