I am still having this issue, it has been quite a while.

Here's my stuff:

OS: Windows 10 Home

Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8300 Eight-Core Processor

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Logitech 933 Headset

Also have the stuttering fps error and is annoying as hell

Specs;

OS. Windows 7 64-bit 
CPU;  AMD FX4100
Headset;  Trust GXT 340 7.1 
Rammemory;  16gb ram 1333
GPU; AMD R7 370

wil try some of the thing previous post wrote but that does mean a bit of a downgrade cuz 24 bit, 48000hz is still the best. hoping it will be fixed soon.

I found that you can sometimes avoid this issue by opening the map when you're being transported. But this is somewhat of an inconvenience for many reasons. It makes the game at least, playable. It appears that most of us have AMD processors.. ? Please fix this issue.

I have yet to see a pilot to fly with his map open

All possible solutions that i could find have been tested and didn't work.

Bohemia PLZ fix this cuz the game is UNPLAYABLE right now

@shiftrider92; driving & flying with the map open is almost impossible.

Also the turning sound of isn't helping much neither cuz of the framedrops and i can't even hear when i get shot

@Scrable & @stoney-dsp allow me to clarify: I wasn't piloting, I was a passenger. It is the only way to get anywhere far on the game when this problem occurs. As we know, even if we aren't piloting/driving the vehicle, this issue still happens. This work-around, while inconvenient especially for those who even purchased the helicopter DLC (etc).. seems to work, sometimes. It will not fix the issue however.

Try opening the map as soon as you enter the vehicle, this seems to keep the game from killing your FPS when the problem occurs. I also use the feature F1 to lower the sound, if only to dampen the choppy sounds if they occur (which they always do if I do not open the map as soon as I enter the vehicle!). While this doesn't always work, it has more often times than not.

BTW its not only an AMD problem I have an i5 dual core and am having the same issue. Probably has something to do with sound drivers and the game as I have seen many Logitech headset people having this problem.

It a problem of slow singlecore cpus . Somewhere in the middle of this ticket someone uograded his system from a AmD FX to a ryzen boom problem gone.

Well... Nobody will upgrade his CPU(which would also require to buy a new Mainboard as well as new RAM) for just a game.
There are thousands of other games and well... This is taking far too long.

In T124112#1630424, @TheMasterofBlubb wrote:

It a problem of slow singlecore cpus . Somewhere in the middle of this ticket someone uograded his system from a AmD FX to a ryzen boom problem gone.

Why do you keep saying "slow singlecore CPU"?

I have an fx8350. It is not singlecore and not that slow.

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-FX-Series%20FX-8350.html

I think TheMasterofBlubb is referring to my comment in the other ticket:

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T122385#1590839

So, the theory is that the problem is the weak performance (IPC) of each of the cores.
As you can see in that ticket, too, I also used to have the AMD Fx-8350, but not a Logitech Headset but one from Sennheiser.

Ahhh understood. I was just confused about the terminology used. 🙂

as mentioned in my original post, if I use a 7.1 surround speaker system connected to the onboard sound card setup for 7.1 it DOES NOT happen, for me it is something between the CPU and USB connections as I assume everyone here is using a USB type headset? This could be a CPU architecture issue or northbridge issue regarding bandwidth I assume.

however no other game running 7.1 has this issue currently which I own.

any news from the devs on a planned fix?

Not really. The problem is that with a USB headset you CPU is your Sound calculator. Low IPC and a huge load(from arma) cause that problem. If connected to the Soundcard what ever type the Sound Calculator is used there

@razazel Is there any more information on this problem?

Many people are suffering from this issue and cannot play the game properly. Unfortunately, despite this issue being game breaking for many, it's still not listed in "known issues"´here: https://dev.arma3.com/known-issues

This line under AUDIO, is not the same issue: "If you experience stuttering during scenes with a lot of sound effects after the 1.54 update, you can try configuring your Windows sound Default Format to 16 bit, 44100 Hz as a temporary work-around."

Please keep us up to date if possible.

Same issue for me, recently installed a Corsair VOID RGB Wireless 7.1 headset and immediately began having same issue. Game rev 1.72. Only occurs when in 1st person in vehicles.

Please, BI. Please.

I think TheMasterofBlubb has a point. It makes sense that a USB headset relies on CPU. Too bad nobody makes a soundcard for wireless headsets so the load could be transferred. Not that I'm aware of anyway.

For now, I just switch to my local sound card when I know I'm going to be using vehicles.

I think it may also be an AMD issue

Issue still exists

I tried multiple "fixes" from different forums. Right now, after completely deleting logitech's driver (I've been using G430), using 2-channel onboard sound card, issue still exists with 64-bit binary.

AMD-8320, radeon 280, asus m5a97 and windows 7

Still persists for me too, feel like this is getting ignored.

