How I fixed my FPS-drops (got a dedicated soundcard)

[Porta]

I had ok FPS but sometimes it dipped to 25 for a few seconds or more. Usually when artilleryshells was falling in my area.

Usually I had around 50-70 FPS with high settings.

Anyway, i have this http://www.msi.com/product/mb/870A-G54.html mainboard. But I thought - hey why not get a cheap dedicated soundcard instead of relying in the onboard one?

So I bought this: http://www.asus.com/Multimedia/Audio_Cards/Xonar_DG/

(This one is somewhat specialized for headphones.)

It cost me about 45$.

Now everything sounds MUCH better, a huge improvement. And my FPS never drops down like it used to do when theres a lot of artillery etc around.

My specs are:

AMD X4 955, 8gb RAM, SSD, Nvidia 560ti.

Maybe it can help out someone else?

 

[bisayaboi]

That's a very strange fix because sound cards have little to NO effect on gaming performance.

Besides I have a X-fi Xtremegamer card (not an onboard card) and the game runs worse than the beta for me.

 

[Porta]

Well you can disable you soundcard in Windows and test if theres a difference.

 

[TheAngelKing]

I've got an onboard 7.1 card that is nicer than most aftermarket cards. And also do not have room to install an aftermarket soundcard, my gpu's are massive and take up all the room it would need.

No I will not spend another 50-100 dollars on a card to fix my fps.

 

[Tet5uo]

I wonder ...

I mean when my performance is low and stuttery, (and even in the main menu right when I load up the game) I tend to hear much static and popping and the odd skipping of the sound which is strange.

I'm going to update my motherboard's realtek sound driver and see if it helps any.

 

[10hellfire01]

I know sound isn't my issue, just game optimization. But yes, sometimes sound is the problem even when it isn't utilized much at all. Just luck of the draw I guess.

 

[Hopey]

Im with some of the people here, i do not think a soundcard would fix those problems. I have a X-fi Titanium and the issues are there. Beta ran better for me than this final release.

 

[Porta]

I wonder ...

I mean when my performance is low and stuttery, (and even in the main menu right when I load up the game) I tend to hear much static and popping and the odd skipping of the sound which is strange.

I'm going to update my motherboard's realtek sound driver and see if it helps any.

Menus are smooth as silk for me now (they were like you describe before).

Anyway - heres two ways of testing.

1. Disable your soundcard in windows (or in BIOS) and see if theres a difference.

2. Change to 128 channels and try that out.

 

[idaho]

direct x is involved with graphics & sound enumeration . guarantying the studdering/poor vid preformance & sound troubles are related .
personally bfbc2 would lock up often on me using realtec drivers or windows drivers via on-board after buku research [knowing my rig was more than adequate to run the game] i can't tell you why but the addition of a sound card cured the trouble totally .
Currently I'm using the realtec on-board , in the beta experienced hard lock ups occasionally , played today & yesterday w/out problems . telling me tripwire has a bunch of issues to work thru still [not that i like it] patching & time will find the culprit , hopefully not @ the communities expense but soon . & kudos to porta in trying to help other forum members .