jpxtreme Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Hi, i have a problem with GTA Vice city regarding the stuttering issue. It happens while playing the game for some time. Sometimes it stutters as well as the sound(the one which has the woman's voice), it's like in slow-motion which is annoying. I have an on-board sound with realtek installed. I tried other games and it works flawlessly. And btw, what is "audio hardware" from vice city options menu mean? Maybe it has something to do with that, mine was set in "3dsound software emulation". my pc specs: celeron 2.66ghz 256mb ddr ram 128mb fx5200 128 bit Windows 98SE I already enabled DMA, hope you could help me out on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demarest Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Are you Alt+Tabbing out of the game alot? The reason I ask is because I noticed you said you're using 98. I LOVE 98. I used 98Lite for a long time... Up until the point where I started getting into GTA3 modding. At that point, I was Alt+Tabbing in and out of the game so much that the memory performance really suffered. I think you'll find that Alt+Tabbing out and back in might solve your issue in short order, but that the more you do it, the more you're doomed for exactly this to develop. What can you do? Aside from upgrading to an OS with better memory management, a fresh booting will help. As will not running other applications. Obviously this advice will not be that useful if you have one of those machines where the person is not at all careful and a fresh booting means a dozen unwanted programs launching. If this is you, you'll need to address that both in general and if you wish for a fresh boot to be of any assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpxtreme Posted May 21, 2007 Author Share Posted May 21, 2007 I don't do alt-tabbing. I also love windows 98, actually I also use 98 LITE(I used chubby configuration and it was fast). I think that it's memory management isn't go0d that's why i experience this issue. So basically, I will try different things like tweaking the system.ini's vcache and see if it works. Or i can use memory management program like Ram Idle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demarest Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 A man after my own heart... If you use 98 Lite as well and are big into tweaking, you need to do yourself a favor and go with Micro install. You will make certain compatibility sacrifices choosing 95's shell over 98's, but the memory management and more importantly STABILITy will be superior. It's never my style to suggest reinstalling Windows, but as a fellow Lite user, I think it's safe to say that we administrate our machines to be disposable, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring_of_Fire Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Try changing "3dsound software emulation" to the default. Just click on restore defaults to see how the sound works during gameplay. If this doesn't help, then update your sound drivers as stated before in the bugfix list. This is most likely your sound driver. You have AC'97 and not HD Audio, right? Here's the latest. Download the [.exe] + Install. Maybe it has something to do with that, mine was set in "3dsound software emulation". Never set it to be like that. That could have changed because 'dxdiag' hardware sound acceleration level was set to [none]. Follow the link for the driver. Does anyone know if Windows 98 supports DirectX 9 by the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpxtreme Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 I have changed the audio settings from "3dsound software emulation" to "3dsound hardware support" and guess what, it fixes the choppy voice. Thanks for that. @Demarest Micro setup was amazing, but it won't install recent windows media player update and i experienced compatibility problem with some of my games so i go for chubby. It got everything i wanted because it removes those unnecessary junks which improves performance and stability. Btw, this machine dedicated for pure gaming pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demarest Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 I know what you mean. It wasn't until NHL 2003 that I was first punished for using the 95 shell. Something about the game menu required a newer version of IE installed. Strange. As for WMP, IIRC, I was using the KLite codec pack which had MANY features such as not having to install Real or QT, but still have access to such content. It also installs WMP Classic, which handles MOST everything. Between you and me, anybody using content so proprietary that basic players can touch it deserve to have a diminished audience. Still, VERY rare to meet a fellow Lite user. So props and all that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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