could sound settings cause comp lag?

[imported_mn9500]

could the settings i put for sound cause some comp lag, because ive seen people with worse specs than mine, have it on higher settings.

Sound Settings: Hardware
Quality: High
EAX: Disabled

Video Settings: 1280x1024
Terrain: Med
Effects: High
Geometry: Med
Texture: Med
Lighting: Med
Dynamic Shadows: High
Dynamic Lighting: Med
Anti-Aliasing: 2x
Texture Filtering: High
View Distance: 100%

[<DV8>mrbucket]

Re: could sound settings cause comp lag?

You need to lower your shadows and light setting's. It makes a world of difference. I am suprised that you cant run high already at 4x aa. I fyou drop your sound to medium and enable eax, lower your light and shadows and run everything else high, you should be good.

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: could sound settings cause comp lag?

Yes, depending on what audio card you have, enabling hardware can cause major lag. Also, ignore mrbucket.