Why get an audigy 2 when...

[I2EN3GADE]

you can get about the same performance from a Chaintech card. look at this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16829102178,N82E16829102179&SubCategory=57

when you compare it to the 2nd augigy, sure it doesnt have a midi or firewire, but it is $50 cheaper.

any arguments?

 

[kof2000]

u get what u paid for.

Hardware Decode Dolby Digital EX 6.1
FireWire (IEEE 1394) 1

 

[691175002]

Their not the same. Chaintech also dosn't have EAX which I find is one of the best parts of the audigy's

 

[mega10169]

Also the Audigy 2 ZS does all the audio proccessing on its SPU which takes a load off the CPU for most games and whatnot.