Windows 8 Latency Problems

shankly1985

shankly1985

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Hello I been having issues with Windows 8 with Sound. No matter witch Drivers I use I get sound lagging/stutter/popping.
It turns out am not alone with this after Google-ing the Net they is loads having this problem right from Windows 8 beta.
Can people here Run this program Windows 7 Or Windows 8 and answer yes or no if you having sound issues. Has you can see from the DPC Latency Checker Windows 8 is at 1ms and jumps up to 5ms and even worst, this is when my sounds start stuttering. I believe they is nothing I can do but hope Microsoft release a fix to bring the Latency back to how it was on Windows 7 :(

DPC Latency Checker Download
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=9BA93D662D0AC34E!451
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I noticed the same after reading a post of yours in another thread this morning.

However:
Windows 8 Compatibility: The DPC latency utility runs on Windows 8 but does not show correct values. The output suggests that the Windows 8 kernel performs badly and introduces a constant latency of one millisecond which is not the case in practice. DPCs in the Windows 8 kernel behave identical to Windows 7. The utility produces incorrect results because the implementation of kernel timers has changed in Windows 8 which causes a side effect with the measuring algorithm used by the utility. Thesycon is working on a new version of the DPC latency utility and will make it available on this site as soon as it is finished.
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Nevertheless my W7
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My W8
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I don't have the spikes that you have, This indicates a driver issue perhaps.
 
Sighn said:
I noticed the same after reading a post of yours in another thread this morning.

However:


Nevertheless my W7

I don't have the spikes that you have, This indicates a driver issue perhaps.
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Thanks for reply. I have disabled a lot on-board sound/Sound card/Network/USB devices nothing brings it down or stops the spikes :(
I want what you have all Green :D
I see this Program not down to work correct on Windows 8 but it still shows me having issues with RED spikes
 
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I think I have stopped the spikes Happening (well I Hope)
I ran cmd and entered bcdedit /set disabledynamictick yes its a new feature in Windows 8 used to save power when CPU is idle i think lol
I see this posted on another windows 8 Latency thread. DPC still shows 1ms but has Sighn pointed out this could just be program issue.

Before if I ran prime95 I would have loads Red spikes now it just stays at 1ms :) more testing is need tho.
 
Well I stopped the spikes, but still getting sound issues :( I somehow can't even see Microsoft fixing it, this Latency issues has been on going since the Beta and Microsoft has ignored it.

Only thing I can do now is wait on More Windows 8 drivers support. Apart from this am liking Windows 8 but if this not sorted I might has well go back to Windows 7 where everything just worked.
 
It's more your vendors vault than Microsoft. I haven't noticed anything on mine (though the Windows 8 drivers are a bit rubbish as they don't allow mic and sound on Skype just one or the other!).

Wait for them to mature?



M.
 
m4cc45 said:
It's more your vendors vault than Microsoft. I haven't noticed anything on mine (though the Windows 8 drivers are a bit rubbish as they don't allow mic and sound on Skype just one or the other!).

Wait for them to mature?



M.
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Yer am going to be waiting on Drivers. I dont understand why Asrock don't have a single Windows 8 driver on there page yet.
I can get Sound card driver from Asus witch is Beta.
Realtek Driver from there site, same with Network from Broadcom. Its the Chipset Drivers I want now I have seen Intel will soon be releasing them is it OK to install Chipset drivers from Intel or should you go with Motherboard manufacture?
 
Before I've had to install drivers from the manufacturer rather than the re-badging company - it's been mixed success (i.e. Netgear were a nightmare saying that there was no demand for 64 bit drivers and that they weren't releasing them but the company who makes the bits did).

I'm pretty frustrated with mine as the headset works perfectly but sounds rubbish without the drivers yet with the drivers installed it sounds epic but I can't use skype!


M.
 
m4cc45 said:
It's more your vendors vault than Microsoft. I haven't noticed anything on mine (though the Windows 8 drivers are a bit rubbish as they don't allow mic and sound on Skype just one or the other!).

Wait for them to mature?



M.
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Strange, i had to revert to windows 8's own sound drivers to get Skype to work correctly. Gigabytes (Realtek) Windows 8 sound drivers seem to not want to work with Metro Skype.
 
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