few soundcard questions

[mrDMxtreme]

i just got myself the sennheiser PC360's and i'm considering if i need a sound card so i have some questions, but before i should explain that i'm not an audiophile and so would like to spend as little as i can as for their use, i will use the headset as headphone for everything from gaming, music, movie etc.

so first question do i need a sound card? i know its better then any on board, but for example will it make a difference when watching TTL? or light gaming?

2. i have noticed that there is very little bass (which i was expecting with the open-back design) but would a built in headphone amp make a difference?

3. do the headphone need to be plugged in straight in the sound card? (i'm asking because i have 2.1 speakers, some older sony's, that have a control box or whatever its called that has a headphone jack, is it ok to use as a pass through?

oh also because of my mobo there are no pci slots, so the card has to be pci-e.

also i've looked at the xonar dx, but can't find any info if has a headphone amp? (actually don't even know if this headset needs it)

thank you guys in advance, sorry for the nooby questions, but when it comes to audio, i'm not ur guy, at all

 

[Tindo]

No headphone amp on dx but it has good sound quality, dg has headphone amp but its only pci and probably 75% of the sound quality of the dx, if u can free up a pci slot, the dg is £25 and the dx is£45

 

[mrDMxtreme]

No headphone amp on dx but it has good sound quality, dg has headphone amp but its only pci and probably 75% of the sound quality of the dx, if u can free up a pci slot, the dg is £25 and the dx is£45

thanks for the info, but its not about freeing up a pci slot, the maximus 4 extreme z just doesn't have any

 

[sleepylilazn]

i just got myself the sennheiser PC360's and i'm considering if i need a sound card so i have some questions, but before i should explain that i'm not an audiophile and so would like to spend as little as i can as for their use, i will use the headset as headphone for everything from gaming, music, movie etc.

so first question do i need a sound card? i know its better then any on board, but for example will it make a difference when watching TTL? or light gaming?

2. i have noticed that there is very little bass (which i was expecting with the open-back design) but would a built in headphone amp make a difference?

3. do the headphone need to be plugged in straight in the sound card? (i'm asking because i have 2.1 speakers, some older sony's, that have a control box or whatever its called that has a headphone jack, is it ok to use as a pass through?

oh also because of my mobo there are no pci slots, so the card has to be pci-e.

also i've looked at the xonar dx, but can't find any info if has a headphone amp? (actually don't even know if this headset needs it)

thank you guys in advance, sorry for the nooby questions, but when it comes to audio, i'm not ur guy, at all

1. You probably don't need it in my opinion.

2. Don't know

3. Yes.

 

[Tindo]

Buy The DX, its bloody good. P.S. The D1 is the exact same as the DX but the D1 is only PCI so buy the Dx, its worth it by far mate