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Games have choppy sounds
Name: Gary W Date: August 26, 2003 at 09:37:11 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home SP1 CPU/Ram: 1.82ghz / 512mb ram
Comment:
Video: GeForce 2 MX 400 64 MB AGP Audio: SoundBlaster Live 5.1 Digital Audio Both have the latest drivers installed.
ISSUE
When playing games (ANY game), the sound and video gets real choppy continuously, and this happens ALL the time. It gets very annoying, and for game intros, it is very choppy as well, and takes usually about 2-3 times longer to complete than at regular speed because of the choppiness.
Name: Davy H Date: August 27, 2003 at 01:45:01 Pacific
Reply:
Check the audio settings in the game. Turn of such things as EAX etc as this will draw extra resource from your processor. Also, you probably going to want to upgrade your video card in the near future. The MX versions of the GForce range are cut-back versions and best worth avoiding if you want great game performance (this I found to my great displeasure, sure glad I'm rubbish at Americas Army anyway.)
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Response Number 2
Name: Everett Date: August 29, 2003 at 13:34:22 Pacific
Reply:
Gary: run the DirectX Diagnostic Tool (Run: dxdiag) and the tests on the Sound and Music tabs, then the More Help tab troubleshooters.
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