Audio popping issue

[Iplewhelmed]

I started having audio issues with the latest patch today after experiencing zero issues sinze launch, all I hear is a crackling noise (no ingame sound) on the startup screen right after the Square Enix logo, and then my game crashes to desktop without an error before I get to click on anything. It goes away by switching to directx9 in the launcher config, but when I actually log in on my character it has extremely low fps, stutters and crashes during intense player congregations like being in cities or hunt trains, rendering th egame nigh unplayable anyway.

[Twkyo]

I started having audio issues with the latest patch today after experiencing zero issues sinze launch, all I hear is a crackling noise (no ingame sound) on the startup screen right after the Square Enix logo, and then my game crashes to desktop without an error before I get to click on anything. It goes away by switching to directx9 in the launcher config, but when I actually log in on my character it has extremely low fps, stutters and crashes during intense player congregations like being in cities or hunt trains, rendering th egame nigh unplayable anyway.

Same here. I have:

Nvidia RTX 2070 SUPER
Intel i5-9600K CPU @ 3.7 Ghz
Windows 10 Home


All up to date drivers. Things were totally fine up until today's patch. Game is completely unplayable now. The title screen was physically painful to sit through. No settings adjustments seem to have helped things at all.