So I play video games. Mostly, Counter Strike, which is a competitive game which relies a lot on you to understand your surroundings and audio is a big thing.
My PC is currently a Dell Inspiron 620, which I have upgraded everything but the motherboard. I feel that the built in audio is the reason for my poor gaming audio. It feels as if there is no surround sound at all. Feels like all I hear is left and right in my ears. A player running behind me to my right will sound as if they are in front to the right or even right next to me. I've tried Plantronics 388 and Plantronics 788 which I was told are both excellent for positional audio.
I was told the 788 is a USB, 7.1 surround headset and it will not use the audio in the motherboard, but it seems the exact same. Even when I enable the dolby surround sound, everything still sounds as if they noises are coming from my right and left. I've had friends tell me that they can pinpoint everything and when they watch me, they can hear all sorts of things that I can't
I have come to the conclusion that perhaps I need a sound card. I would like to know would this fix my audio problem and improve positional audio or is it something beyond my control and I just have bad hearing?
My PC is currently a Dell Inspiron 620, which I have upgraded everything but the motherboard. I feel that the built in audio is the reason for my poor gaming audio. It feels as if there is no surround sound at all. Feels like all I hear is left and right in my ears. A player running behind me to my right will sound as if they are in front to the right or even right next to me. I've tried Plantronics 388 and Plantronics 788 which I was told are both excellent for positional audio.
I was told the 788 is a USB, 7.1 surround headset and it will not use the audio in the motherboard, but it seems the exact same. Even when I enable the dolby surround sound, everything still sounds as if they noises are coming from my right and left. I've had friends tell me that they can pinpoint everything and when they watch me, they can hear all sorts of things that I can't
I have come to the conclusion that perhaps I need a sound card. I would like to know would this fix my audio problem and improve positional audio or is it something beyond my control and I just have bad hearing?
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