Gaming Experience and General Experience

[TRDCorolla1]

I would get this sound card too:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102171

DTS certified. There's a special going on right now for that card. I think it's a much better card than the regular Audigy 2 Value.

 

[Bahawolf1]

I also upgraded my HD to the one that was reccomended..


What is the difference between the 2 cards as far as performance?

 

[TRDCorolla1]

The Gamers Edition like I have, has a higher sample rate than the Value Audigy 2. Higher is good. The Gamer's Edition is also THX and DTS certified which the Value does not have. I would go for the best one which is the "Creative Labs Audigy2 ZS GAMER Limited Edition".

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102171#DetailSpecs

Also get a good set of speakers too to take advantage of your surround capabilities and THX or DTS certified approved speakers. They cost more, but I'm sure a regular set of speaker like this,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16836121120#DetailSpecs

would be absolutely bad ass.

There's also the Platinum Pro Audigy 2 cards, but I don't see much difference compared to the Audigy 2 Gamer's Edition. Plus they cost way more.

 

[Bahawolf1]

I've always personally preferred my headset personally..

But, I'll get a speaker system after my computer is built..

Up to 1500 for the build..
Time to get some more money..

Latest Build Update:
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Processor (Venice) Socket 939 Retail
Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 73GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2PT 2GB Kit DDR400 XMS3200 Memory w/ Platinum Heatspreader
Leadtek PX6800GT TDH Geforce 6800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3
Windows XP Proffessional
CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS GAMER Limited Edition 70SB035000013 8 (7.1) Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound

Looking good?

 

[mighty_chick]

buy it now...thats looking amazing. ALTHOUGH!!!! THE 7XXX series are coming out and according to a person i know he says the 7600 will be as powerful as the 6800ultra and cost as much as the 6600gt currently does, so you might wanna wait

 

[Bahawolf1]

How soon is it coming out?
I probally would have all the money for everything some time in June, so I'll see how far away it is..