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Basic-Government4108 t1_iw2o4za wrote

I use high end headphones and an hdmi audio extractor for gaming but it definitely doesn’t help. I suck. But it sounds great!

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Latingamer24 t1_iw4igup wrote

Finally someone who says the truth. Ma dude only wanted to flex his headphones, competitive advantages are better left for good monitors, graphics , keyboard and mouse. Pros play with garbage headsets and they still own anyone that is in front of them.

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Injoemomma t1_iy2c841 wrote

And you just wanted to hate. What if you already have the best cpu, gpu, and monitor? And you just need the best headphones for gaming? What’s wrong with that? I have a 7k pc setup and just bought the latest 360hz BenQ monitor that is the best for Csgo right now. I ordered a pair of hd800s yesterday just for Csgo. What’s wrong with getting the best? I don’t understand haters like you.

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ViniRustAlves t1_iy6gkxh wrote

I don't think he's hating at anyone, he's just stating that the OP wanted an excuse to flex on his HD800, which could be true or not. Being an audiophile subreddit, it's more on the true side, I mean, it's not like OP is wrong in flexing on a superb pair of headphones, I'd do that too, but headphones doesn't really give even the most high skilled players an advantage, or even an edge, but it's good AF to have a good pair of headphones/IEMs for gaming.

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Injoemomma t1_iy6hzxd wrote

He is most def hating. I call it what it is. Trust me. So what if he just wants to talk to others that enjoy high quality shit? I literally daily a Trackhawk which cost me 107k out the door. I like to chop it up with others that drive similar cars. I like people doing well and getting what they want in life. This clown is a grade A hater.

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ViniRustAlves t1_iy74pz4 wrote

You might be right about him, but still, trying to gate on people flexing in a subreddit where you're very welcome to do that is really dumb. We're here to flex on our nice audio stuff, be it expensive or cheap.

Yet, he ain't wrong, imo, about the headphones for gaming part. Of course, I pretty much assume OP already have a high-end setup, with a 4090 or something.

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Injoemomma t1_iy75pnk wrote

So what if you already have the best monitor, gpu, cpu, keyboard, and mouse? And the only thing left is the end all be all headphones for gaming? Huh? Exactly. Nobody is saying good gear, is going to make you pro. At the end of the day, good gear is an advantage. If you up against someone with similar skill and you have better headphones, you will have an advantage. By definition of course. I game on the latest 360hz monitor. Will I beat a pro on a 144hz? No. Will I have an advantage over a similar skilled player with a 144 or 240hz? Yes, I will. Just like oP, I didn’t skim out on Anything. So why buy garbage earbuds or headphones for gaming? He is a hater. Haters gonna hate. It’s what they do best.

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ViniRustAlves t1_iy8x5yy wrote

>If you up against someone with similar skill and you have better headphones, you will have an advantage.

Only if you're up against people with poor game sense, aim and stuff.

I'm not saying that upgrading headphones shouldn't be done or anything, I'm just saying that high-end headphones, especifically, don't portray any advantage whatsoever while gaming. It's just how it is.

And even in some games, like APEX, you're actually better with some apple earpods and using audio compression than with god tier DT 1990's or something.

The same applies to keyboard, it just needs to be NKRO and not have any double-click problem and you're fine, it's not a precision peripheral, like a mouse or monitor.

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>Will I have an advantage over a similar skilled player with a 144 or 240hz? Yes, I will.

As I've said, it's not comparable. It's like saying that you got and advantage over the other same skill level player because you were with your foot on a support.

Most game audios are crap, the difference a headphone will make can only go so far, and it's not far at all in current competitive games audio engines.

Again, I'm not saying it's a bad thing to upgrade you audio for competitive game, it might be though, I'm just saying it won't give you any advantage.

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[deleted] OP t1_iy921p0 wrote

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ViniRustAlves t1_iy94fip wrote

>Again Since you are slow

Now you're hating on me just because I disagree with you.

Again, unless the "similar skilled" players are two dumb silver/gold/plat skilled players, that don't have any game sense, you might get an advantage, and even so, only if the game have a good audio engine, like R6S, not in games like Valorant, APEX and most other competitive games, where audio engine is just pure garbage, where having an HD800S might distract you instead of help, because instead of just hearing the fucking footsteps, you're hearing a lot more, useless, distratcting information.

And I'll not discuss it anymore, I feel like you won't get my point, and I'll not get yours either.

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[deleted] OP t1_iy9dh5x wrote

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ViniRustAlves t1_iy9lf95 wrote

>You argue like a female.

Oh, nice a mysoginist, probably incel judging by that comment, now that makes sense.

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>By definition, having a headset that allows you to hear footsteps better than someone with inferior headphones, does give you an advantage.

How hard can it be to understand that if you play a game, and you have a bare minimum ammount of awareness and developed game sense, a better headphone won't give you any advantage against another player at that same level of awareness and game sense development, aim, etc., etc.

You need to hear he's moving, you'll know the locations he might come after you.

And advantage is a better ping (or worst, in games like Valorant and Overwatch), less input delay, better game sense, high refresh rate with low pixel transition times, stable frame rates for consistent delay. That's an advantage in competitive games.

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[deleted] OP t1_iy9uji9 wrote

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ViniRustAlves t1_iyctvzb wrote

> If you have all that already, why not top it off with a high end headphone?

You should do that, if that's what you want, will not give you an advantage in a decent balanced scenario though, the other guy with his apple earbuds or even worse, KZ Zest's, will be in the same page as you, maybe will be even in a better spot, judging by CS audio engine.

> I have a 7k pc, the latest Ben q 360hz monitor that is the absolute best for counterstrike, the best internet in my location, the best mouse… Again little girl brain: Two similar skilled players, exactly the same, exact equipment, other than headphones of course. The one with the better headphones for footsteps will have an advantage.

Answered above.

Good thing Relay let me read deleted comments, if not I'd never new I was talking to the Alpha ruler of them all.

Your necessity to backup your answers by stating you're a superior male made me laugh.

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