Noob question about my headset.

[Philib]

Hi guys, I have a corsair USB gaming headset (cant remember the exact model, but its not the vengeance). Now my question in this, if its USB does that mean even if I had a sound card, it wouldnt use it anyway?? The reason I ask is because im debating weather to get a cheap sound card to connect my amp to my PC but if my headset doesnt use the advantages of the sound card then I dont think I will bother as I use my headset more then I use my amp & speakers.

Another question which is off-topic to the thread title is what is the best connections to use to connect to my amp (if I were to get a sound card) I see lots of sound cards with optical out but I consider that to be pretty old tech. I have seen a few sound card with HDMI out but I always thought that was more for visual then audio. I have managed to connect my PC to my amp via a HDMI cable out of my graphics card and then have a HDMI going from my amp to my monitor/TV but this gives me major delay and is unusable for gaming or even web browsing for that matter.

The world of audio connections seems to be a mind field. Anyone out there able to help?

Cheers guys.

 

[MadMarc]

No your headset won't benefit from a soundcard.
My pc is over a 3.5mm to cinch cable connected to my amp and it works fine, if your pc is runs off the same plug as the amp , i'd recommend an optical cable (toslink) otherwise it might case a buzzing noise.

 

[Philib]

Does it matter what type of optical cable you get or are they all pretty much the same? Any recommendations?

 

[Josh Weston]

All the same. Just buy one that has no negative reviews about the quality of the cable, i.e. it won't break on you.