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  • jhr76

    #1

    Sound Issue

    Hi. I´m new to the forums, so please forgive any gross errors. I did go thru all the tech support posts for any similar issues but I couldn´t find any.
    Ever since I updated the drivers for my soundcard (SB Audigy SE 7.1 PCI) to the latest version (June 2007) I have been experiencing a very annoying issue with the voices in BF2. They kind of break up or stutter and sound very "tinny" and you can barely understand what they say. I do not mean VoIP, I play in single player against bots. I tried changing different settings in my sound card´s controls as well as changing the audio options in BF2 to no avail. Most other sounds seem OK, though the one when you click on buttons also sounds a bit "tinny". I tried a couple other games and MP3s and they all sound fine. I tried reinstalling the 1.41 patch in case some files were corrupt or something but still nothing. I have BF2 with the 1.41 patch, the Euro Force and Armored Fury booster packs, the Special Forces expansion pack and several mods (Allied Intent, Project Reality, Point of Existence and BF SP 64, and they all worked fine prior to the sound driver update).
    I have Windows XP Home SP2, fully updated on a Core 2 Duo E6400 (2,13 Ghz, 2 Mb L2 cache), 2 Gb DDR2 RAM (Kingston at 667 Mhz), a GeForce 7950 GT with 512 Mbs PCI-e (with the ltest drivers) and the Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 PCI.
    Is there any way to fix this other than to roll back to the previous drivers? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
  • ConscriptVirus
    Member
    • Oct 2007
    • 6369

    #2
    Re: Sound Issue

    i would suggest rolling back to see how it helps and to confrim that the new drivers are the problem.

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    • (NL)Link

      #3
      Re: Sound Issue

      Yes, you can always go to your old driver.. Right click on My Computer > Properties > Hardware tap > Device Manager.. Now search your sound card on this list. When located, dubbelclick.. Go to the driver tap, and click on previeus driver.. Thats all..

      Note: In bf sound settings you can choose hardware or software accelerating.
      Your soundcard may sound (strange) when hardware accelerating is
      enabled.. You need a special soundcard for that option...

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      • Nokuaru

        #4
        Re: Sound Issue

        Originally posted by jhr76
        Is there any way to fix this other than to roll back to the previous drivers? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
        I think that JHR76 will find the information that ConscriptVirus and Link_2007 posted very useful....

        There is another solution jhr76... why don't you post the same question on a forum where people read?

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        • jhr76

          #5
          Re: Sound Issue

          Hi. Like I mentioned in my original post I am looking for any suggestions to fix this other than to roll back to my previous drivers. That would be my last resort...
          Any other ideas? Thanks in advance again.

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          • jhr76

            #6
            Re: Sound Issue

            Hi. I redownloaded the new drivers (without any download managers this time), uninstalled them, reinstalled them and I still had the same issue, so I ended up going back to the previous drivers (which were not the original drivers that came with the card)...

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            • (NL)Link

              #7
              Re: Sound Issue

              Originally posted by jhr76
              Hi. Like I mentioned in my original post I am looking for any suggestions to fix this other than to roll back to my previous drivers. That would be my last resort...
              Any other ideas? Thanks in advance again.
              Get an X-Fi card... Much greater sound in game and problem solved..

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              • jhr76

                #8
                Re: Sound Issue

                Sure, I´ll just go ahead and do that... Are YOU going to pay for it? Cause they don´t come cheap here in Argentina...
                Maybe you can buy it for me and then send it here via FedEx, I´m sure you have the money to do that, right...? :evil:

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                • (NL)Link

                  #9
                  Re: Sound Issue

                  Lolz.. Chill down. It was a suggestion..

                  What are your sound settings ingame?

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                  • opc_tim

                    #10
                    Re: Sound Issue

                    have you set your acceleration to basic in the direct X ? uncheck "enable eax" & try that. worked for me anyway.

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                    • megawhompertoo
                      oldswab
                      • Dec 2005
                      • 2124

                      #11
                      Re: Sound Issue

                      set sounds to "software"

                      and set to low/med.

                      post back if that doesn't solve you're problems. sb audigy se does not have hardware acceleration, so don't enable it in bf2, and don't try and enable it in windoze.

                      again, post back if you have further issues.

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                      • jhr76

                        #12
                        Re: Sound Issue

                        Hi. Sound quality is set to high, with hardware acceleration on and EAX off, just like it´s always been and it worked just fine before. I ended up rolling back to the previous drivers, so I consider this issue solved (no game other than BF2 had issues with the new drivers). Not a satisfactory solution but... :hmm:

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