Question / Help Sound stuttering when overclocking

[drfelip]

My problem is that, when I'm streaming or recording, audio stops for a very short time (miliseconds) every second, creating a very annoying effect.

After some testing, I found out audio is OK if I disable overclocking and I run my CPU at stock clocks. My CPU is an old Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400, FBS 333 MHz stock, I usually have it at 369 MHz; I tested also 366 MHz, but the problem persists.

Is this expected? I'm going to test other FBS values, I hope I don't have to disable overclocking to be able to stream, as my CPU is already underpowered for current games at 2.952 GHz, go figure at 2.667 GHz!

 

[Lain]

It's been known to cause sound issues like this on occasion.

 

[drfelip]

Thanks for your reply. Any suggestions?

 

[CritVV]

I wouldn't even try to stream with that cpu to be honest, the processor in my mobile phone is even faster.

 

[drfelip]

I wouldn't even try to stream with that cpu to be honest, the processor in my mobile phone is even faster.

Oh, don't worry about that. I'm streaming at low quality (525p, 1500 kbps), and the impact on gaming performance is not too bad.

 

[CritVV]

Oh, don't worry about that. I'm streaming at low quality (525p, 1500 kbps), and the impact on gaming performance is not too bad.

that surprises me, that's actually pretty decent. I've heard that sound stuttering issues can be caused by High DPC latency. I heard that it was fixable by downloading the latest audio drivers from your manufactor. I had those aswell before I installed mine. I went to the site of my motherboard manufacture and downloaded the latest drivers from them, maybe it will work for you too!

goodluck

 

[drfelip]

that surprises me, that's actually pretty decent. I've heard that sound stuttering issues can be caused by High DPC latency. I heard that it was fixable by downloading the latest audio drivers from your manufactor. I had those aswell before I installed mine. I went to the site of my motherboard manufacture and downloaded the latest drivers from them, maybe it will work for you too!

goodluck

Thanks for the suggestion. Sadly, my drivers are already up to date (easy, the manufacturer has only released 2 versions, 1.0 and 1.1). I think I will keep my CPU at stock clocks, losing a 11% performance is bad, but stock clocks are safe and trouble-free.

 

[CritVV]

Thanks for the suggestion. Sadly, my drivers are already up to date (easy, the manufacturer has only released 2 versions, 1.0 and 1.1). I think I will keep my CPU at stock clocks, losing a 11% performance is bad, but stock clocks are safe and trouble-free.

Hmm, you can try something else:

Go to your sound settings (press the speaker icon down on the right), go to your speaker properties, go to advanced, and set sample ratio to 16 bit, 48000 hz (dvd-quality). It will still sound decent. By putting your frequency lower, you will save some cpu cycles, which could help sound stuttering, especially on lower end cpu's.