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    Hello All

    I have a HPdm3 Laptop with an AMD Neo X2 1.60GHz and 4gig of RAM running Windows 7 64bit

    On said Laptop I am running Traktor Pro 1.2.4 and a NI Audio 2 Soundcard with a M-audio X-Session Pro

    Now for my question.

    If I take the latency settings any lower than Midi 3ms and Audio 17ms I get a lot of popping and cracking and the CPU Monitor is going crazy up and down.
    At the moment I am running the Latencies at 3ms and 32ms with no popping at all but the CPU monitor is still going over the halfway mark

    Is this normal?

    I was wondering if there is a one hit fix, like a little programme I have on my desktop computer called "Game Booster" that turns off unnecessary stuff whilst I am gaming.

    Alternatively, I think I recall a guide I read many moons ago re manually turning stuff off, but cannot seem to locate it?

    Hope that made sense

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    even bigger latency. try going to 25
    try keeping the laptop cool if its getting hot too
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    Do you use Game Booster while your running Traktor? If not you should.
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    You are on the right track with gamebooster mate. thats all i do before booting up traktor. I ran at around 40ms on the pc with no issues the old story, just bring the latency back till the popping starts then ease it back a little.
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    he mentioned gamebooster already 'jojo ol buddy ;p
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    Quote Originally Posted by JesterNZDJ View Post
    he mentioned gamebooster already 'jojo ol buddy ;p
    he was saying its good that he has it, but is he using it
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    Thank you for the help people

    Before I had read these replys, I used a latent checker and kept seeing these nasty massive red spikes on the graph with nothing running on the laptop at all.
    I then disabled Onboard sound, Wifi and a couple of Bluetooth drivers which have made a massive difference.
    I am running at the default medium settings for the Audio 2 and so far so good.
    I will get Game Booster going tonight as well as these settings and see how far I can go.

    I will let you know

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    Firstly update Traktor to 1.2.6, but the other thing I would suggest is to make sure you're using the Audio 2 with ASIO drivers. Windows' on board sound management is very inefficient.
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    Yep, I am running the ASIO drivers.

    Is it worth updating? I only like to do so if nessecary an if proven bug freeish

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    yeah. update to 2.6
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