Hey Everyone,

Just installed NWN onto my PC after buying it a long time ago. First thing I noticed is that the audio is really choppy, like a skipping CD or something similar. It occurs on the menu screen, the character creation, opening movie, etc.

I've tried both safe mode and auto on the Audio settings, and have tried every setting in the in-game advanced sound menu.

System is an i7, 24gb RAM, SLI GTX 780 (tried disabling SLI), and audio drivers and direct x are up to date, so I should be able to handle the game no problem. I've tried running as admin, XP SP3 compatability, but still no solution. Anyone have any tips? I'd really like to give this game a shot, but the audio's killing me at the moment.

Thanks much!

Try my advice here.

My default settings were already as set to your suggestions. I even tried some of the other settings (CD, Studio quality, etc) but that didn't seem to be the cause.

Tried installing DX 9.0c and it's SDK, but that's not it either. I just can't seem to figure out the issue.

I know it may sound obvious, but I have to ask: what sound card do you have, and are the drivers up to date?

It's obvious, but it never hurts to remind people to check the basics :D


The soundcard is the integrated card in my motherboard Creative X-Fi, and it's up to date. Creative drivers are notoriously buggy so I wouldn't put it past there being an issue with the driver, but it's difficult to be certain with a game this old.