17 minutes ago, AnkH said:

It is remarkably often the case for 9800X3D users (including myself). So I wonder if it is related?

ive thought this from day one, take a look at the ms2024 forumns, its seems to be a lot of people with 9800x3d's

I used to get audio crackling on an Intel processor, never had it on my AMD. 

i had to remove ms2024 because of it and the stutters, I gave it 3 weeks of my life to try and get it to play nice with no joy. 

SU3, PG on, rolling cache disabled.

I flew over LA at 17,000 ft in the BS Bonanza last Saturday and got some severe stuttering / sound popping, even my Tobii driver crashed. This is the only time this has happened. I saw this thread, installed the nVidia hotfix driver and tried the same flight on Sunday. It was fine, no stuttering and sharp ground textures.

Not a very scientific approach as I was using live weather, and a significant element of 2024 is streaming performance which is not a constant.

 

In case this helps anyone, this is my procedure immediately following a fresh Windows installation

    Keep running Windows Update until all updates and drivers for recognisable hardware have been installed

     Disable Windows driver updates* How to prevent drivers from installing automatically on Windows 11 | Windows Central

     Install the latest chipset software from AMD/Intel     

     Download and install drivers for any unrecognised hardware on the mobo. These are minimal drivers if possible, without apps, control panels, etc.

     Install latest GPU driver

*On a stable system, I need a very good reason to update a driver or BIOS, and I don't want Windows doing it in the background.

Edited November 25, 2025Nov 25 by flyingscampi

13 hours ago, AnkH said:

It is remarkably often the case for 9800X3D users......

Also a 9800X3D user.

I've trouble shooted this problem for over a month and have come to the conclusion that there's absolutely nothing that can be done from an end user perspective to solve the sound stutters.

The frustrating thing is that you make changes and it appears to have solved the issue only for it to return several flights later with no changes having been made to any settings, etc.

I tried using Latency Mon and it indicated no problems. On my next flight it reported some moderate latency issues however I did not experience any sound stutters on that flight. It turned out that, as I was using Reshade all I had to do was to disable it and the latency issue disappeared.     

I've run for a week (14 flights from YSCB to YSSY and return) with the rolling cache disabled and I still get occassional sound stutters. Reenabled the rolling cache and same thing.

I've noticed that when the sound stutters occur they also affect the system sounds too such as BATC, etc.

Last weekend I noticed some slow downs at YSSY with slower loading textures and some visual stutters but not a single sound stutter.

From one launch to the next you really don't know if you're going to get a perfectly smooth sound stutter free flight or not. Go on one flight, perfect. Shut down the PC and come back in a few hours for another flight and there's the stutters.      

3 hours ago, Captain67 said:

Also a 9800X3D user.

I've trouble shooted this problem for over a month and have come to the conclusion that there's absolutely nothing that can be done from an end user perspective to solve the sound stutters.

The frustrating thing is that you make changes and it appears to have solved the issue only for it to return several flights later with no changes having been made to any settings, etc.

I tried using Latency Mon and it indicated no problems. On my next flight it reported some moderate latency issues however I did not experience any sound stutters on that flight. It turned out that, as I was using Reshade all I had to do was to disable it and the latency issue disappeared.     

I've run for a week (14 flights from YSCB to YSSY and return) with the rolling cache disabled and I still get occassional sound stutters. Reenabled the rolling cache and same thing.

I've noticed that when the sound stutters occur they also affect the system sounds too such as BATC, etc.

Last weekend I noticed some slow downs at YSSY with slower loading textures and some visual stutters but not a single sound stutter.

From one launch to the next you really don't know if you're going to get a perfectly smooth sound stutter free flight or not. Go on one flight, perfect. Shut down the PC and come back in a few hours for another flight and there's the stutters.      

exactly the same as me, and im on a 9800x3d.  Im sure its got something to do with it.  

I get its a new and popular cpu so lots of people have them, but I think its beyond conincidence, 

Do you have an pbo set on it ?

when using ms2002 no audio/stutters.

when using xp12 no audio/stutters.

when using rdr2 no audio/stutters.

when using ms2024, its exactly like the post ahead its all over the place and stutters and crackles. 

 

7 hours ago, Captain67 said:

Also a 9800X3D user.

I've trouble shooted this problem for over a month and have come to the conclusion that there's absolutely nothing that can be done from an end user perspective to solve the sound stutters.

The frustrating thing is that you make changes and it appears to have solved the issue only for it to return several flights later with no changes having been made to any settings, etc.

I tried using Latency Mon and it indicated no problems. On my next flight it reported some moderate latency issues however I did not experience any sound stutters on that flight. It turned out that, as I was using Reshade all I had to do was to disable it and the latency issue disappeared.     

I've run for a week (14 flights from YSCB to YSSY and return) with the rolling cache disabled and I still get occassional sound stutters. Reenabled the rolling cache and same thing.

I've noticed that when the sound stutters occur they also affect the system sounds too such as BATC, etc.

Last weekend I noticed some slow downs at YSSY with slower loading textures and some visual stutters but not a single sound stutter.

From one launch to the next you really don't know if you're going to get a perfectly smooth sound stutter free flight or not. Go on one flight, perfect. Shut down the PC and come back in a few hours for another flight and there's the stutters.      

I too have come to the same conclusion, it's an absolute lottery as to whether you have a trouble free flight,some minor (but still irritating glitches) or an absolute stutterfest. I've seen several people suggesting there might be a particular problem with the 9800x3d, which I also have, but it's not restricted to amd users. Keeping my fingers crossed asobo can fix it before SU4 is finalised.

