same audio problem - game bug?

[zoinks]

system specs:

lain-li pc-7b plus
pc power & cooling turbo-cool 510/sli
asus a8n-sli premium
3700+ san diego
crucial value 2x1g
plextor 740a
hitachi t7k250 250gb sata2
evga 7800gtx ko
esi juli@

when i first got this game(and before my current sound card), i experienced the common stutter/video freeze during ship explosions. after reading some threads i tried the audio acceleration adjustments(basic, standard, none) and saw different results but the problem still existed. ok lets blame onboard sound. i played for 2 weeks like this.

i get an x-fi disable onboard and the problem goes away, yeah. but i have different problems with that card in all apps(pops and crackles) so i dump it (reformat/reinstall windows)and get an esi juli@. i know this is no gamers card but i wanted good music and ran the spdif from my onboard to the juli@ dac. still had video/audio stutter. again blame the onboard. disable onboard and just use juli@ as primary sound device and no stutter, yeah. played like this for one month.

so this weekend i reformat and reinstalled windows. i leave all hardware alone - still have onboard disabled. (y'all know what's comin', right?) my stutter is back :rotfl:

so i reinstall juli drivers. then i uninstall, pull card. reinstall. pull it all again. re-enable and install onboard stuff. no stutter

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

disable onboard. reinstall juli in different pci slot...just using juli as primary sound....no stutter, yeah.

uninstall to put back in original slot...ya i knew this was a bad idea but it works better for my audio connections and it WAS the slot it worked in for a month... :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

can't get the juli to not stutter anywhere now. onboard works just fine. ..at full acceleration :rotfl:

have i missed something here? using 1.4 patch. no problems in other apps but all that's on my comp is sh3 and cod2 demo which works no problem and is my reference app to compare as this was the latest game i played before i reformatted.

edit: now that onboard works, spdif into the juli works with no stutter. kind of distorted - maybe cause the juli drivers aren't getting along now for some reason....notice i haven't used the dammit icon yet? maybe some weird irq conflict...same drivers, same card. gonna reformat without sound card and add it later. been trying all kinds of combos. i can sink that stationary costal in the naval academy torpedo mission in about 30 seconds. 4 torp spread in her starboard for a nice test...

edit: i'm just gonna keep in this post...i'm lovin' this bilge rat status

reformat with on board enabled/juli removed. install sh3. onboard works good at full acceleration. install patch. onboard again is good. install juli...stutter...i'm such a bilge rat.




juli sounds so nice in foobar thru my tube amp and beyerdynamic headphones...uninstall sh3...reinstall sh3... ship explodes, snap, crackle, pop. used to run smoother than the onboard.... :hmm:

[zoinks]

aaarrrgh

after 3 formats/windows installs everything is working.

after getting spdif working, i finally gave up and installed my new usb mouse and keyboard(which started this whole mess - usb conflicts resolved and opted to reformat to clean out drivers, etc.). just plugged in the mouse/keyboard reformat and poof...magic...juli works...onboard works...spdif works. no more choppy stuttering ship explosions. no more crackling distortion destroying my beyers.

crazy problem i'd rather not see again cause i have no explanation for what fixed it. time to reach under the captain's bunk