So manually set your swap file size to twice the 2G ram, or somewhere around the 4g mark.

For DAW work (and that's the streaming I'm talking about, Audio Streaming in and out of the hard disk at the same time, as we do when multitracking, monitoring a few tracks playing back while at the same time recording more tracks) it is not cool to let Windows decide when to go into swap. That alone can generate unnecessary interruptions in those audio streams.

To get to your IRQs table, go to "Start", "Run", and type in "msinfo32"(no quote marks, of course). Click "OK". In the resultant left-hand window pane, click on the "Hardware Resources" plus sign (+), click on "IRQs" and, after "polling" the computer, the right-hand pane will display what IRQ each peripheral is assigned to in the right window. Examine the report and hopefully the all-important video will not be sharing the same IRQ as your sound device. If such is the case, report back for more.

BTW your screen resolution should not be hurting the audio. When troubleshooting things on the puter, it is always essential to only change one setting at a time and then retest for operation. If your audio streaming improved, it would most likely be due to turning down the vid acceleration, although if your video is shared with the soundcard on the same IRQ, then that would be the real bottleneck at the moment.


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