Cowter-Strike Headsets

RF · June 23rd, 2003, 05:54

This belongs in hardware right?

Quote:

Valve and Plantronics Unveil Counter-StrikeTM Headsets for Voice Communication
Valve, creators of Counter-Strike and Half-Life(R), and Plantronics, a leading manufacturer of computer headsets, today unveiled a custom Counter-Strike headset. Based on the Plantronics' popular DSP-500, this plug-and-play USB headset features DSP technology and Counter-Strike's distinctive branding. The Counter-Strike headset is available now exclusively at www.plantronics.com/valve.

Generating over 4.5 billion player minutes per month, Counter-Strike is the number 1 online action game in the world.

Plantronics introduced the first lightweight communications headsets in 1962 and is recognized as the world leader in communications headsets. Information about the company can be found at www.plantronics.com or by calling (800) 544-4660.

At a 109 bucks it better be good! I have a plantronics headset right now, and its the best one i've used

.

__________________
CPU: Core i7 920 \ MB: EVGA X58 \ RAM: 12GB OCZ DDR3-1600 \ GPU: ATi 5870

HDD: 2x 150GB VelociRaptor R0 / PSU: Enermax Galaxy 850w / OS: Windows 7 x64

**Kane** · June 23rd, 2003, 05:56

Meh, I use the Microsoft Gavevoice, which incidentaly is also made by Plantronics. It's damn good, and was only 15 quid (There was a sale on at game: BOGOF)

__________________

>Site Live<
Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators.
Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible
Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium
Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium
Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

RF · June 23rd, 2003, 05:57

Its also intersting how this is a usb device and dosnt use a mic input...

__________________
CPU: Core i7 920 \ MB: EVGA X58 \ RAM: 12GB OCZ DDR3-1600 \ GPU: ATi 5870

HDD: 2x 150GB VelociRaptor R0 / PSU: Enermax Galaxy 850w / OS: Windows 7 x64

**Kane** · June 23rd, 2003, 05:58

Ah, well my one does, which is probably why it was cheaper. But the game commands thing is damned wicked. I used it all the way through Splinter Cell.

__________________

>Site Live<
Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators.
Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible
Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium
Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium
Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

N1ghtw0lf · June 23rd, 2003, 06:01

looks badass but i dont ahve the money...i have one of those things with the one speaker on your right ear and the mic comes off of that...that was about 5 bucks and ive had it for 2 years and it does me good

__________________

**Kane** · June 23rd, 2003, 06:03

Yeah, but in CS you wany full surround, neh?
I have to say tho that as good as headphones are (above 2 speakers anyway), 5.1 just rocks in games if set up right.

__________________

>Site Live<
Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators.
Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible
Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium
Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium
Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

N1ghtw0lf · June 23rd, 2003, 06:09

yea but 5.1 peakers are like $75 and im a 15 year old thats not able to drive and i dont ahve a job...im just a lazy computer nerd that saves money from holidays

...but right now i ahve like my $200 stero i got for christmas hooked up to my computer and i get some serious bass in games

mine and the roomk enxt to me like shakes when a bomb goes off in games...

__________________

Quatro · June 23rd, 2003, 07:51

neat! too bad there are nothing like that here... headset here are like junks from your country :P

__________________
- when you think that you have accomplish so much, many think of it as so little...

Violineb · June 23rd, 2003, 09:24

why do we need headsets?? other than that...what's the best phones to get since I'm too damn cheap to get 5:1 speakers ATM :s

__________________
PC1: CPU: Pentium 4 3.06 ghz - GeForce 4200 ti - 2x 256MB PC 1066 RDRAM - 120+160GB Western Digital JB
PC2: Abit NF7-S -AMD Athlon XP 1700+- 2x 256MB PC2700 Kingston HyperX BH-5 chips!!!! Western Digital 120GB JB GeForce3
Laptop: Sony Vaio VGN-S360 :guitar:
3DFX Voodoo 5500 PCI-Sega Dreamcast May 1999

N1ghtw0lf · June 23rd, 2003, 09:26

depends on how much your willing to spend

__________________

**Kane** · June 23rd, 2003, 09:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Violineb

why do we need headsets?? other than that...what's the best phones to get since I'm too damn cheap to get 5:1 speakers ATM :s

Headsets are so you can use the VON (Voice Over Net) facilities integrated into CS. My one also comes with a command button, so I can press it, say a command and it does any key combination I assign.

My headphones (not the headset) are worth £40 and are high quality Technics ones. It really does make a noticable difference.

__________________

>Site Live<
Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators.
Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible
Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium
Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium
Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

Galway no Sora · June 23rd, 2003, 20:35

$109 ?? Damn, it's too expensive for gaming headsets.

__________________

One can't get something from nothing in this world. If life is the one you seek, then life is the price you must pay.

RF · June 23rd, 2003, 20:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Kane

Headsets are so you can use the VON (Voice Over Net) facilities integrated into CS. My one also comes with a command button, so I can press it, say a command and it does any key combination I assign.

My headphones (not the headset) are worth £40 and are high quality Technics ones. It really does make a noticable difference.

Heh, I could see that coming in real handy for SC now.

edit: god damn triple posts.

