Sound card causing BF2 lag??

2007-01-14 15:04:02

#1

{XpLiCiTxX}: Ohh skeet skeet; +143|6928|New York

Ever since I build my new rig I've had the burden of lag and high CPU Usage, and from what?

My fucking sound card... What?

I took out my sound card to test if my onboard sound was better due to a friend recommendation. So I did. I then realized that each time I reformatted and reinstalled my chipset drivers... my comp would crash. What the fuck?

I enabled onboard sound from bios, just in case anyone is wondering.

I then disabled onboard sound and reformatted again. I installed my drivers and everything ran smooth as ever. Then I tried Singleplayer BF2 and I was running 55 - 70 fps. Previously I was only getting 20 - 30 fps. I have no idea why.

So today I went to Circuit City and bought a new sound card. $17.43 after a friends employee discount. hehe

I installed it when I got home and tried BF2 singleplayer... and guess what? LAG! It was back to normal. And when I brought up my task manager... my CPU usage doesn't go below 22%. I posted a topic some time ago with that exact question as to why my CPU usage never fell below 36%, now I know why.

Is it because my sound card is installed on the bottom-most PCI slot on my motherboard? Just a though.

Help is appreciated.

2007-01-14 15:06:48

#2

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6981|...

Varying performance for PCI slot position would be subtle at best.
What sound card are talking about?

Also, If you are using a card, disable the onboard on your bios. Technically both can usually run side by side, but why bother.

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2007-01-14 15:10:48

#3

{XpLiCiTxX}: Ohh skeet skeet; +143|6928|New York

Yeah... Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE

I do have the onboard disabled in bios...

2007-01-14 16:12:36

#4

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7175|Riva, MD

{XpLiCiTxX} wrote:
Yeah... Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE

I do have the onboard disabled in bios...

I don't think the Audigy SE supports hardware rendering, which is what takes the load of sound processing off of the CPU, I recommend you get a sound card that does support hardware rendering.

2007-01-15 02:23:42

#5

{XpLiCiTxX}: Ohh skeet skeet; +143|6928|New York

_j5689_ wrote:
{XpLiCiTxX} wrote:
Yeah... Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE

I do have the onboard disabled in bios...
I don't think the Audigy SE supports hardware rendering, which is what takes the load of sound processing off of the CPU, I recommend you get a sound card that does support hardware rendering.

I think what I'm gonna do is just buy a new motherboard. First off I hate mine as it is. Epox is something I will never purchase anything from, ever. Asus will be my next mobo, then just reformat with their drivers with onboard sound. Now I have to go back to Circuit City and return this shit.

I hate technology.

2007-01-15 02:39:33

#6

crimson_grunt: Shitty Disposition (apparently); +214|7112|Teesside, UK

{XpLiCiTxX} wrote:
Yeah... Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE

I do have the onboard disabled in bios...

I have the card and can use hardware rendering no problem. Had lag issues at first but creative eventually released a decent driver for it

http://us.creative.com/support/download … 6&y=11

2007-01-15 02:53:06

#7

MagikTrik: yes.....but your still gay; +138|6829|Pittsburgh, PA USA

get an X-Fi if you can. I swear mine gave me an extra 10 fps average.
I've personally never heard of a sound card causing lag but I don't know all that much.

2007-01-15 02:57:11

#8

crimson_grunt: Shitty Disposition (apparently); +214|7112|Teesside, UK

MagikTrik wrote:
I've personally never heard of a sound card causing lag but I don't know all that much.

Yeah it happened to me when i moved from on-board to a 5.1 card and the driver on the cd couldn't handle eax. A sound card not running inefficiently can be a severe system hog.

2007-01-15 03:37:49

#9

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7007|UK

crimson_grunt wrote:
MagikTrik wrote:
I've personally never heard of a sound card causing lag but I don't know all that much.
Yeah it happened to me when i moved from on-board to a 5.1 card and the driver on the cd couldn't handle eax. A sound card not running inefficiently can be a severe system hog.

Indeed, I thought the same, but apparantly I am assured by someone in the know, it can really make a impact on performance.

Martyn

2007-01-15 12:47:47

#10

{XpLiCiTxX}: Ohh skeet skeet; +143|6928|New York

Bell wrote:
crimson_grunt wrote:
MagikTrik wrote:
I've personally never heard of a sound card causing lag but I don't know all that much.
Yeah it happened to me when i moved from on-board to a 5.1 card and the driver on the cd couldn't handle eax. A sound card not running inefficiently can be a severe system hog.
Indeed, I thought the same, but apparantly I am assured by someone in the know, it can really make a impact on performance.

Martyn

Yeah, you're telling me. It sounds like every time they talk during the game -- they have a huge speech impediment. Not only that, but I dropped around 30fps. I could play lagless, but that means no sound. No sound = no fun.

2007-01-15 13:02:25

#11

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7175|Riva, MD

You should save up for an X-Fi, assuming you don't get an nForce motherboard. The X-Fi sometimes has issues with nVidia drivers for mobos and g-cards. Especially with the nForce. The performance would go from being -30 fps to something positive and it's the best sound card for gaming.

2007-01-15 13:36:05

#12

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6912|The Twilight Zone

do u need to have x-fi with x-ram to get more fps?

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2007-01-15 14:31:10

#13

MagikTrik: yes.....but your still gay; +138|6829|Pittsburgh, PA USA

_j5689_ wrote:
You should save up for an X-Fi, assuming you don't get an nForce motherboard. The X-Fi sometimes has issues with nVidia drivers for mobos and g-cards. Especially with the nForce. The performance would go from being -30 fps to something positive and it's the best sound card for gaming.

If there is problems I think it's fixed (although like I've already said i don't really know much ) because I have an nForce 590 motherboard, 8800 & X-Fi Xtremegamer. It actually gave me a nice boost in the fps department too.
Do you know which specific ones had problems?

2007-01-15 15:50:48

#14

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7175|Riva, MD

MagikTrik wrote:
_j5689_ wrote:
You should save up for an X-Fi, assuming you don't get an nForce motherboard. The X-Fi sometimes has issues with nVidia drivers for mobos and g-cards. Especially with the nForce. The performance would go from being -30 fps to something positive and it's the best sound card for gaming.
If there is problems I think it's fixed (although like I've already said i don't really know much ) because I have an nForce 590 motherboard, 8800 & X-Fi Xtremegamer. It actually gave me a nice boost in the fps department too.
Do you know which specific ones had problems?

The reviews are saying nForce 4 boards. The ones in the reviews are: 2 reviews from people who use the ASUS A8N5X had problems, one with an ABIT KN8 nForce4 SLI also had a problem, as well as another person from the A8N series.

One of the older reviews says because it is not necessarily a conflict with the board itself, but the integrated audio drivers of the board. The problem they are referring to is the snapping, crackling and popping noise.

The only thing I see wrong with the card is that shitty Flexijack, what a fucking stupid idea. Also, the inability to succesfully/easily run a mic on the flexijack while running analog speakers which operate on a completely different port on the card.

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