Sound popping in GPL

I have a Dell P2-400 with the Turtle Beach Montego sound card. My sound periodically cracks and pops in GPL and I am not sure what to do. In my app.ini I have this line: [ Sound ] soundQuality = 2 ; Relative quality for sound I have 12 as the number of sounds in Options. What is the difference in quality if I set soundQuality to 0 or 1? Is 12 too high a number of sounds in options? BTW - I usually drive the Ferrari, if that makes a difference... David Cook

> I have a Dell P2-400 with the Turtle Beach Montego sound card. My sound > periodically cracks and pops in GPL and I am not sure what to do. David, I have the same system and get the occasional pops, too. I haven't played around too much with the sound settings. I did reduce the number of sounds from 12 to 4 or 5 in an attempt to get a good frame rate for VROC. I still get the pops with that setting. Don't remember offhand what my sound quality setting is (and I'm at work). The Ferrari has nothing to do with the pops. I get them with all the cars I believe. The Ferrari's sound is slightly distorted, however. By the way, do you get the shakes with your drivers' hands? I haven't been able to reduce them much, and I'm wondering if it's the TB Montego game port's problem. Dave Ewing

David, I get the popping in Ferrari as well, especially when under heavy power. I get it whether I use soundquality of 2 or 0 (the 0 I use to help framerate on my modest 233 processor and old ISA sound card). I don't notice it in other makes of vehicles. ANash

wrote... I reduced the shakes by sliding the steering about 3/4 toward non-linear. The further you go, the less the shakes. I also calibrate everytime I start the sim. I think this is necessary with the TBS Montego. I haven't checked lately for new drivers. Guess I'll do that now. David

Sliding the slider to non-linear is like cutting your nose off to spite your face. Do you see the jittering in the control panel calibration and test screens? I get the shakes to a small extent with a Thrustmaster Nascar Pro on a SB Live!, to a greater extent with a SB PCI 128, and to an even greater extent with a Saitek R4 on either card. It very well may be the sound card game port, but you are not alone. Marc.

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>wrote... >> By the way, do you get the shakes with your drivers' hands? I haven't >> been able to reduce them much, and I'm wondering if it's the TB Montego >> game port's problem. >> Dave Ewing >I reduced the shakes by sliding the steering about 3/4 toward non-linear. >The further you go, the less the shakes. I also calibrate everytime I >start the sim. I think this is necessary with the TBS Montego. I >haven't checked lately for new drivers. Guess I'll do that now. >David

Alan... I have the same setup hardware-wise. Does a quality of 0 help the framerate at all? How much? Thanks, Dave

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> David, > I get the popping in Ferrari as well, especially when under heavy > power. I get it whether I use soundquality of 2 or 0 (the 0 I use to > help framerate on my modest 233 processor and old ISA sound card). I > don't notice it in other makes of vehicles. > ANash

-- Dave Schwabe The Aussie Toad -- Grand Prix Legends & Brabham site http://users.wi.net/~schwabe

I use this setting and it gives about 3-5 fps improvement. With my p200mmx I need all the frames I can get :-) Mark

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>Alan... I have the same setup hardware-wise. Does a quality of 0 help >the framerate at all? How much? >Thanks, >Dave >> David, >> I get the popping in Ferrari as well, especially when under heavy >> power. I get it whether I use soundquality of 2 or 0 (the 0 I use to >> help framerate on my modest 233 processor and old ISA sound card). I >> don't notice it in other makes of vehicles. >> ANash >-- >Dave Schwabe >The Aussie Toad -- Grand Prix Legends & Brabham site >http://users.wi.net/~schwabe