The framerate is really low and/or some of the sound or music in the game crackles, whats wrong?
– Sound crackling/stuttering can occur if you use an on-board sound system (that is, the sound system is built into the motherboard) or your system has trouble keeping up with the resource demands of the game due to low 3D performance and/or low system resources. A 3D game uses a lot of your computer’s resources and if your system has to devote some of its resources for audio or other tasks, it can reduce overall performance and cause sound or framerate problems (even on fast CPU’s). The first thing to try is update the drivers for your 3D video card and sound system. If the problem continues, stop all non-essential running programs to free up as much of your system’s resources as possible. These two steps usually solve any performance problems most players encounter. When I try to run the game, it closes with a ‘D3D’ error or a ‘3D Video Error! Unable to set required video properties.’ message. What’s wrong? – A D3D error is almost always associated with Direct 3D not being able to in
