Frame Rate issue with new graphics card

[Puma44]

Acquired a new microphone (usb), plugged it in, and tested it in the Sound/Recording menu of W7.  It shows green bar movement when spoken into.  I'm not hearing playback when I talk, not sure if it's supposed to.  In game, I still can not get a self test when tuned to myself in channel.  I do see my callsign light up, but no audio.  Same thing in range.  My callsign lights up but, no one hears me.  I have confirmed Windows Firewall is disabled.  Kaspersky has active control of the firewall.  I've checked and confirmed that HighTech/Aces High is allowed through the firewall.  I've checked every menu I can find or think of in Kaspersky, Creative, and Windows and find no instance of the game being blocked or muted. 

Skuzzy, you mentioned UDP earlier.  I checked all of those and confirmed none are blocked.

One bit of good news though.  The new 1070 graphics card is rocking the game with a constant 59-60 with most of the bells and whistles turned on.  Last week, I turned all the graphics card options on and moved all the sliders to Max.  After a short while of stabilizing, the frame rate went up to 59-60 and parked there.  So, that is working great!

[Skuzzy]

The game recognizes the mic or your name would not be showing up when you transmit.  Simply means there could be another firewall in the router causing the problem.

If the router is configured to block asynchronous connections back into your network (which it should be), it would block the VOX traffic.

Are you hearing any VOX traffic?

[Bizman]

Puma, you're not supposed to hear microphone playback unless you've changed that setting. It's muted by default to prevent acoustic feedback, i.e. the increasing banshee howl.

In the game, have you changed the setting in Options>Preferences>Game Sounds>Microphone? It should be INSIGNIA USB MIC Device instead of the Creative SB X-Fi which you still use for playback. I have a feeling that's the only place you haven't checked yet.

The game registers pushing the tangent, so your callsign would light up no matter how off your microphone settings might be. Or even if you had no mic at all, for that matter.

[Puma44]

The game recognizes the mic or your name would not be showing up when you transmit.  Simply means there could be another firewall in the router causing the problem.

If the router is configured to block asynchronous connections back into your network (which it should be), it would block the VOX traffic.

Are you hearing any VOX traffic?

No, I'm not hearing any VOX.  I've got an Apple router.  There's never been that kind of problem with it.  I'll check into that also.  Thanks!

[Puma44]

Puma, you're not supposed to hear microphone playback unless you've changed that setting. It's muted by default to prevent acoustic feedback, i.e. the increasing banshee howl.

In the game, have you changed the setting in Options>Preferences>Game Sounds>Microphone? It should be INSIGNIA USB MIC Device instead of the Creative SB X-Fi which you still use for playback. I have a feeling that's the only place you haven't checked yet.

The game registers pushing the tangent, so your callsign would light up no matter how off your microphone settings might be. Or even if you had no mic at all, for that matter. 

Yes, that was the first place I checked after the Windows test.  The Insignai mic was/is selected.  Thanks again for you help and suggestions Bizman. 

[Skuzzy]

Before you can transmit, you have to be able to hear it.  If you are not hearing it, it will be most likely due to a network issue, such as the blocking of inbound asynchronous UDP connections.

[Puma44]

Before you can transmit, you have to be able to hear it.  If you are not hearing it, it will be most likely due to a network issue, such as the blocking of inbound asynchronous UDP connections.

That's very deep into the "I don't know what I don't know" realm, almost sounds like Greek. 😁  How do I check and resolve that issue?  Thanks Skuzzy!

[Skuzzy]

There are only two points where it should be an issue.  Your computer, via a firewall (by the way, if you have a third party firewall, consider removing it completely from the system), or the router.