I also have the issue as well, only solution so far is run the game in 32 bit. RIP 16GB Ram

This problem still persists on Update 1.76!

BI don't care pal.

In T124112#1642787, @jimbobstan wrote:

BI don't care pal.

That isn't going to stop me from reporting it!

you can report all you want. After KK left, nobody will read it :(

In T124112#1642788, @BradleyConley wrote:

In T124112#1642787, @jimbobstan wrote:

BI don't care pal.

That isn't going to stop me from reporting it!

No of course not! Sorry I didn't mean to imply that you shouldn't! I've just stopped caring now since the game is unplayable.

Sorry guys, unfortunately it's a very tricky bug and we are still struggling to fix it properly without breaking something else :(

One most important thing I realised was, it persists even with onboard sound card. I've even removed all logitech drivers, tried with onboard card and razer drivers, then I uninstalled razer and tried with normal drivers - all the time there was this issue.

Can confirm this issue is still present on FX machines.
My rig:
Fx 9370
16Gb G.Skill Trident X ram
120gb Samsung ssd
GTX 1080 G1

To combat the issue make sure you are using 32-bit client instead of 64-bit.

32 bit client has inferior performance as well as the 3FPS problem, which glitches the game out completely limits the framerate to 3FPS

Here is another video of the issues. I noticed when flying over water, the issue didn't occur. The video is long and you can probably skip the high altitude part. The last 5-10 minutes show most. Around the 12min area there is some interesting sound position issues.

At 17min there is some visible freezes and then the land vs water issue.

The frames per second are on the bottom right corner. Switch to 1080p to see the drops in FPS.

Will there be a fix soon?

I started seeing this issue after I started using a 7.1 headset, never happened with stereo. I thought it might be caused by some soundmods I had installed, namely JSRS and Enhanced Soundscape, but they have no effect. I also noticed severe audio artifacts and frame drops in towns, not quite as unplayable but definitely noticeable, probably something to do with the buildings and reverb. First person in a vehicle, especially going at a higher speed, consistently brings this problem. Switch to third person and instantly fixed. Does not occur in 32-bit.
System:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
FX-8320 CPU
16GB 1866 Memory
HD 7970 GPU
Patriot Viper V370 7.1 Headset

I have the same issue, crackling sounds and huge sound lags and it doesn't matter if i am in a vehicle or just walking around.
It appeared first around July and now it is even more worse. Reinstalled basicly my whole OS, drivers etc. still nothing.

Tried almost all workarounds, suggestions so far without any luck. The only fix is to use the 32-bit Version.

AMD FX-4100 (yeah its a bit crappy but i never had issues before and after the 64-bit launch - the issue came up around July for me)
Onboard Sound

AMD FX again

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (64bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 or AMD FX 4300 or better
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series with 2 GB > > > VRAM
DirectX®: 11
Hard Drive: 25 GB free space, SSD / Hybrid HDD / SSHD storage
Sound: DirectX®-compatible soundcard

AMD FX Processors are recomended system requirements... One more reason this should be fixed or the Recomended specs should be changed at once.

It hasn't been fixed since over a year now. This gamebreaking bug exists ever since the 64bit version was released.
So, my hopes for the devs actually doing something are quite low. They already have every bit of important information about the setups, as in, Logitech Headset with Surround Soundcard and FX Processor. Yet they do nothing.

Very disappointed in this dev, I guess with time everything turns into a steaming pile of shit.

Too bad, i can't possibly play with 32-bit its so bad - game deinstalled waiting for this update...

PLEASE FIX, The game is almost unplayable at this state....

@mrpacman @Balder
Your hardware specs, please.

When you fix this problem?
I have steelseries siberia v2 3.5(mm) jacks headset and i have this bug
Win 10 Pro 64bit
Memory 16 Gb 1600 Mhz
amd fx-8120 4.5 Ghz
msi 970 gaming motherboard
asus radeon hd7850 GPU
SSD Samsung 850 Evo 250 Gb+HDD 2Tb
it's impossible to play comfortably on 32bit client with 3fps bug, and on 64bit client with 16bit 48000 Gz audio settings

I found a work around for those who can't change the audio format due to the option being greyed out in the properties tab in Windows.

Download and install Voicemeeter Banana:
Voicemeeter Banana

1. After installation reboot your PC. When initialized open Voicemeeter Banana.

http://prntscr.com/htgjzd

2. Click on A1 to choose the output:

https://prnt.sc/htglhv

3. Choose your corresponding audio device in the MME format.

http://prntscr.com/htgmbu

4. Check if the sample was change right below Hardware Out info:

http://prntscr.com/htgns1

5. Choose Voicemeeter aux input as default device in Windows.

This should solve the issue for now. Run the game with the app open. In my case the dafult format is 48000 Hz. However i can't change that under Windows 7 options. This app allowed me to reproduce 44100 Hz as shown in the print screen above. This solved the issue for me and now the stutttering is gone when driving and flying in first person. No stutter when firing from inside a building as well. I hope this solve the issue since BIS is making us waiting on a solution.

