EAX - Surround Headphones

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i got myself a brand new rig to play this game (well not just because of HL2 but it was one of the reasons). I ended up with a Gigabite i915G motherboard; Intel 3ghz 530; only 512 MB dr400 (do i need more?) and PCIe 6600 GT running on a 17 inch lcd (1280x1024 native). It is a low to mid range as everything is new. It runs ok i think but still stutters although this might be a common problem

Anyway my questions:
1) Does HL2 support EAX - I have the game but not yet checked whether there is this option as I dont yet have surround speakers. At the moment just using stero speakers.
2) Awhile back I played with EAX on a couple of games on a friends rig, and it made a HUGH difference, so if HL2 does support EAX I am considering surround headphones (y, headphones) as I dont have room for speakers, which brings me to:
3) Any recommendations for surround headphones. I think that the motherboard comes with 7.1 surround built-in so all I need are headphones only, no decoder necessary - something like the Zalman's?
 
Headphones apparently dont need multiple channels to give 'surround' quality feedback. I would get good stereo ones instead.
 
read a few reviews about the zalman's 5.1 - the reviewer took the headphones apart and there were 6 separate speakers - seem to get an ok review for the price of US$50 for the heaphones - just wondering is anyone is using these at the moment. I use stereo headphones - need that extra kick.
 
The Zalman headphones are good. I have them and they're worth it.

HL2 doesn't support EAX because it doesn't need it. It has it's own DSP plugins.

BTW: #2 wasn't a question :p
 
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