Paradigm
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Howdy! Fellow Head-fiers. I need your highly regarded Input and Wisdom
I have a Very important Question to ask in regards to the Current availible Sounds Cards in the PC market space. Since EAX is fazed out and most Games are now relying on the OPENAL standard, does it really matter it terms of sound quality/effects when gaming weather I have a Pro soundcard or Consumer Grade Asus essence STX? CPU in mY PC is plenty Powerful(Phenom II X4 965)
Currently I have owned for 4 years a EMU-1212m(paired with a Gilmore Lite/HD650) which I think sounds miles ahead of even todays top grade Onboard Audio(No surprise here). Recently I have been thinking about Upgrading My sound Card to an "ASUS ESSENCE STX"
My Only question is, would this upgrade be worth it? I mean is the ASUS going to make my Gaming experience any better, does it enhance the Games Sound engine.
My understanding(which is basic) is that Modern Games Employ OpenAL which is a open standard SOftware language, and it's the Job of the CPU now to process the Games sound engine. If this is the case it really should not matter since Stereo is Stereo. Since the 1212M is a very transparent and detailed PC Soundcard, what does the Xonair Offer in terms of Improvement.
I have a Very important Question to ask in regards to the Current availible Sounds Cards in the PC market space. Since EAX is fazed out and most Games are now relying on the OPENAL standard, does it really matter it terms of sound quality/effects when gaming weather I have a Pro soundcard or Consumer Grade Asus essence STX? CPU in mY PC is plenty Powerful(Phenom II X4 965)
Currently I have owned for 4 years a EMU-1212m(paired with a Gilmore Lite/HD650) which I think sounds miles ahead of even todays top grade Onboard Audio(No surprise here). Recently I have been thinking about Upgrading My sound Card to an "ASUS ESSENCE STX"
My Only question is, would this upgrade be worth it? I mean is the ASUS going to make my Gaming experience any better, does it enhance the Games Sound engine.
My understanding(which is basic) is that Modern Games Employ OpenAL which is a open standard SOftware language, and it's the Job of the CPU now to process the Games sound engine. If this is the case it really should not matter since Stereo is Stereo. Since the 1212M is a very transparent and detailed PC Soundcard, what does the Xonair Offer in terms of Improvement.