Recent content by WhiteWolf13

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    pc-gaming: surround headset OR stereo headset + sound card

    @ ssddx: any suggestions of good hifi headphones? Thing is I will use the headphones for a lot of singleplayer gaming but I also want a mic for the occasional gaming with friends. So a detachable mic like with the Kingston is very interesting (aside from its apparently great sound for the...
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    pc-gaming: surround headset OR stereo headset + sound card

    Okay, I'm pretty sure I'm going for the Kingston HyperX Cloud headset (http://www.kingston.com/en/hyperx/cloud). I read some very good reviews of this (stereo) headset. Now the question is: will my Asrock z87 extreme4 onboard audio be sufficient or would a soundcard like the Asus Xonar DX make a...
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    pc-gaming: surround headset OR stereo headset + sound card

    I understand the fact that real surround can’t be obtained by a headset like you get with speakers. Maybe it would be better to call it “positional sound”. At the moment I play games like Skyrim and Borderlands 2 with 5.1 speakers and I would like to “replicate” that positional “feeling” with a...
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    pc-gaming: surround headset OR stereo headset + sound card

    The last few days, I’ve been looking into headsets. I would almost exclusively use it for pc-gaming and would like to enjoy “surround sound”. Now it seems you have three choices: a real surround headset, a virtual surround headset or the combination of a decent stereo headset with a decent sound...