Tried everything under the sun. No go. Currently I'm using the AC'97
onboard sound. Seems fine. All of my games (except framerate limited ones
like GPL, GP4 etc) are about 2-3fps slower due to the extra CPU load of
AC'97 but I can live with that.
Just a suggestion, but have you updated your 4in1 driver lately? I've never
noticed it make a difference either way, since the basic acceleration thingy
works for me, but try either getting a new one if yours is old, or trying an
older one if yours is up to date.
Malc.
A friend of mine has an Audigy and has no problems what-so-ever in GPL/XP.
Not saying that nobody has problems, but at least I've seen one in the flesh
that works with GPL/XP - whereas all the Lives I've seen in the flesh have
had problems regardless of drivers, hardware, patches, blessings from the
Gods etc.
Some have, although many that had the problem with a Live card found it
cured it.
Apparently the Audigy2 doesn't have this problem, but the more or less
guaranteed fix is to buy a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Soundcard. I've only ever
seen one complaint of this problem with that card but I understand that
although it's a good card, it's not as technologically advanced as an
Audigy.
hth, Malc.
It's not all bad by the way. In Windows 98 I had to use 120 msec of latency
with my Momo Racing Wheel and with the FFGP wheel I had before that. With
XP 35 msec is perfectly adequate, in both GPL and NR2002. So now I
understand why everybody kind of raised their eyebrows at the extreme
latency settings I used before. Win98 must have had one horribly f*ed up
USB layer or something.
Well, my FF in GPL improved dramatically once I tool your advice to use a
very high latency setting. I just tried using a lower setting in WinXP (got
a dual boot with 98) but the higher setting still worked better just like
98. Differs from wheel to wheel I guess.
I did have an SBLive! in here before the Audigy and when I switched(last
year) I still had crackled sounds. The 4in1's fixed it for me.
> > > Anybody found the definitive fix for distorted sound in GPL under XP
> using
> > > an SBLive? I tried updating drivers, didn't help. Tried running GPL
in
> > > Windows 98 compatibility mode, helped but killed the frame rate and
made
> > it
> > > unplayable. Tried turning down audio hardware acceleration, appeared
to
> > > help but the problem was back the next day, even though I verified
that
> > > audio acceleration was still turned down. Anybody? I'm going to go
> deaf
> > if
> > > I have to keep driving this way. :o(
> > Tried everything under the sun. No go. Currently I'm using the AC'97
> > onboard sound. Seems fine. All of my games (except framerate limited
> ones
> > like GPL, GP4 etc) are about 2-3fps slower due to the extra CPU load of
> > AC'97 but I can live with that.
I've been looking at getting a Momo Racing - mainly because FF with the LWFF
is a major CPU hog for F1 200X in WinXP - hence the dual boot....
I actually saw this post and thoughth that you were gonna say you'd
found a solution. That would have been typical. Right *after* I'd
spent the money...
Regards,
Mark
>I did have an SBLive! in here before the Audigy and when I switched(last
>year) I still had crackled sounds. The 4in1's fixed it for me.
>> Hmm. While I would really like to avoid buying a new sound card, I guess
>I
>> may as well ask - does anyone know if there are any problems using an
>Audigy
>> with GPL in XP?
>> > > Anybody found the definitive fix for distorted sound in GPL under XP
>> using
>> > > an SBLive? I tried updating drivers, didn't help. Tried running GPL
>in
>> > > Windows 98 compatibility mode, helped but killed the frame rate and
>made
>> > it
>> > > unplayable. Tried turning down audio hardware acceleration, appeared
>to
>> > > help but the problem was back the next day, even though I verified
>that
>> > > audio acceleration was still turned down. Anybody? I'm going to go
>> deaf
>> > if
>> > > I have to keep driving this way. :o(
>> > Tried everything under the sun. No go. Currently I'm using the AC'97
>> > onboard sound. Seems fine. All of my games (except framerate limited
>> ones
>> > like GPL, GP4 etc) are about 2-3fps slower due to the extra CPU load of
>> > AC'97 but I can live with that.
Mine works fine with that.
