Any help with audio lag issues?

[Nightlife]

I tried setting my FPS to 60 as well as my refresh but that doesnt work. Audio is behind almost two seconds after I initiate an action. I'm on a 4080.

[sdack]

Avoid running audio over HDMI, Bluetooth or USB as these connections can be under power management. When the system powers them down and these get resumed again can it introduce delays. I.e. can the audio stream over HDMI be put to sleep. When it wakes up can a TV take a while to catch up and so cause a delay. This can be caused by Alt-Tabbing out of the game for too long.

The simplest solution is to run a wired connection from on-board audio output to whatever device you want to listen from.

Otherwise, find out what is causing the delay as this is a Windows/driver/power management issue most of the time.

If the audio gets cut off and NPCs starts talking over one another then this is usually caused by a too high frame rate.

[Nightlife]

I play all my games with bluetooth wireless headphones. This is the only game I have an issue with - if that is the cause. I'll try plugging in directly and see if that fixes it. Game used to run fine before the update on the 25th...

[Nightlife]

Alright so I had Windows 7 comparability mode on my FO4 executable from a suggestion I read elsewhere - disabling that fixed it. Now I'm playing at 120 fps with no issues and good audio - finally.

[sdack]

Originally posted by Nightlife:

Alright so I had Windows 7 comparability mode on my FO4 executable from a suggestion I read elsewhere - disabling that fixed it. Now I'm playing at 120 fps with no issues and good audio - finally.

The Windows 7 compatibility is needed for some minor issues. But this was before the update. Thanks for letting us know though.

[Nightlife]

This issue continues to keep coming up. Some days it works, others it is super lag. I tried hard wired headphones and I have no audio lag. It's something with just FO4 and wireless headphones as my other games are in sync.

I've followed these suggestions and sometimes it works and others it doesn't.

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/119bai3/new_builders_if_your_motherboard_comes_with_an/

Any other ideas? It's very frustrating to have to try to fix this each time I load up the game. And the fix doesn't seem to stick and I have to problem-solve it each time ugh...

[sdack]

Originally posted by Nightlife:

Any other ideas? It's very frustrating to have to try to fix this each time I load up the game. And the fix doesn't seem to stick and I have to problem-solve it each time ugh...

You will need to disable power savings for Bluetooth most likely.

• Audio over HDMI and other connections can get suspended and after a resume introduce a delay in the audio stream. Try disabling the power management for the interface (USB, Bluetooth, ...) or avoid long durations of silence, i.e. by avoiding Alt-Tabbing out of the game for too long. To disable power management for an interface open Windows Settings->System->About->Related->Device Manager, find the interface to your audio device such as the USB or Bluetooth adapter, open Properties->Power Management and uncheck "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3241230342

[Moderator Abuse]

Since Vista M$ ruined the Audio experience in Windows, True accelerated Audio was great and it limited their ability to reverse mic Speakers, That's how spycrosoft planned it..