Windows 7 Win 7 and Audio Acceleration.

[Alf]

Has anyone figured out how to turn down Audio Acceleration?

Seems some games have problems running properly when Audio Acceleration is set to Full.
It also seems that Win 7 no longer has the option to turn it down in Dxdiag anymore.

If your wondering, im having problems with audio stuttering on Oblivion. So far all attempts to find a solution have ended with no luck (ini fiddling)... or turning off audio acceleration being the answer.

Did you run into any problems Flops?

PS: The audio is fine until I hit something with a weapon or cast a spell. Its almost as if the audio is going 'side to side' for the duration of the sound and get really irritating. As far as I can tell its not user error.

 

[Alf]

I gave this a try (even though it was a long shot) and to no avail.

http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=276058

My sound drivers are up to date, and Alchemy is patched.
Heres what I have -
Creative X-fi Fatality Pro

 

[Alf]

BAM!
Fixed. The Answer turns out to be... Vista and Win 7 dont use audio acceleration!
As a result Creative uses OpenCL for audio... and that leads to Alchemy. All I had to do was add Oblivion to the list and that fixed it!

 

[Ian]

Thanks for letting us know Alf . You managed to sort it within the hour, that's good work!

 

[Alf]

Actually it took me about 4 hours to figure that out.
But its good to know if anyone has audio problems.