Summary
Since the last update I’ve been unable to play Fortnite using my Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium model SB0886. Everything works just fine in lobby and waiting area before going into the bus. All audio then gets cut out, leaving one steady pitched sound and crashing all sound in Windows. Only way to fix it is to restart the PC, because launching Windows sound control panel causes it to be stuck in “not responding” state. Issue is not present when using integrated Realtek sound card, even though the X-Fi is still in the system. Two other PCs with external USB X-Fi model SB1095 sound cards work fine, my system also didn’t crash before Chapter 7 Season 2 update.
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Creative
What Type of Bug are you experiencing?
Audio
Steps to Reproduce
Use maybe any PCIe sound card, ideally my exact model. Go to blitz royale, when bus reaches about half the map, audio glitches. Not happening on external USB cards.
Expected Result
Sound gets killed when bus reaches about half of the map.
Observed Result
as above
Platform(s)
PC specs:
ASRock X370 Taichi
Ryzen 5 5600
24GB DDR4 3000 ram - tested with 3 different kits, issue persists
RTX 4060 Gigabyte
256GB Kioxia NVMe for system, 512GB Intel NVMe for games (Fortnite included), 2TB Seagate HDD
Creative Labs SB0886 PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series Sound Card
Integrated Realtek ALC1220 sound card works fine, doesn’t cause issues
Two other PCs with external USB SB1095 cards:
ASRock AB350 Gaming ITX/AC
Ryzen 3 3100
16GB DDR4 3000 ram
GT 1030 Gigabyte
512GB Samsung NVME, 1TB WD Blue HDD
ASRock B450 Steel Legend
Ryzen 7 5700X
32GB DDR4 3200 ram
RX 9070 ASRock Steel Legend
256 Kioxia NVME, 2TB Samsung SATA SSD, 1TB Seagate HDD