Simviation Forum - Old Graphics Card

Aug 8^th, 2004 at 5:23pm

Tchkinjiu Offline
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Ok, heres my dilema.

I have a BRAND new system.

AMD 64 3400+
1GB Corsair
120 GB HD
Audigy 2 ZS
Ect.

I love this new computer, but having some odd problems. And those problems are problems I had with my last computer that I was hoping to get rid of with this computer. Such like Sound Beeping and Crackling. And freezing. Check here for my problem. And believe me, I've tried everything from those guys, and from the guys at creative.

And the only thing that could've possibly brought over the problem from my old computer, is my graphics card. A GeForce 400 MX/MX.

My cousin also thinks it could be my sound card, because it supports 7.1, and it might not support mine, which is a 2.1. But I really don't think that's it. We've been holding out for the x800 for a while, been hard to find.

So that's it, could it really be the graphics card that would hurt the sound and the freezing?

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Reply #1 - Aug 8^th, 2004 at 5:58pm

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Yup. I had sound probs when I turned my graphics settings right up, like noise skipping etc. Turn the settings down a bit and hey presto sound works ok.

i am not understanding what you mean by the 7.1 and 2.1 sound thing. Your sound card supports up to 7.1 but will work fine with a 2.1 speaker setup so dont worry there. My onboard sound is 6.1 but i only have a 2.1 speaker setup.

Best value new gen g/card is the 6800GT IMO at the moment. Its not much more than an X800pro is available now and will Overclock to 6800Ultra speeds with no probs Grin

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Reply #2 - Aug 8^th, 2004 at 6:12pm

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Thanks Gixer, so the root is the vid card. And you were right by what I meant with the 7.1 and 2.1 thing. We're saving for the X800 XT. So if we got this card, our problems would poof away with our old vid card?

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Reply #3 - Aug 9^th, 2004 at 11:13am

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I cant guarantee that. All I can tell you is my experiences with FS2004. If I turn my settings up to max then i get stuttering sound when I pan around etc. Try lowering your graphics settings in the game and see if you sound gets better, if it does then its likely it could be the cause.

Also ensure you have all the latest mobo / graphics drivers and dx9c etc. De-frag your HDD make sure everything is tidy. Dont have any other applications running in the background whilst playing FS either. FS needs as much CPU power as possible.

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Reply #4 - Aug 9^th, 2004 at 11:47am

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I've tried turning down graphics down to minimum, medium, high, max, ect. Nothing has worked. But the problem with Flight Simulator is that it freezes before I even get off the ground. On the ground I'm fine, I can go as fast as I want, but the second im a foot off the ground...

If theres one thing this computer has that my old one didn't is CPU power. It's using about 4% right now. And I've done drivers, updated like crazy for sound and vid.

I'm just going to say that it lies with the actual card itself.

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Reply #5 - Aug 9^th, 2004 at 12:32pm

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Has your brand new rig got onboard sound, is it disabled?

Can you pull out the audigy card and try the onboard to check if the audigy is defective?

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Reply #6 - Aug 9^th, 2004 at 9:45pm

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The onboard sound is fine. I was using about a month ago, and then suddenly poofed from the list of options I had. Either Creative or Realtec (onboard).

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Reply #7 - Aug 10^th, 2004 at 8:43am

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So, are you saying the onboard sound is working, but it's not working?

You need to isolate the sound as a potential problem, you can shut down the Onboard Sound 2 ways in general....

Turn it OFF in BIOS,

or.....

Set a jumper cap on the mainboard.

If the mainboard is bogus... (some mainboards have no jumper or BIOS option! ) ... your only option may be to remove the IRQ it's using thru device manager. I'm not sure how successful that will be.

To disable your Addon Soundcard........ Pull it out.

If the problem you had is still there, then it wasn't the sound system causing the problem.

While it's possible to run onboard sound and addon sound together, unless you have a specific need to do that, it's better to use one or the other to avoid conflicts.

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