Sound Glitch and system lock

[Ariellendera]

Hello PipBoy, Thank you for posting on the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

Also make sure your Graphics card drivers are updated to the latest version (alternatively, if you feel the graphics driver update caused the issue, you can try to install an older, more stable version). Also make sure that any program that provides and overlay is also disabled. For example, if you have an Nvidia card, the drivers may suggest installing Geforce Experience. As this may interfere with the game, we suggest leaving this disabled or uninstalled. Also, try disabling or closing all background applications/programs. You can also try switching DirectX 11 off.

Has anything on your PC updated recently?


Thank you for playing Final Fantasy XIV!

[Pipboy]

Well, I think I resolved the issue...or at least improved the situation.

Xeons comment about overheating made me start looking in that direction, which lead to me finding that my system was trying to push the sound through the GPU as well, so switched that off, disabled and killed literally every non essential service and then lowered my graphic settings.

I have not put it through any long term stress tests, but my 60-90 minute game sessions yesterday were all much more stable.

Thanks for getting me pointed in the right direction! Love the game so far!