Audio popping/static.

[Trik'Stari]

So. I'm getting this weird issue, when I am streaming something either through spotify, or watching netflix, or even just watching youtube, and I load or even refresh a webpage, my audio lags and gets staticy, pops, etc, and even video playback lags and stutters and slows down.

 

I've update all of my drivers, audio and video alike, and problem persists. I am worried that it could be an issue with my motherboard sound, but I'm not sure how to proceed in pinning down exactly what this issue is.

[duriel]

what os do you use

try downloading the dpc latency checker

[Trik'Stari]

I'm using windows 7.

I'll check that out. What does it do?

[duriel]

I'm using windows 7.

I'll check that out. What does it do?

 

checks for latency in audio streams to determine if latency is causing the sound issue

i had a popping/static/skipping issue before

 

what mobo?

[Trik'Stari]

Gigabyte GA-z97mx gaming-5

I had a similar problem on my old gtx660 (using the same motherboard) but it went away when I switched to my gtx970

[costacis21]

maybe interference is causing this. try using an external dac or an external sound card

[megaant4]

An easy way might be to get a cheap USB soundcard to use, see if that fixes the issue,

[Trik'Stari]

Well, I can confirm that this is not an issue exclusive to streaming, as it occurs with music I have on my HDD playing through Windows Media player.

 

Any thoughts? I'd try a sound card of some kind, if I had one.

[Trik'Stari]

Apparently all I needed was a windows update and a restart, because it's gone now.

 

Weirdness.