N4 sound problems with new sound card

I just got a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card and it seems to like all of my games except for N4. Get a lot of static and scratchy nosie with the sound of the engine. I downloaded the latest drivers for the card and it did not help. I have tried running the EAX, Direct Sound, and A3D setups, with 3d sound on and off, still no good. I am running Direct X 8.0a and Win ME.. Is this a known problem with N4 and this card? Is there a workaround? Thanks

Wow, I'm having the same problem but I have different hardware. Soundblaster live here. Installed the latest ME drivers. N4 is the only game I have that acts this way, and it's just like you described static and scratchy noise. I had this problem with Dx7a so I let N4 install DX8, but Dx8 didn't help. Also, if I try to select 3D sound it crashes back to the desktop everytime. It doesn't sound any better with direct sound, EAX, or A3d selected. Any help on this greatly appreciated! "Brian Summers" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I just got a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card and it seems to like allof > my games except for N4. Get a lot of static and scratchy nosie with the > sound of the engine. I downloaded the latest drivers for the card and it > did not help. I have tried running the EAX, Direct Sound, and A3D setups, > with 3d sound on and off, still no good. I am running Direct X 8.0a andWin > ME.. Is this a known problem with N4 and this card? Is there aworkaround? > > Thanks > >

This is a common problem with better soundcards. I've got a Turtle Beach Quadzilla and it has the same thing happening. Something to do with the changes in Motherboards, the drivers for the cards, the graphics card and companies that are too slack. If you have a VIA MVP3 chipset, then a small file called "CPU to PCI Bridge Latency Timer" might help. It allows you to set the latency timer to 0 clock pulses. You can find it at : http://koti.mbnet.fi/parru/ http://koti.mbnet.fi/parru/CPU-to-PCIBridgeLatencyTimerTo0clks.zip If you have a different chipset, you might be able to set it to 0 in the bios..... Anyway, it's a very common problem. "Tim Elhajj" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3aadc23a$[email hidden]... > Wow, I'm having the same problem but I have different hardware.Soundblaster > live here. Installed the latest ME drivers. N4 is the only game I havethat > acts this way, and it's just like you described static and scratchy noise.I > had this problem with Dx7a so I let N4 install DX8, but Dx8 didn't help. > > Also, if I try to select 3D sound it crashes back to the desktopeverytime.

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> It doesn't sound any better with direct sound, EAX, or A3d selected. > > Any help on this greatly appreciated! > > "Brian Summers" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I just got a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card and it seems to like all > of > > my games except for N4. Get a lot of static and scratchy nosie with the > > sound of the engine. I downloaded the latest drivers for the card and

it > > did not help. I have tried running the EAX, Direct Sound, and A3Dsetups,

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> > with 3d sound on and off, still no good. I am running Direct X 8.0a and > Win > > ME.. Is this a known problem with N4 and this card? Is there a > workaround? > > > > Thanks > > > > > >

Try running dxdiag and move the hardware sound acceleration slider to "basic". Acceptable sound, no static or crackles or pops. "Brian Summers" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I just got a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card and it seems to like allof > my games except for N4. Get a lot of static and scratchy nosie with the > sound of the engine. I downloaded the latest drivers for the card and it > did not help. I have tried running the EAX, Direct Sound, and A3D setups, > with 3d sound on and off, still no good. I am running Direct X 8.0a andWin > ME.. Is this a known problem with N4 and this card? Is there aworkaround? > > Thanks > >

Good tip Vince. Reduced the static noise by about 80%, but now the voice of the spotter only works sporadically. Any other ideas? Thanks "Vince Halvorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:gQsr6.29103$[email hidden]...

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> Try running dxdiag and move the hardware sound acceleration slider to > "basic". Acceptable sound, no static or crackles or pops. > > > "Brian Summers" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I just got a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card and it seems to like all > of > > my games except for N4. Get a lot of static and scratchy nosie with the > > sound of the engine. I downloaded the latest drivers for the card and

it > > did not help. I have tried running the EAX, Direct Sound, and A3Dsetups,

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> > with 3d sound on and off, still no good. I am running Direct X 8.0a and > Win > > ME.. Is this a known problem with N4 and this card? Is there a > workaround? > > > > Thanks > > > > > >

Yep, I had the same experience. Took out some of the static (not sure if I would say 80%, but noticeable) and the announcer now fades in and out. Also, I did an uninstall/reinstall for my sound card drivers and solved whatever the problem was with getting the CTD when selecting the option for 3d sound. Really annoying that this doesn't work. I'm not even that into sound, but the static is really bothersome, especially now that I can't make it go away. --Tim "Brian Summers" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Good tip Vince. Reduced the static noise by about 80%, but now the voiceof

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> the spotter only works sporadically. Any other ideas? Thanks > > > "Vince Halvorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:gQsr6.29103$[email hidden]... > > Try running dxdiag and move the hardware sound acceleration slider to > > "basic". Acceptable sound, no static or crackles or pops. > > > > > > "Brian Summers" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I just got a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card and it seems to like

all > > of > > > my games except for N4. Get a lot of static and scratchy nosie withthe > > > sound of the engine. I downloaded the latest drivers for the card and > it > > > did not help. I have tried running the EAX, Direct Sound, and A3D > setups, > > > with 3d sound on and off, still no good. I am running Direct X 8.0aand

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> > Win > > > ME.. Is this a known problem with N4 and this card? Is there a > > workaround? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > >

By a good sound card?

No, I don't think it's an hardware issue. None of my other games sound like this and most of the reviews I'm reading for N4 do mention popping and hissing in the sound. "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:7BHr6.32208$[email hidden]... > By a good sound card? > >