Choppy sound

[TheBuffoon]

My sound has become choppy in Indiana jones and the emperor's tomb. It never did this before. How can I diagnose this problem. Im using onboard ac97 with the latest drivers.

 

[igowerf]

Did you change anything recently?

 

[TheBuffoon]

i was messing around with audio codecs and filters for movies, but thats about all i can think of.

 

[TheBuffoon]

it's better now. I think i just need more ram. Can lack of ram cause this problem in memory intensive games?

 

[MattM350]

From my past experience AC97 onboard sound caused problems for me, after my computer got older the sound stopped working, and then on another motherboard the volume that it was outputting (while all system settings were at max) was much lower

 

[VicodiN]

What are you doing using onboard sound? Spend the 50 er so bucks on a 3rd party...Save yourself the headache

 

[Sid59]

what CPU is on the rig? my old toshiba is a 450 k6/2 and intergrated audio, under heavy CPU usage, the sound would skip. Not fun.

 

[TheBuffoon]

im using the p4 2.4b processor, it's under my rig.

 

[TheBuffoon]

Im thinking about buying the audigy 2 this month, any other cards recommended over this, since im only using a nice 2.1 setup

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: TheBuffoon
im using the p4 2.4b processor, it's under my rig.

ahhh ok. i don't think that game is stressing that CPU that much.

Do you plan on only using 2.1s and that's it? Audigy2 is a nice card.

 

[TheBuffoon]

ya, just 2.1. the room isn't good for surround

 

[TheBuffoon]

Now the logon sound is stuttering. it never did this before. I think i might just get a sound card. the startup services haven't changed so i don't think its the cpu level. any idea why this happens?Just the crappy sound device?