Cheap gaming cans?

[Moleculo]

I know your the kind of guys that spend the money on CD3Ks, and I did read the 'Best gaming headphones' thread, but I'm looking for just what I can get in the range of like 35$.

I know my parents will spend for me for christmas,(so I can go higher) and I havn't asked for anything yet but I've got a 200$ video card lined up and I'm not the kind of guy to ask for alot.

Positioning is the most important because if it's got that down then they'll sound fine for music, least that's my impression. I also want a mic attached, I suppose I can do with buying an extra but it'd be really nice.

Cheers for any help.

 

[Cyrillic]

What video card are you getting? I got a VisionTek Radeon 9800 Pro for $200 recently. Good deal, great marks on 3dmark3k, and best of all: a lifetime warantee.

 

[1UP]

Try the Beyerdynamic DT234 - based on the 231 but with a mic, these should be much better than the Sennheiser headsets, though I don't know the price in the US.

 

[BowerR64]

There are some good ones for that price, philips HS900, KSC75, koss KTX pro1 i think you can get the UR40s for about $35. the labtec 840.

Out of all those i like the HS900 or the KSC75 the best. It depends on what you like. If you go to lan partys alot ide get the 75s just because they can fit in a bag for the go. If you want full size cans the HS900 or the UR40s

 

[enzoferrari650]

px100?

 

[Enverxis]

Grado SR-60
(waits for "but theyre $60-70!" reply

)

 

[elnero]

If you need a microphone I would suggest the Plantronics Gamecom 1 although it went by a different name when I bought it, it looks to be the same thing that I use for gaming when I need to be on teamspeak. Not bad sound for an inexpensive pair of headphones either.

 

[Moleculo]

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Originally Posted by Cyrillic What video card are you getting? I got a VisionTek Radeon 9800 Pro for $200 recently. Good deal, great marks on 3dmark3k, and best of all: a lifetime warantee.

Apollo GeForce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3, I was looking into a 9800 Pro at first but I went with this, supposedly a little bit better than 9800 and a little cheaper, it was in about the same price range. I coulda gotten them for WAY cheaper if I had a PCI-Express Mobo, near impossible to find an AGP 6600 too.

I figured it was good enough for HL2 (Why I'm getting a card, everything but my soundcard is up to date but my old GeForceMX440 doesn't have DX9 which is the big reason) even though ATI was the prefered card/(one-time)partner, but it was even better than the 9800 Pro in a comparison I read, and should do better than it overall from what I've heard.

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Originally Posted by BowerR64 It depends on what you like. If you go to lan partys alot ide get the 75s just because they can fit in a bag for the go. If you want full size cans the HS900 or the UR40s

I wanted enclosed cans for the sake of 'backdraft', I think you called it in the "Best gaming headphones". These are kinda replacing my old speaker setup anyhow. But I do go to a LAN party, just a few times a year. We have one at my freind's house, sometimes at another, really good times. Great to have a get together like that after highschool.

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Originally Posted by Enverxis Grado SR-60 (waits for "but theyre $60-70!" reply )

I said I'd go higher .

I think I'm going with the GameComs, good price, gamer based, got a mic, said to have good bass from the site.

Just curious, what's DSP? The pro model has "Real time equalizing DSP", 3x times as expensive too.

Oh and thanks for the replys, happy holidays.

 

[Ojannen]

Go for the 6600. It is better than a comparably priced 9800 pro. Good luck finding an AGP in stock though.

For gaming headphones for $30, the Plantronics audio 90 is the standard. Most of the people I know who play games competetively and don't have a usb headset use this one. From my experience, they aren't great for music but amazing for the price in games. The mic is realtively good quality and the positioning is fine. The only concern would be that they have a reputation of breaking easily. They look very similar to the Gamecom1 refrenced earllier in this thread. Have never used those and cant comment though.

 

[isp]

I have a pair of audio90s. They're really cheaply made imo, I've had a pair before that broke and I got them replaced. I don't know what the popular headset the gamers are using this days. Maybe Senn pc-150? My advice is to stay away from the audio90 unless you can't find anything else for your budget. Besides, they'll probably brake on you in a couple months anyway and you be back to square one.

 

[Jamey Warren]

If you don't need a mic, here's another vote for the PX100.