hello all
apologies for the long post.
I was at my MCP lesson the other day and one of the guys there was talking about BF2 and hardware and stuff.
He said he uses a 5.1 headset for playing (especially useful in LAN party games). Talking to him convinced me to upgrade my sound card and get some decent headphones for when I join his clan.
Looking at the 2 bits below. (in the UK by the way).
Phones - Sharkoon cosmic 5.1 's
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=332113
Souncard - Terratec Aureon 5.1 Fun Soundcard
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=71368
Willing to spend about £35 - £40 on each item. I am after some over ear headphones preferably with a Mic but I do have one already if not possible.
Both of these are within my price range, found good reviews on the Terratec but none on the Sharkoons.
My questions are.
How do they connect up. I am under the impression that there are 5 x 3.5mm jacks on the headphones that go into 5 holes on the card? According to Scan there are 3 outputs. So how does it do the 5.1, drivers?
2nd Q i have a 5.1 Surround sound board (Asus P5ND2-SLI) do I need an extra card or will on board do.
Thanks for any replies given.
freak1982
apologies for the long post.
I was at my MCP lesson the other day and one of the guys there was talking about BF2 and hardware and stuff.
He said he uses a 5.1 headset for playing (especially useful in LAN party games). Talking to him convinced me to upgrade my sound card and get some decent headphones for when I join his clan.
Looking at the 2 bits below. (in the UK by the way).
Phones - Sharkoon cosmic 5.1 's
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=332113
Souncard - Terratec Aureon 5.1 Fun Soundcard
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=71368
Willing to spend about £35 - £40 on each item. I am after some over ear headphones preferably with a Mic but I do have one already if not possible.
Both of these are within my price range, found good reviews on the Terratec but none on the Sharkoons.
My questions are.
How do they connect up. I am under the impression that there are 5 x 3.5mm jacks on the headphones that go into 5 holes on the card? According to Scan there are 3 outputs. So how does it do the 5.1, drivers?
2nd Q i have a 5.1 Surround sound board (Asus P5ND2-SLI) do I need an extra card or will on board do.
Thanks for any replies given.
freak1982