Possible solution to stuttering

[SpaceSquirrel]

I already posted this on another thread but felt neccessary to repost on a new one.

I'm not 100% sure this will work for everybody since I have no scientific validation for this, but it seems to have worked for me. Seems is better than nothing.

Solution?
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I noticed for the first time that in my Bios settings my Realtek Audio Onboard setting was Enabled. This was strange since the guy at the computer store when I bought my computer a year ago put in a new PCI Creative sound card a year ago. So I didn't need the Onboard sound to be Enabled.
(I also upgraded my motherboard drivers)

I suspect it was Realtek causing the stuttering. If you have PCI sound card check to make sure you disabled Realtek. Or even get another sound card that is not Realtek.

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(Maybe other people can validate my claim by seeing all the people who play X:TC who have Realtek.)?

(I forgot to mention that maybe, just maybe some other people have a different problem than mine.
Maybe its a codec problem. Try checking out

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video ... /gspot.cfm

A program to check you codecs.

I just thought I'd mention that as well.

[gandy|UKCS|]

I was using an xfi with vista and i still had the lag. I took the xfi out and used on board and that eased the lag.

Ive tried with a fresh install of vista with no codecs installed and i still had the lag. The very first time i played the game i had no lag and it crashed a lot due to ffdshow and tbh im happy putting up with the lag as the game no longer crashes like it use to.

[natha]

It is a specific problem but quite common too, maybe. If you have an add-on sound card it doesn't worth having bios utilize the on-board one (and force windows to plug & pray them), except of course if you use a program that can use them both like BPM studio or other dj stuff.
The codecs shouldn't be a problem tho, sound cards shoudn't install any codec with their drivers, only if they install some sort of player with their software.

ps: i'm not sure about XFi ... maybe EAX includs some stuff that conflicts with realtek chips.

[eladan]

It's not just Realtek. General advice is, that if you have a sound card installed, disable the onboard one in the BIOS.