[SOLVED] Windows sonic or 7.1 surround sound

[Rameez_2]

Hi everyone

so I got the Corsair hs45 surround headset that supports 7.1 virtual surround and it’s sounding really good compared to stereo. I play over watch and some other games and of them in over watch I turned on the Dolby atmos for headphones and am getting really great spatial awareness. But I want to know do I need to turn on windows sonic for other games and audio like movie or do I just let my headphone dac handle them. If I watch movies which setting should I use windows sonic or just the headphone doing the job or do I pay and get the Dolby atmos for headphones app on windows. I’m really confused cause I know little about sound technology. Please help me out.

Thanks in advance.

 

[hang-the-9]

No you don't need to turn that option on. You can turn it on and see if you like how it sounds better if you want, but it's not "needed".