Cheers!

EDIT1: This actually works. I've been playing for a couple days now with no crackling sounds on 64bits version of the game. I'm using FX processor as well.

I am having this problem of lag and audio stuttering in vehicles in first-person, but my specs seem different from most other cases.

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Intel Core i7 950 3.07 GHz
12GB Ram
Nvidia 970 GTX 4GB
1TB HDD

My headset is a typical 3.5mm stereo headphones.
My sound device is an ASUS DX Xonar PCI-E sound card with 7.1 virtualization. If I set the audio to 8 channels there is lag, if I set to 2 channels the game is completely smooth, even if I still keep the virtual speaker and Dolby Headphone settings enabled. The problem seems to be based on ARMA not handling sound channels properly.

I included some pictures of the ASUS sound card settings and info, I hope this helps.

This is still a thing as of now, please fix this :(

Hi
same thing here too. The problem also occurs when you're switching to/from the map display ("M" key). The sound is getting clean and loud when displaying the map, but when you're going back to first-person view (in a cockpit) all's become choppy and huge FPS drop occurs.

it is like at some point, ARMA 3 try to apply some "interior" sound effect over something and break everything.

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Version1709 build 16299.125
AMD 9590 950 4.7 GHz
16GB RAM
AMD Radeon 4GB
350 GB SSD disk
All drivers up-to-date

Corsair VOID RGB 7.1 (all latest drivers + firmware for both headset and CUE)

Not to point out the obvious, but the problem still stands. I know this is obviously a very complicated problem as this has taken over a year to try to solve but the least we could get is an update :/ Or at least advise us in whether or not we will have to play 32bit for the remainder of the game's lifetime into ARMA 4

Hey guys can you try the dev and RC build. I yesterday played with a friend and he was sure he had not the bug anymore

In T124112#1671489, @TheMasterofBlubb wrote:

Hey guys can you try the dev and RC build. I yesterday played with a friend and he was sure he had not the bug anymore

I've tested dev build and the problem is still present, but less noticeable. I'd try the RC build but I forgot how to activate it haha

Use Arma3Update182RC as beta code in steam

The issue remains for me in both the RC 1.82.144547 and Dev 1.83.144562 builds.
7.1 USB wireless head set.

It actually seems worse. I was testing out the new LOAL missiles and had a drone positioned above the target area. When in a Rhino, switching to the drone, the game would come to a crawl. I still have the same issue with helicopters also. It is really bad when flying over land and buildings. Switching to on board sound card @ 5.1 works fine. 5.1 or 7.1 with USB or wireless head set becomes unplayable.

This is still an issue for me. Can reproduce it every time with the Razer virtual surround. It does not seem to clash with the windows spatial surround emulation though.
x64 only.

I didn't have this issue for a time now, mainly because I deleted all drivers and went with windows provided ones. And today I've got G933 headset. Guess what - issue persists, 64 bits client hangs after any sounds are played.

Has gotten even worse now for me, using voicemeeter to try and reduce the effects but I get huge fps drops when flying over buildings or just being near buildings on the ground.

Can officially say the only permanant Solution I have found is upgrade of CPU and motherboard .... This is an issue with ARMA3 and Surround Sound using USB emulation with AMD FX Processors.

The exact same problem happens to me. I have an AMD FX-8320 processor. Please BIS solve this.

You know what? This has been going on since back in June. I've got other games to play that don't wreck my ear drums. I'll reinstall when I hear that this issue has been fixed. This game is actually pretty amazing, but I'm not dealing with this.

@razazel some considerable amount of time has passed since you last gave us an update. The issue is sadly still relevant an will very likely also be present in the upcoming Global Mobilization DLC since it shows in Mondkalbs Global Mobilization - Demo Vehicle from the Steam workshop.

Whoever states that cpu upgrade lost his mind. Ryzen here. On 8 threads. It might be cpu sound rendering

And this issue still exists in 2021. Can't play the game in 64bits cuz I can't fly helicopters from inside the cockpit. I can't play the game in 32bits either because it breaks after 30-45 minutes, characters in T pose, 3 fps. Dear arma devs, are you guys really incapable to fix this game?

I had to upgrade my CPU to get away from this. What I found was older AMD CPUs can't handle the load.

My Stuff :
OS: Windows 10 Home

Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8300 Eight-Core Processor

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Roccat 7.1 Elo USB

hope you guys can fix the static sound and maybe lag inside the cockpits?