Realtek vs Sound Blaster Audigy 2

[CounterC]

I was recently given a pretty good set of headphones but they don't give me to sound I would expect out of them. I currently have them plugged into my on board Realtek sound but I have a older  Audigy 2, 24 bit card that I could install. Can anyone tell me if the Audigy will be any better than the more current Realtek HD audio that comes with my motherboard?

[samuelohagan]

It is always worth a try, I use an old audigy 1 that I got from an old computer, and I think it sounds better than my onboard audio.

[solomongrundy]

I was recently given a pretty good set of headphones but they don't give me to sound I would expect out of them. I currently have them plugged into my on board Realtek sound but I have a older  Audigy 2, 24 bit card that I could install. Can anyone tell me if the Audigy will be any better than the more current Realtek HD audio that comes with my motherboard?

What headphones did you get?

[ShearMe]

If you already have the card, you should be the one telling us if it's better!

[CounterC]

What headphones did you get?

Nothing awesome but still MUCH better than anything else I own at the moment. Here is the link

 

http://www.turtlebeach.com/product-detail/pc-headsets/ear-force-z2/43

[CounterC]

If you already have the card, you should be the one telling us if it's better!

Good point. Although I own the card its a matter of digging it out of storage and finding all of the attachments that came with it. So I'm just trying to figure out if its worth digging it out.

[ShearMe]

Nothing awesome but still MUCH better than anything else I own at the moment. Here is the link

 

http://www.turtlebeach.com/product-detail/pc-headsets/ear-force-z2/43

 

No offense, but gaming headsets are NOT headphones, especially Turtle "Eek" Beaches.

[MayflowerElectronics]

They sound bad because they are bad. Putting racing tires on a 98 Oldsmobile doesn't make the car better. Adding a sound card to a gaming headset doesn't make it sound better.