Which Audigy to get?

[LoungeAct404]

I'm a pretty hardcore gamer and I'm looking to upgrade from OnBoard sound to an Audigy 2. My dilemma is that I don't know the differences between the ZS Gamer, regular ZS, and the Platinum/Platinum Pro. Which would be best suited for gaming? The ZS Gamer sounds like the obvious choice, but, the games bundled with it aren't very good at all, and if the ZS Gamer is the same thing as a ZS with bundled games, I'm not going to waste $$$.

Thanks for your time,
Greg

 

[AmberClad]

The PCI sound card for all of them are identical, so it doesn't really matter. The regular has no special bundled items, Gamer has some old games, Platinum has some software plus a break out box that goes into the same slot as a CD/DVD drive would. Whichever happens to have the best deal currently, IMHO.

 

[LoungeAct404]

thanks for the reply

does anyone else have an opinion?

 

[DanDaMan315]

Originally posted by: AmberClad
The PCI sound card for all of them are identical, so it doesn't really matter. The regular has no special bundled items, Gamer has some old games, Platinum has some software plus a break out box that goes into the same slot as a CD/DVD drive would. Whichever happens to have the best deal currently, IMHO.

I second that.

If you want some old games get the gamer.
If you want the external I/O ports, get the Platinum.
If you just want some good audio, get the ZS.

 

[leocanuck]

You may want to wait until August 22 for the X-Fi cards, or at least a price drop in the Audigy 2.

http://www.creative.com/press/releases/welcome.asp?pid=12163