Hey guys,
Hope someone can help me with some advice.
I’m not that heavy into the tech scene anymore, I really use my machine for gaming in the evenings after work. So, unfortunately have forgotten a few odds and ends.
I currently have the Sennheiser GSP 600 (headset - Stereo), plugged into the Asus Maximus X Hero motherboard. From what I understand the motherboard has a decent onboard sound card, and the headset is also decent.
Sometime last year, after having my setup for around a year, I realised I didn’t have the HD Realtek audio drivers installed. I think it was from my friends moaning that I couldn’t hear enemies (I thought I was getting old). Anyway, installed the Realtek HD drivers, and bam, could hear so much more in my games that I pretty much never heard before.. Move on a few months, I format my machine, ensure I install those HD realtek drivers again, and use my machine as normal. Again, my friends tuning me I am deaf and can’t hear shit, I ensure the drivers are installed, went to Asus’ website and installed their drivers (for my mobo), I did notice after installing these drivers I had a whole bunch of enhancements (in the Sound control panel) available that I didn’t see before. After messing around with them, I still cannot hear as well as my mates can. I've also got my volume turned up a decent amount, but at the same time, don't want to shit myself when I fire my own gun, so its set to a reasonable level.
What can I do to solve this, and get better audio (specifically situational audio, for hearing footsteps etc.). As I am unsure of what else to do.
I’ve looked online, Sennheiser offer an external DAC (GSX1200), this will come to around R3000 IIRC, which is crazy. An alternative would be to get the GSP 550 which are USB powered, and are 7.1.
Just an important side note, I’m really not deaf or going deaf, but I did consider it at a stage.
Hope someone can help me with some advice.
I’m not that heavy into the tech scene anymore, I really use my machine for gaming in the evenings after work. So, unfortunately have forgotten a few odds and ends.
I currently have the Sennheiser GSP 600 (headset - Stereo), plugged into the Asus Maximus X Hero motherboard. From what I understand the motherboard has a decent onboard sound card, and the headset is also decent.
Sometime last year, after having my setup for around a year, I realised I didn’t have the HD Realtek audio drivers installed. I think it was from my friends moaning that I couldn’t hear enemies (I thought I was getting old). Anyway, installed the Realtek HD drivers, and bam, could hear so much more in my games that I pretty much never heard before.. Move on a few months, I format my machine, ensure I install those HD realtek drivers again, and use my machine as normal. Again, my friends tuning me I am deaf and can’t hear shit, I ensure the drivers are installed, went to Asus’ website and installed their drivers (for my mobo), I did notice after installing these drivers I had a whole bunch of enhancements (in the Sound control panel) available that I didn’t see before. After messing around with them, I still cannot hear as well as my mates can. I've also got my volume turned up a decent amount, but at the same time, don't want to shit myself when I fire my own gun, so its set to a reasonable level.
What can I do to solve this, and get better audio (specifically situational audio, for hearing footsteps etc.). As I am unsure of what else to do.
I’ve looked online, Sennheiser offer an external DAC (GSX1200), this will come to around R3000 IIRC, which is crazy. An alternative would be to get the GSP 550 which are USB powered, and are 7.1.
Just an important side note, I’m really not deaf or going deaf, but I did consider it at a stage.