Audigy or Audigy 4?

[prdfy]

I have the 1st Sound Blaster Audigy. I was wondering if upgrading to the Audigy 4 would make any difference. I'm not an audiophile or listen to music very much, but I do like games. I like to use headphones, not a multi-speaker setup.

 

[Anime_Fan]

I'd say its not worth the upgrade...

If you're a PC gamer you'd probably get more use out of an X-Fi Xtreme Music

 

[Menelmarar]

Very little reason to upgrade IMHO.

 

[discochan]

I think the upgrade will help, but it'll be only really noticable on the game side

 

[strid3r]

It's not worth the upgrade.

From a gaming standpoint, EAX is what you would be looking at. The Audigy already supports EAX 1 - 4. The Audigy 4 has the same level of support for EAX. The X-fi would be what you want to upgrade to if you want more support for games (EAX 5).

 

[hity645]

Ive been using my Audigy since the beginning, the only reason Im considering to upgrade is because I got a 7.1 setup and 5.1 is all this card supports.