![[H]ard|Forum](/styles/hardforum/xenforo/logo_dark.png){kind=logo}
-
Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
Soundcard upgrade?
- Thread starter cslogical
- Start date
jester1176
[H]ard|Gawd
- Joined
- Sep 26, 2002
- Messages
- 1,553
how do you use your sound card? what games do you play? do you use headphones more than not?
and to the reply, at least give the guy a reason why "you wont notice the difference."
some people find that the headphone support alone is worth an upgrade. others like hearing BF2 in ultra high quality mode, which is only available to X-Fi users.
it also matters on what speakers and headphones you are using. if you're using low quality gear, thats what you're going to hear...low quality. but i'd venture that if you're using a high quality set of speakers and/or headphones, you'll hear a difference. i know on my gigaworks, i do.
279 is a lot to spend, though. if you aren't sure, i'd reccomend getting an xtreme music from fry's or some other establishment with a lenient return policy first and trying it out. if you dig it, return it and get the Fatal1ty if you feel its worth it. and if you don't like it, just return it.
and to the reply, at least give the guy a reason why "you wont notice the difference."
some people find that the headphone support alone is worth an upgrade. others like hearing BF2 in ultra high quality mode, which is only available to X-Fi users.
it also matters on what speakers and headphones you are using. if you're using low quality gear, thats what you're going to hear...low quality. but i'd venture that if you're using a high quality set of speakers and/or headphones, you'll hear a difference. i know on my gigaworks, i do.
279 is a lot to spend, though. if you aren't sure, i'd reccomend getting an xtreme music from fry's or some other establishment with a lenient return policy first and trying it out. if you dig it, return it and get the Fatal1ty if you feel its worth it. and if you don't like it, just return it.
I have a Klipsch THX 2.1 system and I use headphones mostly for games. I heard something about the Xfi soundcard taking less strain off the system resulting in less lag in game performance. I didn't know if that was just a marketing ploy or for real.
jester1176
[H]ard|Gawd
- Joined
- Sep 26, 2002
- Messages
- 1,553
well, it has the potential to, with X-Ram, but any of the audigy/xfi cards will reduce the load on your CPU. i wouldnt necessarily buy a sound card for a performance increase, but for a quality of experience increase. especially in headphone gaming you'll notice a considerable difference in how your games sound.
