Mic Buzzing when in Games

Masterdeadly · 7 Jun 2012 at 15:00

Hello guys, I recently bought an ASUS XONAR DGX. I put it in earlier and instantly starting testing the mic with the listen to self option.

Outside of games it sounds terrific but if I load up a game you hear this buzzing/fuzzy noise in the background, the noise disappears as soon as you close it? what is happening? I'd like to have a crystal clear mic whilst gaming not just on the desktop.

Any help would be appreciated cheers.

JonSmith · 7 Jun 2012 at 17:13

Mine does this as well, it seems to be related to the load on my GPU (possibly due to power drawn from the PCI-E slots). It's not an issue for me though as in TS I enable noise cancellation and it removes the buzzing. I haven't tried swapping slots yet though.

There are also some Asus Unified drivers released by modders that might fix this, but I haven't had chance to try them (tricky to install on windows 7 64). You can also enable your onboard audio and use that for mic input, it should not cause problems if you configure everything properly.

Masterdeadly · 8 Jun 2012 at 22:50

JonSmith said:
Mine does this as well, it seems to be related to the load on my GPU (possibly due to power drawn from the PCI-E slots). It's not an issue for me though as in TS I enable noise cancellation and it removes the buzzing. I haven't tried swapping slots yet though.

There are also some Asus Unified drivers released by modders that might fix this, but I haven't had chance to try them (tricky to install on windows 7 64). You can also enable your onboard audio and use that for mic input, it should not cause problems if you configure everything properly.

I moved my sound card and graphics card as far away as my motherboard would allow me and it seems to have fixed the issue. Seems odd too experience interferance like that with about 6cm's of distance, thanks anyway though mate.

JonSmith · 9 Jun 2012 at 00:43

Ah, I should be thanking you as that will probably stop my mic from buzzing as well! Although the whole reason I got the PCI-E version was so I could mount it above my GPU, so it wouldn't interfere with the airflow. I guess that's no longer an option.

Sasso · 28 Jun 2012 at 00:49

JonSmith said:
Ah, I should be thanking you as that will probably stop my mic from buzzing as well! Although the whole reason I got the PCI-E version was so I could mount it above my GPU, so it wouldn't interfere with the airflow. I guess that's no longer an option.

just wondering did it? because i'm getting a similar issue, i bought a new psu early last week and i don't think it's that as it was fine with my 7970... now i've bought a 680 and it seems to have think mic interference. i've tried the xonar dx in different slots but doesnt seem to change :\