sounds distorted

[Bill Baker]

I have a maddog fx4 sound card and a geforce4 64mb video
card. I am running windows XP Professional with 256 MB
RAM on a AMD 450. When my daugheter plays some games, the
sound quality is jerky. It sounds as if the person is
stuttering on every word. If I put it into 256 colors,
the sound if fine, but the display is blanked out till the
mouse moves across it or the screen is needed by the
program. HELP!!! I have tried compatablity mode -no
help. I have tried various settings with the video -no
help. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing the
sound card and video card -No help. I will try anything
again if someone has a good idea.

 

[JeffO]

Make sure you have DirectX9b:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx

Then see if you can update your sound and video drivers
from the manufacturer websites. If one or both is built
into the motherboard, you might need the motherboard
company website to get drivers from.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Your AMD 450 CPU could be the problem. It is at the lower end of the range to run XP. If possible try upgrading the CPU - you will have to look in the motherboard manual to see what is the maximum CPU that it can take. Ideally go for a 800+MHz CPU