Hi all,
So my Audigy 2 Zs Platinium Pro is starting to fail on me and im going to replace it for something new and better.
After a lot of research i got stuck with 3 sound cards in my shopping list, the Razer Barracuda AC-1, the ASUS Xonar Essence STX and the Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty PRO, all of them seem to be in the same price range (around 150 euros) wich i can afford.
From my research and i'll tell u now that my knowledge about these things is low:
I understood that the Creative one is the best one for gaming but the software and drivers are the worst. But maybe is the best option for me since ill use it mostly to play games with my HD-555 Sennheiser headphones.
I started to ignore the razer one since most reviews rated it lower than the others, but its still in my sight since a buddy of mine talks about it like it is king. But since im not going to use the Razer headphones... meh i dunno.
I got the idea that the Asus one is the best soundwise, but might not be the best option for games and that i might not enjoy it to its fullest with my HD-555 headphones from Sennheiser, but hey the price range is close so... i dunno again lol.
I'm really stuck with my decision and i was hoping u could help me, hoping to hear some opinions about whats best for me and why, specially the whys. From all my research i found reviews about each one of them, but not comparisons between these 3 and thats what im looking for to help my decision.
Plz keep in mind that it will be used with the HD-555 Sennheiser headphones and mostly for games and the ocasional movie break!
So my Audigy 2 Zs Platinium Pro is starting to fail on me and im going to replace it for something new and better.
After a lot of research i got stuck with 3 sound cards in my shopping list, the Razer Barracuda AC-1, the ASUS Xonar Essence STX and the Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty PRO, all of them seem to be in the same price range (around 150 euros) wich i can afford.
From my research and i'll tell u now that my knowledge about these things is low:
I understood that the Creative one is the best one for gaming but the software and drivers are the worst. But maybe is the best option for me since ill use it mostly to play games with my HD-555 Sennheiser headphones.
I started to ignore the razer one since most reviews rated it lower than the others, but its still in my sight since a buddy of mine talks about it like it is king. But since im not going to use the Razer headphones... meh i dunno.
I got the idea that the Asus one is the best soundwise, but might not be the best option for games and that i might not enjoy it to its fullest with my HD-555 headphones from Sennheiser, but hey the price range is close so... i dunno again lol.
I'm really stuck with my decision and i was hoping u could help me, hoping to hear some opinions about whats best for me and why, specially the whys. From all my research i found reviews about each one of them, but not comparisons between these 3 and thats what im looking for to help my decision.
Plz keep in mind that it will be used with the HD-555 Sennheiser headphones and mostly for games and the ocasional movie break!