I hope I’m not tempting fate but fired up my pc this morning and have just had the best session since getting my 5090 on Monday. Stress testing with the YS11 at EGCC with Med - Ultra settings and FSLTL at default (other than IFR traffic capped at 30 which I find is sufficient anyway and I didn’t want to push my luck!). Able to taxi around a busy airport with no stutters or audio glitches. Ended flight and thought I’d throw caution to the wind and spawn at a gate at Inibuilds EGLL. Same settings and still no major stutters. Taxied for takeoff with lots of other aircraft moving around and took a short hop to Gatwick with the wonderful freeware airport scenery installed. A handful of very small microstutters enroute which seemed to decrease as I flew away from Heathrow and a nice smooth landing at Gatwick with only tiny stutters on approach and turning sharply when taxiing. So not quite perfect but so much better than most experience in the past 48 hours. This flight from Heathrow would have been impossible for my old 3080ti at these settings so today I’m feeling much happier about my investment. With a bit more optimisation this could be perfect for me at least!

8 hours ago, fluffyflops said:

 

Do you have an pbo set on it ?

Absolutely stock with latest drivers installed.

When I first built my PC I had random USB disconnects in MSFS 2024 and after a ton of trouble shooting including RMAs on the MB and CPU it turned out to be Corsairs iCue software that was the issue. I'd thought it may be a similar software conflict with the sound pops however short of a total SSD reformat along with a total ground up reinstall of the OS and MSFS2024, etc well, let's just say I don't really want to go there.  

 

There is a new thread below and SeedyL is looking for people who still have this issue to help with some info I hope because the comments have slowed down that they think its been rectified in SU4 for me its still a big thing and if you are experiencing problems now is the time to say something.

 

H.

 

 

Hi folks,

I’ve seen that comments in this thread have slowed down significantly, and so would like to get an update as to whether anybody is still experiencing this issue?

If so, have you found any common factors that still contribute to experiencing audio popping or crackling? I know there’s been lots of recent comments about CPU load being a contributing factor, which has hopefully been resolved now in SU4.

If you are still experiencing this issue, the development team have asked if you can provide some further details such as:

Where in the game flow does the audio crackling occur (menus, flight planning, in flight)?

Which aircraft?

Where in the world? Which airport?

Was AI traffic enabled?

Was it during a MP session? Which aircraft were part of the session?

Alongside this, if there any video examples this would also be very helpful!

Thanks
The MSFS Community Team

On 1/7/2026 at 11:54 AM, Hamish100 said:

There is a new thread below and SeedyL is looking for people who still have this issue to help with some info I hope because the comments have slowed down that they think its been rectified in SU4 for me its still a big thing and if you are experiencing problems now is the time to say something.

This developed for me right after the Win 11 24H2.  It took me more than the 10 day grace period one had to undo the update to realize that seemed to be the probable cause.  Fortunately I had made a cloned backup a month before so was able to restore 23H2 and since then all has been well on this issue.  I added a reg hack to prevent updates to subsequent versions.  This doesn't help folks now but it would be nice to know if others using 24H2 or 25H2 if they don't have audio issues at this point in time, especially those w/ X3D chips.  When this first developed I was on 7800X3D now on to 9900X3D.

Well interesting situation. I just installed the new Nvidia Driver 591.74  two days ago for my 4800 and I was running with an old version 551.52 from March 2024 and I had a notion that if things were running correctly graphics wise then dont keep chamging as some of the drivers released had issues but my sound pops have now disappeared completely.

I thought initially that it could just be luck and that they might return  but I have stress tested over the past couple of days and usually flying across London in the Fenix at x2 sim rate would create lots of red line Cpu Spikes on the main thread as its having to load all that photogrammetry and create the pops and crackles they have now gone I still see the spikes but thank god no crackles!

Maybe Asobo have managed to do something their side as well but this is great news if this sticks the Sim has lost for me its really big last immersion breaker.

Fingers crossed

 

H

I have a 9800X3D and used to have the problem. I solved it by purchasing a cheap SB sound card. I'm discovering from this topic that the problem might have been related to my CPU? My sound problem would occur when the system was being taxed too hard.  Flying into places like KLAX, KJFK etc.

Been hit by the popping and cracking bug today.
Certainly not a local PC / driver issue (RealTek here and it works just fine).
Friday: MSFS2024 flight from EGPH (Edinburgh) to EGCC (Manchester). No AI Traffic or ATC. Background software (2nd monitor): TM TARGET, TrackIR, GPU-Z, AutoFPS, FSRealistic Pro (still think this is way overrated), Little Nav Map. No issues, smooth ride.
Saturday: Same flight, same software running, smooth ride.
Sunday (today): Same flight, same software: No problem on taxi and take-off but while climbing to cruise altitude suddenly big FPS dips (into the lower 10's) and at the same time lots of sounds pops and cracklings and even twice the sounds cutting out totally for + 1 sec. 
It happened twice on a transition from one waypoint to the next (exactly when LNM shifts a waypoint further in the flightplan) but when I watched closely on the next waypoints, it didn't happen again but just along the way.
Then it stopped for about 10 minutes and then it started again randomly until well into the approach when it vanished to just before arriving at the gate.
Another thing I noticed (twice now already) is that when I have FSRealistic Pro running and I go into the controls and back out again, the overall sound is reduced by around 50% but the sound settings in game stay at 100% and no way to getting that back 50% loss back until restart of MSFS2024. Closing FSRealistic doesn't help in this case.

After flight, i closed MSFS2024, which closes AutoFPS but the rest I let running and fired up DCS. Not a single pop-crack so....
 

Edited February 22Feb 22 by Lange_666

I have experienced a handful of sound stutters now and again, but not excessive enough to bother me. As you can see, I do have an AMD 9800X3D CPU.....