Raijen: I've been having some issues with Giants and sound -- When the game starts the menu is fine, but there's alot of statis in the main game. The issue goes away after a few minutes and the game is playable thereafter.

Example - [url=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yIoXtTcoE8[/url]

I've tried lowering hardware acceleration on the sound to none with no change

Any advice appreciated, DXDiag below

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System Information
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Time of this report: 7/8/2011, 15:05:11
Machine name: APOLLO
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: n/a
System Model: n/a
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.0
Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.60GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 1405MB used, 1055MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

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Sound Devices
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Description: SB Live! Wave Device
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80401102&REV_05
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: emu10k1m.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.3300 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 8/17/2001 07:19:26, 283904 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Microsoft
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xF5F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 5000, 100000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 64, 60
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 64, 60
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: Yes
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: All tests were successful.

Raijen: Which version of live do you have and see if you can find any updated drivers here.

http://support.creative.com/Products/product_list.aspx?catID=1&CatName=Sound+Blaster#