__________________
CPU: Core i7 920 \ MB: EVGA X58 \ RAM: 12GB OCZ DDR3-1600 \ GPU: ATi 5870

HDD: 2x 150GB VelociRaptor R0 / PSU: Enermax Galaxy 850w / OS: Windows 7 x64

D.D. · June 23rd, 2003, 20:46

deja vu...scary.

__________________

1. Small, Cheap, Powerful - you can have only two
2. Everytime you engineer something foolproof, the world comes up with a better idiot.
3. 「学問とは虚栄である。」

The PS3 Cell Processor Explained Page, IBM Research's Introduction to Cell Multiprocessor and Cell Processor Programming Guide

Quatro · June 26th, 2003, 08:49

$109?! geez, I won't spend that much for a headset...

__________________
- when you think that you have accomplish so much, many think of it as so little...

**DarkAurora** · June 28th, 2003, 03:19

My mic is good (and looks cooler) and it was only 5 or 10 dollars.

June 23rd, 2003, 05:56	#2
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,303	Re: Cowter-Strike Headsets Meh, I use the Microsoft Gavevoice, which incidentaly is also made by Plantronics. It's damn good, and was only 15 quid (There was a sale on at game: BOGOF) __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

June 23rd, 2003, 05:57	#3
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,767	Re: Cowter-Strike Headsets Its also intersting how this is a usb device and dosnt use a mic input... __________________ CPU: Core i7 920 \ MB: EVGA X58 \ RAM: 12GB OCZ DDR3-1600 \ GPU: ATi 5870 HDD: 2x 150GB VelociRaptor R0 / PSU: Enermax Galaxy 850w / OS: Windows 7 x64

June 23rd, 2003, 05:58	#4
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,303	Re: Cowter-Strike Headsets Ah, well my one does, which is probably why it was cheaper. But the game commands thing is damned wicked. I used it all the way through Splinter Cell. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

June 23rd, 2003, 06:01	#5
N1ghtw0lf Crasher of Castles Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 7,010	Re: Cowter-Strike Headsets looks badass but i dont ahve the money...i have one of those things with the one speaker on your right ear and the mic comes off of that...that was about 5 bucks and ive had it for 2 years and it does me good __________________

June 23rd, 2003, 06:03	#6
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,303	Re: Cowter-Strike Headsets Yeah, but in CS you wany full surround, neh? I have to say tho that as good as headphones are (above 2 speakers anyway), 5.1 just rocks in games if set up right. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

June 23rd, 2003, 06:09	#7
N1ghtw0lf Crasher of Castles Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 7,010	Re: Cowter-Strike Headsets yea but 5.1 peakers are like $75 and im a 15 year old thats not able to drive and i dont ahve a job...im just a lazy computer nerd that saves money from holidays ...but right now i ahve like my $200 stero i got for christmas hooked up to my computer and i get some serious bass in games mine and the roomk enxt to me like shakes when a bomb goes off in games... __________________

June 23rd, 2003, 07:51	#8
Quatro Just visiting ^_^ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Laguna Posts: 8,299	Re: Cowter-Strike Headsets neat! too bad there are nothing like that here... headset here are like junks from your country :P __________________ - when you think that you have accomplish so much, many think of it as so little...

June 23rd, 2003, 09:24	#9
Violineb Study>Bton/Live>Bmore Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN/Baltimore MD Posts: 1,353	Re: Cowter-Strike Headsets why do we need headsets?? other than that...what's the best phones to get since I'm too damn cheap to get 5:1 speakers ATM :s __________________ PC1: CPU: Pentium 4 3.06 ghz - GeForce 4200 ti - 2x 256MB PC 1066 RDRAM - 120+160GB Western Digital JB PC2: Abit NF7-S -AMD Athlon XP 1700+- 2x 256MB PC2700 Kingston HyperX BH-5 chips!!!! Western Digital 120GB JB GeForce3 Laptop: Sony Vaio VGN-S360 :guitar: 3DFX Voodoo 5500 PCI-Sega Dreamcast May 1999

June 23rd, 2003, 09:26	#10
N1ghtw0lf Crasher of Castles Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 7,010	Re: Cowter-Strike Headsets depends on how much your willing to spend __________________

June 23rd, 2003, 20:35	#12
Galway no Sora ~¤ PanZeR ¤~ idRO Thor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Valhalla, on Odin's throne Posts: 3,165	Re: Cowter-Strike Headsets $109 ?? Damn, it's too expensive for gaming headsets. __________________ One can't get something from nothing in this world. If life is the one you seek, then life is the price you must pay.

June 23rd, 2003, 20:46	#14
D.D. band Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: HERE Posts: 4,912	Re: Cowter-Strike Headsets deja vu...scary. __________________ 1. Small, Cheap, Powerful - you can have only two 2. Everytime you engineer something foolproof, the world comes up with a better idiot. 3. 「学問とは虚栄である。」 The PS3 Cell Processor Explained Page, IBM Research's Introduction to Cell Multiprocessor and Cell Processor Programming Guide

June 26th, 2003, 08:49	#15
Quatro Just visiting ^_^ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Laguna Posts: 8,299	Re: Cowter-Strike Headsets $109?! geez, I won't spend that much for a headset... __________________ - when you think that you have accomplish so much, many think of it as so little...

June 28th, 2003, 03:19	#16
DarkAurora Back from the dead Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Seymour, TN Posts: 3,741	Re: Cowter-Strike Headsets My mic is good (and looks cooler) and it was only 5 or 10 dollars.

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode