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Originally Posted by Nino  To clarify...
NOBODY is telling you to turn the sound off; certainly not in any official capacity.
If you have sound hardware, the game actually runs even better. The problem is with low quality on-board sound that renders everything in software. No doubt, this will degrade your performance. We are working with Creative to get to the bottom of the device enumeration issues that make SOME onboard sound systems choke. The DLL files we originally implemented, which came directly from Creative, did not work properly with the engine. Debugging the issues and getting them fixed in a vastly complex environment takes time. I assure you, nobody is more unhappy about this than I am. I also know it will be resolved in due time.
I spent the weekend installing Vista 64 bit and found that you cannot choose hardware mode in Vanguard, and I am stuck rendering in software. I reported this last night and I will follow up on it this morning. |
I had no idea sound impacted fps. After I read your post, I tried turning off sound. It gave me another 8 fps on average. I am already at 24 fps, so its not a big impact, but would like to see this resolved. In groups, my fps is dropping to 12 fps. I have spent $600 in upgrades, and I don't plan on spending any more cash to play VG. I can play Eq2 and WoW just fine.
