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The thing is I don't have any other way to use desktop speakers or another headset because what I want to work is the 5.1 sound from the headset and for that I needed the soundcard. So trying a regular headset on the soundcard wouldn't matter much and I dont think the problem is the headset...

I have changed slots, formated my computer and set EAX Effects and CMSS-3D off. The distortion and the crackling sound are still here... I want to try everything before trying to switch this soundcard for any other on the shop I bought this one.

Since I made this post I changed to my onboard audio. Today I tried to re-use my sound card again and it worked just fine for a couple of seconds. Then it went back to the same distortion noise there was. What could it be?

Regarding the card itself I un-replugged it so i think that excludes it . Now that I think of it, i think I started feeling the distortion and crackling sounds after installing the software from the soundcard and updating it, though it wasn't all the time. Now I feel distortion all the time. Any...

Hello. Recently I've bought the Roccat Kave gaming headset and to enjoy it ( i would not say to the fullest but at least the bass ) I bought along a Creative SB X-fi Titanium PCI-e sound card. It was all fine untill a couple days ago, where I started to feel distortion and crackling sounds when...

Im I updated my catalyst control center and wow! I felt the change between 20 fps average and 30 fps average. It's good for now untill I get my new computer parts :p I'll start doing some weekly defrags and stuff like that. Thanks guys :D

I got the Catalyst Control Center, shouldn't that update my video drivers automatically?

I had to format due to extreme slowness and I had done quite a few defrags but the slowness didnt go away.. So I thought a format would solve the problem. I guess it didnt. So it must something from the hardware... It cant be the heat because here's a screenshot of my temperatures while playing...

How can I check if my video drivers are up-to-date?

Well indeed , But shouldn't formatting the computer resolve the "defrag" problem?

Thanks. But how do you explain me running games like nfs shift, call of duty modern warfare, one of the latest medal of honor ( in the time, this computer is around 1 year old ) at high settings with an average of 40-60 fps and now it went down from all of a sudden? Im gonna clean some...

Here are my current specs: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ ATI HD 4600 Series ECS GF8100VM-M5 Lc-Power LC 420H-12 Western Digital 500gb Sata2 7200 Rpm 32mb Buffer 3,00 GB RAM TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B ATA Im gonna have allot of fun closing 3rd party tasks =D Could you check if my...

hahaha :p Do I close them all? How do I know which ones to close since most of them are taking 00.00 out of the cpu o_O What can I do to close them for once and for all?

Yes I just said far cry 2 as an example. There are many more. I just took out some screenshots to my task manager and my resource monitor while in game, hopefully it will help. ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting

heya folks another gamer in trouble here! So here's the problem : when idle, my cpu usage is around 20%, which is allot more than it should be in my opinion. Whenever I start a game, Battlefield : Bad Company 2 which is the game i've been playing allot lately, my cpu usage doesnt come down from...