Enabling sound forces game to run slow

[Elminnster]

Hello,

 

when I start Oblivion with sound disabled, eerything runs smoothly under high resolution, but when I enable sound, the game stutters at 5 FPS, starting by character creation screen. I first believed it was caused by my onboard sound card, so I bought an internal asus sb live, but the issue is the same regardless of which card I enable. I am really at my wits end, so if anyone could help me, I would be grateful.

 

Thanks

 

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Computer specs:

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional

OS Service Pack Service Pack 3

DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

 

Motherboard:

CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2100 MHz (10.5 x 200) 4000+

Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 (4 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)

Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce 6100-430, AMD Hammer

System Memory 3584 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)

DIMM1: A-Data EXTREME DDR2 800+ 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)

DIMM2: A-Data EXTREME DDR2 800+ 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)

BIOS Type Award Modular (03/05/10)

 

Display:

Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (1024 MB)

[Fonger]

first - delete the oblivion.ini in your game saves area (every time you change hardware)

 

if that doesn't help, experimentally install http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=13016

 

then consider disabling music in the oblivion.ini - again game saves area

[Elminnster]

Kudos, Fonger

 

I fiddled with the .ini for a while and I found out that the offender was actually music. With music disabled, the game plays fine - Septim senior is pining for the fjords as we speak ;)

I found no way to get the music to work however (I uninstalled / disabled all sound codecs and then installed K-lite afresh and tried adjusting DX acceleration and SW/HW sound in the .ini) but I think that I can live without music, even though if anyone had a tip for what could the root of the music problem be, I´d appreciate it too.

 

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[LFact]

What is your soundcard, by the way?

[Elminnster]

The old one was an onboard on my Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 mobo

 

Realtek ALC883 @ nVIDIA MCP61 - High Definition Audio Controller - PCI

 

and the new one is a dedicated PCI card

 

Creative Audigy LS (SB0399) Sound Card - PCI

[TafferHats]

I have the exact same problem, the music just wont work. Sometimes it's fine for a few minutes - the issue only occurs when I get into a battle. One, two battles work fine. Then it starts to lag, then it starts to chirp, then I quit and try to resolve the issue. Codec packs, uninstalling codec packs, disabling FFDshow, FRAPS, VLC, etc, the problem persists. I even tried the simple 'set MP3's to WMP by default trick. None of this helped.

 

For now I am just going to live without music. Although I was thinking of trying that 'No Battle Music' glitch just so I can have *some* atmospheric music.

 

I know it's a codec issue, if not that it's my onboard Sound Card... or maybe Nvidia is behind it. If I ever do find a solution I'll be sure to make note of it and post it here.

 

If some one else has found a fix for this I would be forever indepted. I am a very musical person and having none is... difficult for me. Especially since I have something of a hearing related injury from Basic (I be military) That makes my ears ring in total silence (well, makes the ringing audible).

 

Oh, this is my first post, I suppose I ought to say hello and thank every mod developer out there for the amazing work they have done, you are the ones that have inspired me ot get into computer programming next semester.