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TF2 - Not the return of the sound stutter ?? 4870

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Ok so I replaced my 8800GTX with a 4870 512MB

All games are fine at 1920x1200 4xAA generally, although with TF2 it will run really smooth 100fps+ at all times but at a random interval during the first few minutes of a new map I will get a lockup with sound stuttering for a couple of seconds.... The graphics pause at this time, and then a few seconds later the game recovers and then it will be back to normal.

It seems to be some sort of pre-caching problem, possibly driver related, i'm still on 8.6 hotfix atm, will try 8.7 later.

Anyone else get this problem ?

Never had this issue with the 8800GTX.. Does TF2 possibly store anything in the config files that may still relate to the 8800 ?? I did a full safe removal of all old NVidia drivers + driversweeper in safe mode etc.
 
Try doing a disk defrag in Windows, and letting Steam defrag the .gcf files internally. Might help a bit.

cheers, steam did report quite substantial fragmentation on the TF2 app, so i'll let it sort that out, then do a normal windows defrag and see what happens !
 
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