Audio popping issue

[GorthRedsteel]

Also, If anyone of you still use twitter: I'd imagine it being a good idea to ping the dev guy and tell him that the issues seems to be related to that. I don't know if it's rude to do so on his personal account but it could speed up the potential update - if possible.

[Crimson1128]

It seems most of us have outdated, last gen CPUs - and thanks to the socket - motherboards. I wonder if it's possible for devs to still support AMD's FX series of processors or are we fucked at this point. We might be forced into buying new parts, which isn't perfect as I really don't wanna spend hard cash right now.

I hadn't even considered the cpu being to blame... you might be onto something there.
I'll add in my specs too just in case;
CPU: AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core Processor
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 (i use the 770 for my side monitors, didn't have enough ports on the 1070 for a triple monitor setup, lol)
Motherboard: ASUS 970 PRO GAMING/AURA
Sound Device: Realtek High Definition Audio

[AsheStrachan]

I'm pretty sure if I can run Monster Hunter world on High settings,ff14 will be fine off my fx-6300

[Tessmarin]

Interesting. I did wonder if graphics card could have something to do with it because I noticed my framerate drop slightly when the audio starts to freak out. I'm running a gtx 1060 6gb, should have no issues running the game on high settings at 1080p@60. Unfortunately I do not have access to a spare card to test this out for myself. But then again if it were an issue with gpu then I would have expected the issue to be more isolated to a specific gpu or set of drivers, but you have an AMD card and I have an Nvidia an we are both suffering the same problems. But indeed the more I ponder it, the more possible issues I can think of that may be causing it. Still hoping it's an issue with the game engine rather than a hardware issue. Fingers crossed for some kind of update on it soon.

EDIT: Oh my I am an idiot, I just realised your card is also Nvidia haha well then, you maybe on to something. Maybe it's an Nvidia issue, interested to see if anyone else is running Nvidia? I might try roll back my driver just for the hell of it to see if it makes a difference, since I'm out of other ideas anyway, who knows.

Me and another family member both running 1050 TI Geforce Nvidia cards - I have the problem and they do not. I started out with Realtek driver on the motherboard and moved to a windows driver instead but both are giving the same symptoms. I also started out with Windows 7 and moved to Windows 10 and the issue is still there. I also swapped from motherboard sound to a USB sound card and the issue persists. No dice thus far - whatever this is remains elusive I have been scanning the boards since launch for any and every idea and have sat through the painful queues to test most of them to no avail.

[AluneTempest]

My Specs too:

CPU: AMD FX-6300 Six-Core Processor
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1050 TI 4GB
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2
Sound Device: Realtek High Definition Audio

My game worked perfectly before this patch and this problem only happens in FFXIV.

[GorthRedsteel]

Me and another family member both running 1050 TI Geforce Nvidia cards - I have the problem and they do not. I started out with Realtek driver on the motherboard and moved to a windows driver instead but both are giving the same symptoms. I also started out with Windows 7 and moved to Windows 10 and the issue is still there. I also swapped from motherboard sound to a USB sound card and the issue persists. No dice thus far - whatever this is remains elusive I have been scanning the boards since launch for any and every idea and have sat through the painful queues to test most of them to no avail.

What CPU do you have? If it's an AMD FX series then I'm pretty sure that's the hardware at fault.

[rody29]

Same here, AMD FX 6300

[AsheNabuddis]

Same here, FX 8320. I hope we're wrong, cuz I'm nowhere near being able to buy a new CPU lol.

[AsheNabuddis]

Also, since this wasn't posted here yet:

■Sound related issues (Added: Dec. 7 5:15 a.m. PST)

We have been receiving reports of sound related problems and feedback. We are planning to fix the sound driver in the next patch for some bugs that cause sound to be lost under certain setups, such as no audio playback during cutscenes. We will check the factors that cause these problems and address them individually, so we would appreciate your patience. We will also check for feedback such as "it's getting harder to hear" or "the sound doesn't feel right" individually, and if any adjustments are needed, we will fix them in the patch as well.

Finally, official acknowledgement! Perhaps there is a chance for us after all!

[Vallek]

Ditto on the AMD FX, got a 6300 and having issues since 6.0.