In windows 7, go control panel, hardware and sound, sound, right click your speakers, properties, enhancements, uncheck disable all enhancements. S
See if that works. >From desktop, right click graphics properties, 3d settings, under opengl, driver memory footprint, change to high. See if that works. I could be wrong, but the "eye" dyno says it looks faster. On May 1, 9:27 am, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > Well Windows 7 doesn't offer any kind of DirectSound hardware > acceleration. So I think it's already in effect on 7 (not 100% sure > though) > > > > On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 7:01 AM, IronyTaken <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yah too bad there is no way to disable sound hardware acceleration on > > windows 7......I can't play septerra core without it becuase all the > > video and dialog skip constantly. > > > On Apr 30, 11:21 pm, Dalmation <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For Xp, follow this > >> link:http://www.recipester.org/Recipe:Fix_audio_acceleration_problem_31786251 > > >> In win 7, I follow these steps > >> 1 Click Start / Control Panel / > >> Appearance and Personalization. 2 Under Personalization, click > >> Adjust screen resolution. > >> 3 On the Display Settings dialog, click the > >> Advanced Settings... button > >> 4 On the monitor properties dialog, click the Troubleshoot tab. > >> 5 Click the Change settings button. > > >> S..t! the button is grayed-out and I can't do anything! > >> Curse win 7 > > >> On May 1, 12:10 pm, Vash <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > How do you disable sound acceleration and the driver memory footprint > >> > to high? > > >> > On Apr 30, 9:23 pm, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > I found these while doing some research..... Method one involves > >> > > disabling sound acceleration, method 2 is just setting the driver > >> > > memory footprint to High. Both of these helped make games run faster > >> > > on a Eee Pc with an atom cpu (method 1 sounds very promising though) > > >> > > I also tried very hard to get San Andreas run smoothly with my 1000H. > >> > > After several days I was about to give up, because even with 640x480 > >> > > and all settings minimum + Super Performance it ran very jerky in > >> > > crowded areas (newest GMA950-driver + 1206 bios) > >> > > But yesterday I found a satisfying solution! > >> > > DISABLE the sound acceleration COMPLETELY! > >> > > Not the medium or basic setting TURN IT COMPLETELY OFF! > >> > > (Open up dxdiag.exe or the audio properties under system properties to > >> > > do so). > >> > > I was really suprised that this actually did improve performance A LOT > >> > > (Seems like those EAX+DirectSound3D filters really put a lot of stress > >> > > on the tiny Atom-Core...). > >> > > The game runs now smooth on the 1000H. Not 40+fps smooth but PS2- > >> > > Version smooth (good enough for this game!). > >> > > The only minor drawback is, that the cutscenes will be slightly out of > >> > > sync with the audio (not important for me), but there are no other > >> > > audio issues (everything else during the game sounds like it should). > > >> > > So try to DISABLE the sound acceleration COMPLETELY, afterwards San > >> > > Andreas will play smooth on your 1000H! > > >> > > 1)Hughes3000 > >> > > "I got one tweak that seemed to make a huge difference for me on my > >> > > 1000h, at least in Age of Empires 3. If you go into the properties > >> > > and 3D settings you'll see an option for "driver memory footprint". > >> > > Set that **** on high. This thing likes memory. I haven't messed > >> > > around with the other options in there much but the memory settings > >> > > made a huge difference. I'm guessing this can make a lot of games > >> > > more fun on this thing." > > >> > > -- > >> > > INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > >> > -- > >> > INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > >> -- > >> INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > -- > > INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- > Espionage724 Has A Signature... > > -- > INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS -- INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
