Audio popping issue

[XenophineEX]

I wish I trusted myself to know what to overclock my CPU at. I'm always so timid/scared I'll screw it up and brick my PC or something.

If you have an AMD it is easy.

If you have an Intel cpu, I cannot help you. No one can.

The worst thing that happens when you overclock an AMD is that your pc turns off, then resets back to base values. Then you try again.

For my processor, with the side of the case off, and laying down so all heat radiates up out of the exposed part, it is 21.5/201.00 for ratio and base clock

I would post a picture of it but it seems to be blocked on these forums.

Though FFIV ready memes would likely ensue in the aftermath haha...

[Nonoliri]

What I have suggested alone will take the team 3 months to finish. They also have other duties introducing new parts of the latest expansion. They have to work along-side, and surpass the updates that will be coming for the story.

This isn't an excuse, rather than an explanation as to what is going on and their thoughts going forward. They will not be delaying the new expansion pack story to fix this, it all has to be done along side and past it.

While I agree that it takes time to fix issues, and there's a finite amount of resources to go around and all that, I have two issues. First, it's now been over a month since the sound issues started, with very little recognition. There were and are login issues, lobby errors, etc., and those were all handled well, with the team saying they were working on them and were compensating players due to the game being unplayable for so many. The sound issues, which have existed for just as long, took over a week to acknowledge they even existed, and all we were given was a few lines at the end of another announcement.

Second, and this ties closely into the first point, it doesn't take that much time or effort to put out some kind of statement saying the issue is being worked on. If there was a lodestone announcement, or a tweet from the official FFXIV account, or something at all saying they were aware of the audio issues and were looking into them and doing their best to fix it and we just needed to be patient, I personally wouldn't be nearly as hopeless about this as I am. But currently the entirety of the response to the sound issues is a Notice from December 9th that was updated on December 20th (over two weeks ago) saying "The issues we had announced before Dec. 9, 2021, have been addressed in Patch 6.01." The 6.01 patch notes list the audio issue as "Resolved", even though that patch introduced audio stuttering to people that didn't have it before. And then, when patch 6.05 came out, there is no listing of any kind of audio issues in the "Known Issues" section. This heavily implies that Square-Enix has considered the issue to be fixed, and is no longer working on it.

While I won't claim to speak for everyone on the forums or that's having issues with the sound, I think that a lot of people that are pushing hard not to get the audio stuttering actually fixed, but just to have it acknowledged. Why should anyone be willing to wait 3 months for a potential fix if the company they're waiting for a fix from said the issue was resolved, doesn't list it as a known issue, and remains oddly silent on it when asked? As I said, I can understand them not having a fix ready by now. What I don't understand is why, when so many people are asking if it's actually still being worked on, they won't answer.

[ClaraKitty]

I do!

AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core Processor - 3.80 GHz

Probably crap, but it's not that old.

[Ariel_Valmont]

Hey, we did get a stripper pole this patch though!

[TojiSuzuhara]

i can say with fair certainty when they "acknowledged" sound issues, it was more toward people having no sound/losing sound entirely. i.e. fringe cases. i dont think they had or have any intention on fixing this. i'd like to know anecdotally who here has a confirmed case of having this issue and not having an outdated system past 5 years?

[FatalCharm]

I'm upset that it wasn't even mentioned in the 6.05 patch notes as a known problem. I suspect that they can't fix it without doing away with the new 3d spatial sound thing, at least temporarily, that people have already been purchasing, so rather than go through that hellscape they are just sweeping the problem under the rug for the "few" people that have it. I hope that isn't true. Hope they are TRYING to find a solution, but they have not given us any reason to be hopeful at the moment.

[XenophineEX]

While I agree that it takes time to fix issues, and there's a finite amount of resources to go around and all that, I have two issues. First, it's now been over a month since the sound issues started, with very little recognition. There were and are login issues, lobby errors, etc., and those were all handled well, with the team saying they were working on them and were compensating players due to the game being unplayable for so many. The sound issues, which have existed for just as long, took over a week to acknowledge they even existed, and all we were given was a few lines at the end of another announcement.

Second, and this ties closely into the first point, it doesn't take that much time or effort to put out some kind of statement saying the issue is being worked on. If there was a lodestone announcement, or a tweet from the official FFXIV account, or something at all saying they were aware of the audio issues and were looking into them and doing their best to fix it and we just needed to be patient, I personally wouldn't be nearly as hopeless about this as I am. But currently the entirety of the response to the sound issues is a Notice from December 9th that was updated on December 20th (over two weeks ago) saying "The issues we had announced before Dec. 9, 2021, have been addressed in Patch 6.01." The 6.01 patch notes list the audio issue as "Resolved", even though that patch introduced audio stuttering to people that didn't have it before. And then, when patch 6.05 came out, there is no listing of any kind of audio issues in the "Known Issues" section. This heavily implies that Square-Enix has considered the issue to be fixed, and is no longer working on it.

While I won't claim to speak for everyone on the forums or that's having issues with the sound, I think that a lot of people that are pushing hard not to get the audio stuttering actually fixed, but just to have it acknowledged. Why should anyone be willing to wait 3 months for a potential fix if the company they're waiting for a fix from said the issue was resolved, doesn't list it as a known issue, and remains oddly silent on it when asked? As I said, I can understand them not having a fix ready by now. What I don't understand is why, when so many people are asking if it's actually still being worked on, they won't answer.

I think we are getting back to what you originally quoted from me.

They have at least 3 months of work ahead of them ignoring expansion duties to fix everything twice for the new sound system and those without.
I agree it was not wise to introduce such changes at such a... strenuous time. But they did, for what ever purposes they chose.
And it affects nearly every AMD customer.

They aren't responding to it for legal reasons.

[yami131]

Well like i post my specs 1 or 2 sides befor i have problems and just my graphic gard would be outdatet i guess. I got a ryzen 5 and an msi amd motherboard. And for me direct x9 run clear on sound while in dirext x11 alrdy the start screen is lagging in sound.

[XenophineEX]

Well like i post my specs 1 or 2 sides befor i have problems and just my graphic gard would be outdatet i guess. I got a ryzen 5 and an msi amd motherboard. And for me direct x9 run clear on sound while in dirext x11 alrdy the start screen is lagging in sound.

posting your pc specs won't fix the issue, they are well aware of the problem. They can't publicly acknowledge it for legal reasons, mainly for those already seen in this thread. People demanding refunds, suing, etc. They are in the right to remain silent and retain council.

[yami131]

posting your pc specs won\\'t fix the issue, they are well aware of the problem. They can\\'t publicly acknowledge it for legal reasons, mainly for those already seen in this thread. People demanding refunds, suing, etc. They are in the right to remain silent and retain council.

Well this answer wasnt for u. i just wantet answer Toji cause he ask who has a newer pc and has proble.s well i have soundissues alrdy on the startscreen on direct x 11 but can soundlag free on direct x9 but crowded areas mage me lag hard and freeze from time to time on direct x9. its nice for u that overclocking work for u but i am to scared about it