kX ver 3550 x64 has memory leak?

SPeller · Jan 7, 2010, 10:48 AM

Hello,
I just installed latest (3550) x64 kX driver on my SB 0350 under XP x64 SP2 with all default settings and got strange problem. When I play an mp3 in winamp and seeking to random positions in track I got high CPU usage, large delay between clicking to track posotion and beginning playing, and got large system memory leaking. I have 2 GB of RAM and as you can see on this screenshots:
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1622/84118932.jpg
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/5027/57678595.jpg
I have no such running processes to utilize large amount of system memory. But as displayed on second screenshot almost all of 2 GB RAM is allocated (Phisical memory (KBytes): total 2,096,508, available 369,712, system cache 125,748; Memory allocation (KBytes): total 1,995,056, limit 4,059,340, peak 1,999,636). On second screenshot also seen CPU utilization graph. All what I did on this graph - just seek from one position on track to another.

When I play through onboard audio I have no this promlems, seeking is fast and do not utilize more than 15% of CPU.

Because such problem never seen before and appeared exactly after installing kX drivers and because no processes use much memory I think problem is in device drivers and in this kX drivers. But... who knows...

Please help me to solve this problem.

LyyNx · Jan 7, 2010, 01:49 PM

i'm having the exact same problem ( well, i didn't check the ram utilization ) on winxp x32 with 3550, audigy2 plat. that's why i reverted back to 3545. i remember someone else reported the same issue on win7 x64 with 3550

SPeller · Jan 8, 2010, 03:05 AM

Version 3549 has same problem. Each play start or seek eats approximately 60 MBytes of RAM.

SPeller · Jun 12, 2010, 02:15 AM

Any chenges in this trouble?

mkk · Jun 12, 2010, 03:02 AM

Try the utility RAMMap from Microsoft Sysinternals and see if you can find out anything more with it: RAMMap

No sign of such a problem here on Win7 x64 with an Audigy2ZS.

RPGWiZaRD · Jun 12, 2010, 09:21 AM

No leaks here on Win 7 x64 and Audigy 1 and Audigy 2 ZS. Perhaps it has to do with the config, could be one of the default settings or plugins that are incompatible with 64bit? I've usually never had above 40% or so usage with 4GB ram (with bunch of Firefox instances open that accounts for like 10% lol). CPU usage jumps between 0 - 5% doing a random seek in a track and no jump in RAM usage is seen.

I'm for example using Wave 4/5 output and removed Reverb Lite and Stereo chorus plugins in favor for CLEAX2Reverb.

Jan 7, 2010, 10:48 AM	#1
SPeller HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vladivostok, Russia Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	kX ver 3550 x64 has memory leak? Hello, I just installed latest (3550) x64 kX driver on my SB 0350 under XP x64 SP2 with all default settings and got strange problem. When I play an mp3 in winamp and seeking to random positions in track I got high CPU usage, large delay between clicking to track posotion and beginning playing, and got large system memory leaking. I have 2 GB of RAM and as you can see on this screenshots: http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1622/84118932.jpg http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/5027/57678595.jpg I have no such running processes to utilize large amount of system memory. But as displayed on second screenshot almost all of 2 GB RAM is allocated (Phisical memory (KBytes): total 2,096,508, available 369,712, system cache 125,748; Memory allocation (KBytes): total 1,995,056, limit 4,059,340, peak 1,999,636). On second screenshot also seen CPU utilization graph. All what I did on this graph - just seek from one position on track to another. When I play through onboard audio I have no this promlems, seeking is fast and do not utilize more than 15% of CPU. Because such problem never seen before and appeared exactly after installing kX drivers and because no processes use much memory I think problem is in device drivers and in this kX drivers. But... who knows... Please help me to solve this problem. Last edited by SPeller; Jan 7, 2010 at 11:02 AM.

Jan 7, 2010, 01:49 PM	#2
LyyNx HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 54 Rep Power: 0	Re: kX ver 3550 x64 has memory leak? i'm having the exact same problem ( well, i didn't check the ram utilization ) on winxp x32 with 3550, audigy2 plat. that's why i reverted back to 3545. i remember someone else reported the same issue on win7 x64 with 3550

Jan 8, 2010, 03:05 AM	Thread Starter #3
SPeller HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vladivostok, Russia Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	Îòâåò: kX ver 3550 x64 has memory leak? Version 3549 has same problem. Each play start or seek eats approximately 60 MBytes of RAM.

Jun 12, 2010, 02:15 AM	Thread Starter #4
SPeller HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vladivostok, Russia Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	Îòâåò: kX ver 3550 x64 has memory leak? Any chenges in this trouble?

Jun 12, 2010, 03:02 AM	#5
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: kX ver 3550 x64 has memory leak? Try the utility RAMMap from Microsoft Sysinternals and see if you can find out anything more with it: RAMMap No sign of such a problem here on Win7 x64 with an Audigy2ZS.

Jun 12, 2010, 09:21 AM	#6
RPGWiZaRD HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 132 Rep Power: 0	Re: kX ver 3550 x64 has memory leak? No leaks here on Win 7 x64 and Audigy 1 and Audigy 2 ZS. Perhaps it has to do with the config, could be one of the default settings or plugins that are incompatible with 64bit? I've usually never had above 40% or so usage with 4GB ram (with bunch of Firefox instances open that accounts for like 10% lol). CPU usage jumps between 0 - 5% doing a random seek in a track and no jump in RAM usage is seen. I'm for example using Wave 4/5 output and removed Reverb Lite and Stereo chorus plugins in favor for CLEAX2Reverb. Last edited by RPGWiZaRD; Jun 12, 2010 at 09:35 AM.