A dedicated Sound Card, does it worth it?

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Selman Tabet

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Want to ask, I'm getting an ASRock X79 Extreme11 w/Creative Sound Core3D, its max output is 7.1 channels, I want to play BF4 and CoD" Ghosts on Scout Mode, but will it worth buying a dedicated sound card like ASUS Xonar Essence STX or ASUS ROG Phoebus Solo?
I am an audiophile, want to listen to music in high quality, don't want a high Signal-to-noise ratio, and want to play FPS in 7.1 channel (or maybe use Scout Mode, don't know what's the difference)..
Any help?
 
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My friend bought the ASUS Essence card and he said it's an amazing card. I'm pretty sensitive to sound so to me; yeah it's worth the buy. But maybe you aren't that sensitive to sound and stuff, so it might be a pointless buy for you. Personally I like sound cards. I have the Z87-GD65 and it comes with a soundcard installed (3rd party) and once I installed drivers it made a world of difference on tweeters and low-freq sounds ( I have a high-class set of headphones) so yeah it's worth it to me.

A good way to check your sensitivity to sounds do this: Find a song on youtube that has a 480p, 720p and 1080p option to choose from. Then play both and if you can tell the difference then yes, you are sensitive to sound.
 
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Selman Tabet

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I need a justification for buying a dedicated sound card for the motherboard, I own a Beats DETOX Limited Edition which I bought for $640, and I only listen to 320kbps MP3s, some VR .M4As and .FLAC audio, I accept nothing less, I'm pretty sound sensitive as well..
 
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