Hello !
I have since one week a strange problem on my clients. I have almost always (aka at least 3 times on 5) a sound problem.
There is a “crakling” sound on my audio, sounding like a bad connection on old analog devices, with bad contact plug.
My setup is based on a TV with sound routed thru HDMI, so digitally. I try other HDMI cable, same problem (i doubt it was cable due to digital connection).
I try different setup of my graphic card (performance, economy, quality), same problem.
I also try to downgrade the driver of this graphic card, still same problem.
When i change my audio devices, it still happens but less often. When it occurs, i also have lag/framerate drop and sometimes a graphic bug (pc freezin for few seconds and blackscreen).
It can happens with only one client running. When happens, all sound of my PC crakling (video, mp3, etc…).
It happens with and without other programs running.
It happens only with EVE Online.
It happens everywhere, in space or in stations, with or without “heavy GPU load”, regardless of empty or lot of ppl in system.
The only way to reduces/remove these craklings is to setup my client to “Optimize for performance” in ingame config menu.
My setup is a ryzen7 / 16GbRam / AMD RX580, never overclocked. No HDD-RAM problem detected with diffrent test soft. No hardware change in my setup.
The audio, when setted up to HDMI thru my graphic cards, is 16 bits depth w/ 48kHz sampling. Don’t have 24 bits choice.
I’m pretty sure it’s a GPU related issue. Things i don’t test yet, BIOS setup (maybe an option to activate or desactivate).
Thanks !