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[Archived] Realtek(R) audio sound delay

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Who001
Does anyone know how to get rid of audio delay in Realtex(R) sound drivers? I tried following the solutions in this reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/osugame/comments/4eagd4/psa_figured_out_how_to_completely_eliminate_sound/ but switching to the generic driver muted my sound. Is there a way to change my audio driver? Would I have to get a different sound card? I currently have at least 50 ms of audio delay and it makes the game unplayable with hitsounds. It also increases my reaction time to sounds in other games.

Also, does anyone know a reliable way to measure sound delay? I've been using the calibration tool in dance of ice and fire and calculating the average and standard deviation over 10 runs using excel but I was hoping there'd be a better way. I also tried using this tool: https://nullvoxpopuli.github.io/latency-tester/ but I couldn't get consistent results. Are there any ways to do that in osu? I haven't been able to use the the calibration wizard because it relies on hitsounds - which are also delayed - and relies on human judgement as to whether the video/audio is in sync - when I want to test it against my input. Ideally there'd be a map where I could just play 20 or so quarter notes in a row and it would tell me my average offset at the end, but I haven't been able to find any maps like that besides the tutorial. Ideally I'd like a map that's faster and shorter.

Thanks in advance for all the help, I was working on fixing sound delay for several hours the other day and couldn't make any progress.
Blushing
Are you using any sound enhancements? I've never heard of a delay this large with Realtex(R). Make sure there arent any abnormal settings, using wired headphones, and have no sound enhancements going on before uninstalling and reinstalling the sound driver.

Also might help to make sure that you aren't running anything in the background.
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Who001
I disabled sound enhancements and used DVD quality and that changed my delay from around 80 ms to 50 ms. I'm currently working on a program which will help me better quantify and verify my sound delay.
BillCipher74
https://www.minitool.com/news/stop-win-10-from-automatically-installing-realtek-drivers.html

I followed way 1 of this guide yesterday and my audio delay was resolved. Let me know if you still have issues after you try this :)
You can DM me on osu or discord if you need further help since I don’t usually use the forums.

Edit: I just reread the post and you might’ve already tried using the the audio driver the guide I linked says. Go ahead and try it anyway and if it doesn’t work I should have an alternative.
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