C-Media AC97 Audio Device
 

I'm trying different versions of this particular driver. Which is best version to run for sh3? I noticed the latest version crashes/reboots almost all the time when it gets in the 3-d envrionment of game. I never had this problem with older drivers...so I'm using previous drivers.... but, I'm not sure which ones are best...SH3 is only game I have this problem... I'm only crashing from time to time now....when the XP recovery console pops up after reboot it says the crash was caused by C-Media AC97 Audio Device. I know this happened with clean install so its not custom/modded sound files. I'm using the standard install of sh3 with patches to 1.4b and standard installed sounds.

http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopi...ight=sound+fix

Maybe this will help. ;)

Ac97 is not worth troubleshooting. Buy yourself an audigy card... they are dirt cheap now and will give your CPU a break.

You know that the onboard sound cards take a small percentage of your CPU power?

My friend had an Ac97 and I felt so sorry for him after hearing what it sounded like that I gave him an audigy card.

I have an X-Fi. It rocks!

^^^^^^ :yep:

I¡m running sh3 in and old machine, I added an audigy 1 card and the fps in the command center upped from 15 to 20/24. :-j