Vista and C&C 3 sound issue

germanjulian · Mar 29, 2007, 11:11 AM

its works... but sometimes it cracks a bit every now and again then works again then after 10 seconds there is a slight crack... must be the drivers for my X-Fi music but isnt there a beta driver or something?

does anyone else have problems?

I havent played any other games (only xbox 360 at the moment)

mkk · Mar 29, 2007, 11:59 AM

The sound during video sequences breaks up here. Mostly early on in a sequence, sometimes more and sometimes less. The card is an Audigy 2 ZS so the driver is different from the X-Fi. Switched between two different versions of the Audigy driver but it didn't make a difference. No sound problems during actual playing, so I'd guess there's a problem specific to the video playing engine of the game. I've read some reports about players getting the audio out of sync as well, but probably with other system configurations.

Zardon · Mar 29, 2007, 12:40 PM

Creative drivers for vista are the pits. I just ripped my card out and am going with onboard now. 100% better experience all round.

Shame on creative I say.

germanjulian · Mar 29, 2007, 03:47 PM

creative or nforce4 that is the question...

oh well might get the razer soundcard... or azurieurieu whatever they are called since it uses the same chip.... no more creative

wohooo

onboard might be an option... mhhh

oh well i will be PC less for 5 weeks anyway or so (moving back to london)

mkk · Mar 29, 2007, 06:45 PM

It seems the sound cutouts during game video playback disappeared after putting CNC3.EXE in WinXP compatibility mode (right-click on file).

Mar 29, 2007, 11:11 AM	#1
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	Vista and C&C 3 sound issue its works... but sometimes it cracks a bit every now and again then works again then after 10 seconds there is a slight crack... must be the drivers for my X-Fi music but isnt there a beta driver or something? does anyone else have problems? I havent played any other games (only xbox 360 at the moment) __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Mar 29, 2007, 03:47 PM	Thread Starter #4
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	creative or nforce4 that is the question... oh well might get the razer soundcard... or azurieurieu whatever they are called since it uses the same chip.... no more creative wohooo onboard might be an option... mhhh oh well i will be PC less for 5 weeks anyway or so (moving back to london) __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Mar 29, 2007, 11:59 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,489 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	The sound during video sequences breaks up here. Mostly early on in a sequence, sometimes more and sometimes less. The card is an Audigy 2 ZS so the driver is different from the X-Fi. Switched between two different versions of the Audigy driver but it didn't make a difference. No sound problems during actual playing, so I'd guess there's a problem specific to the video playing engine of the game. I've read some reports about players getting the audio out of sync as well, but probably with other system configurations.

Mar 29, 2007, 12:40 PM	#3
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Creative drivers for vista are the pits. I just ripped my card out and am going with onboard now. 100% better experience all round. Shame on creative I say.

Mar 29, 2007, 06:45 PM	#5
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,489 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	It seems the sound cutouts during game video playback disappeared after putting CNC3.EXE in WinXP compatibility mode (right-click on file).