Stuttering Sounds

Sim Update 1 Beta | MSFS 2024 Install, Performance & Graphics
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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
Sound starts to stutter/crackle/pop after different time frames. Sometimes already in the World Map, sonetimes right after loading into the flight, sometimes after 10min flight.

You can see a spike in CPU usage which is at the same time then the stutter in the sounds.
Normal CPU Usage during flight 30-50%, when the spike occurs 60-80%.
The spike happens during normal cruise flight, no significant change of weather, direction or viewpoint.

Did you experience this issue before you joined the Beta?
No

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
Yes, happens with default aircraft.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?

Everytime when using the Sim.

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

Sound starts to stutter/crackle/pop after different time frames. Sometimes already in the World Map, sonetimes right after loading into the flight, sometimes after 10min flight.

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using, if relevant:

Not relevant, happens with or without peripherals.

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

No

[PC Only] Many issues may be due to an outdated graphics card. Please state your Graphics Card Driver Manufacturer (NVIDIA, Intel, AMD) and Version:
Actual NVIDIA driver installed.

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
CPU:AMD5800x3d
GPU:RTX3090 24GB
RAM:64gb
Realtek Sound On Board /Nvidia HD Audio
(Tried both devices, same problem on both)
ASUS Rog Strix Mainboard
1600W PSU
all on M2 SSD

MEDIA

Please add a screenshot or video of the issue occurring.

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes

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Yep I have experienced the exact same issue last weekend. I can start a normal flight and after 5-20 mins I get sound stuttering issues which last for about 20 secs. It will disappear, only to appear again a few mins later.

During the audio stutters the FPS is also severely affected, dropping down to beeing unplayable.

9800X3D, 64GB mem, 4070Super

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• No

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
• Tried to reproduce in free flight with various weather/time settings and career mode. Could not reproduce.

PC: i9-10900k, 64GB RAM, 3080, Win 11 ms-store

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If you are not using this actively try disabling this device in your hardware manager and test again. NV HD Audio drivers tend to mess up the experience quite often.

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Already deactivated them. No change.

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I and many other people had this issue and it stopped when we downgraded to Windows 11 23H2 from 24H2.

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I solved the issue disabling NVIDIA HD Audio in the device manager

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I had the same issue plus freezes in VR when i updated my nvidia driver for the RTX 3080. I went back to 566.36 and problem solved.

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I’m seeing this issue also. Have a new RTX 4080 Super running latest drivers plus a Pimax Crystal Light so need to have my NVIDIA HD active.

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
• PC: Intel Ultra 285K, 32GB RAM, 5080, Win 11, ms-store

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FYI guys, If you have Nvidia driver 572.x , revert back to 556.x and this issue should go away.

This is an Nvidia driver issue and not an SU1 beta issue. There are many other reports of this type of performance issue in many other games with 572.x drivers.

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• No

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
• I haven’t experienced any audio stuttering during free VFR flights with the Cessna 172, nor during longer IFR flights—such as yesterday’s KSEA-KLAX. I haven’t noticed any audio stuttering.

Gaming rig
  • MSI MPG X870E Carbon WIFI
  • BIOS 1A23
  • Virtualization - disabled
  • Re-size bar - enabled
  • PSU MSI MEG Ai1300P
  • Ryzen 7 9800X3D
  • AIO Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360
  • 64GB Ram DDR5 6200MHz 2x32GB G.Skill
  • MSI MAG 271QPX E2
  • Gigabyte RTX 4090 Gaming OC / G-Sync enabled // 566.14
  • Logitech X56 H.O.T.A.S
  • VKB Gladiator NXT Evo Space Combat Edition
  • Honeycomb Alpha Flight Controls XPC Yoke
  • Logitech Flight Rudder Pedals
  • Boeing 737 MCP Core Flight
  • Boeing 737 EFIS Panel Core Flight
  • Winwing FCU UNIT1 Full-Size Panel 1:1
  • Thrustmaster T300 RS racing wheel
  • Sound Blaster X5
  • 4xNVMe // 4TB for MSFS2022/2024
  • 1xSSD
  • 1xHDD
  • W10 pro latest ver
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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
• PC: Intel i513600k, 64GB RAM, 4080S, Win 10, ms-store, Quest3 VR

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Note: I don’t have the issue in 2D monitor mode.
Rolling back to 566.xx driver solves the issue.

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
• Even when stationary, cold and dark, just panning in VR in certain directions will bring this on. South can be perfectly smooth and trouble free and a glance to the east will bring on the audio and video stutters. in developer mode, I see that my main thread usage doubles when this happens.

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But that would mean losing DLSS4 :frowning:

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No, you can always use the Swapper and NV profile Inspector.

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Actually it doesn’t solve it. Trying it since two hours. Stutters are still there.

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I tried a flight in MSFS2020 yesterday, and that was utterly smooth without any sound stutters. If it would be the driver, then I should also encounter it in 2020.

For me, it is a 2024 problem. Difficult to tell if SU1 has worsened it.

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I can confirm that it is a 2024 (beta and non beta) only problem. 2020 is working perfectly fine with the latest driver.

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I noticed the same. Theres a very long thread on this forum about the sound stuttering too. Definitlely a 2024 issue/bug.