Sound Card Issues

[theleviman9]

Hi, I'm having an issue with my pc audio. In games the sound will be ok, but then all of a sudden the sound will cut out altogether for a second then come back and do this every 2 seconds. So i never have smooth sound just laggy sound. The ironic thing is, Spotify when playing in the background, or discord don't lag out during these times. Only the game audio cuts out and and then spotify plays on. Seems like some sort of lag with video i guess? I've uninstalled and updated all video and audio drivers to no avail and would love a solution that doesn't involve wiping my pc.

 

[gamerk316]

Sound cutouts are usually an indication that something in the system is eating CPU time, as audio processing is light work but VERY sensitive to system latency.

You can give DPC Latency Checker a try and see if it comes up with anything.