Armed Assault: Sound messed up

[AeroDawn]

Hi everyone..

I have been looking for a post like this but couldn't find any so my problem is: When I am playing the game, and tanks are coming my way, I can hear them coming from very, very far. I suppose that, in RL this isn't possible. I have an onboard AC97 chipset from RealTek, and have updated those drivers to the latest version. I have also updated the game. What can I do to solve this problem? (BTW: EAX: DISABLED/Hardware Acceleration: DISABLED). I cannot enable hardware acceleration.

[LoFFeN]

Are you useing the stock ArmA sounds or a soundmod?

[Maddmatt]

Get the latest drivers from your motherboard manufactures or RealTeks website. That might help. Also the latest OpenAL drivers here.

[AeroDawn]

I am using the original ArmA (No mods) and I have already updated the soundcard, motherboard and OpenAL.. I can hear a helicopter silently starting his engines at 1km.. don't think this would happen in real life though. Problem not solved yet. Any ideas?

[Mr_Tea]

Buy an sound card, Audigy 2 or better.
Onboard sound needs resources from you`re CPU and RAM, and can slow down you`re system ~10% or more.
I experienced problems every time i try`ed to run an PC with onboard sound. Every time the problems where fixed by disabling the AC97 sound, and plug in an PCI sound card.

[AeroDawn]

and how much does these soundcards cost? I'd like the cheapest one with 7.1 surround, EAX-featured.. any good suggestions?

[Mr_Tea]

The Audigy2 Value supports 7.1 sound and EAX, every later card too.
If you can find one of those cards, they should be very inexpensive.

[Beagle]

@ Aerodawn

Are you sure that something ist wrong?
I could hear MBTs and Helos spooling up at 1 km in real life in my active military days.

[memnoch]

I get the same effect here. If I place myself down in the oil area down south of Sahrani and then place an A-10 on the runway north of there, I can hear it power up for take off. That's miles away with hills inbetween too.