FS Sound Engine: performance hit!

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I noticed i really wonderful thing:pressing "Q" thus disabling sound, gives between 4 and 10 fps!And this even with sound quality to minimum!Now i have a Creative SB Live! Player.I thought about DirectSound Debug, but couldn't find it anymore.Anyone has info about this?Is this sound-card related?

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Since noone has answered i get noone is haveing thig problem.Or not?

[Guest]

Early SB Live cards were extreme performance hogs (or maybe the drivers were).I don't know if it has improved as I have never used one after seeing the SB Live eat about 50% CPU even when not active on the machine of a friend of mine.So yes, I can understand that an SB Live would cause a drop in performance but I've not seen it with my own cards.

[Guest]

I get engine sound stutters with both creative SB live 4.1 and 5.1 digital . I use the original XP home drivers and even with latest creative drivers I still have this problem .I did a fresh install of XP home , and the same ......My video card is a creatuve 3D BLASTER Ti 4200 with 30.82 WHQL .Regards

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So it seems i'm not the only one with this problem...I have the old SB Live! Player 1024.Tried both with win2k and winxp, and the result is the same.Except a little smaller frame rate hit under win2k...Anyone with an audigy card?Or a guillemot one?Just to hear some other stories...

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I have a Hercules XP Gamer. When flying with a complex VC like Dream fleet or Real Air's SF-260, I get the studdering sound. If I set the VC in the Aircraft Hardware section to low resolution, it clears up pretty well. I don't notice any frame rate change though.

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I'm using an Audigy Gamer, and no stutters or sound issues here.P4 2.4 GigIntel MoboRadeon 7500 video

[Guest]

Sounds like a Live Driver problem...Bad enough :(

[Guest rlefebvr]

There was a lot of talk about this when FS first came out. I believe if you go into your directX settings and turn down the sound accelaration or something like that you will achieve the same effect. It never helped me any, but I know a lot of people got good results.RonCVA1701

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>There was a lot of talk about this when FS first came out. I >believe if you go into your directX settings and turn down >the sound accelaration or something like that you will >achieve the same effect. It never helped me any, but I know >a lot of people got good results. >>Ron >CVA1701 Thank you Ron, i will give it a try.RegardsClaudio