Audiodg.exe

Hi all,

Since the start of this year I own an Acer 8920G laptop. Playing games (WoW) is almost impossible due to the fact the AudioDG process is kicking in randomly eating loads of processor time and messing up the sound.

I've read several threads about this problem but never saw an actual solution. I am NOT going to disable any sounds effects on my laptop nor am I going to disable my microphone. Imho that's ridicilous.

So, before I sent this laptop straight back to his creator(s), anyone knows a) whats the actual root cause of this problem, and b) anyone knows a solution.

Regards,
L.

 

http://technicallyeasy.net/2009/03/fix-audiodgexe-high-cpu-usage/

Found it on google... You're not disabling 'sound effects' rather just enhancements, which imo are useless. Its stuff like voice cancellation, pitch shift, loudness, and eq, etc.... Which are also in most audio programs (like iTunes & WMP).

FTR, AudioDG is a vista process, not acer, which means you could return the laptop for a completely different brand and still endup with the same issue.

 

... just tried what's mentioned in the link. It removed the whole sound experience from World of Warcraft. So, that 'fix' is a no go.

 

Ecnomar, if you did a little bit of searching here on NBR, you'd have found the many posts I made regarding audiodg.exe eating up CPU time. And I found that it's not audiodg.exe that's at fault - it's that my CPU was downclocking due to a thermal alert, and was struggling to keep everything going at once, audiodg included.
Try undervolting your CPU using the guide here on NBR and see if that helps.

 

It was not CPU downlocking or anything, just that audiodg.exe eating like 10-15% CPU and stripping FPS to about half normal.
But I found the reason why it happens, at least on my lappy.
How to diagnose you've got the same problem as me?
Run the game, play it for a while and wait for audiodg to start ting your CPU. Alt-tab from the game, go to Sound->Recording Devices. Right click on the microphone, go to Mic Extensions/Enhancements (or sth like that) and... disable DSDA2 (or DSDA3) (Andrea Filter that's responsible for sound beam forming and... voila! audiodg's not taking any CPU now! lol, I have no idea why that happens, but I will surely investigate it.
Cheers!

EDIT: I made a video with it if anyone's interested >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoTchl9jPHE

 

Well. It is interesting that you have a special solution for it.
But AS 8920G is almost same build as 6920G. Tehsuigi known this well. It is not the audiodg.exe fault.
Basically, 8920G turns slow and lag while gaming is due to CPU throttles which is same as 6920G.

You also need to know the ACER is not responsible for this stupid problem, http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=393881

Important note for you, you can try this FIX, but this is not a permanent fix. This method is the BEST after all and work for almost everyone.
You need to download RightMark Clock (RMClock).
It is very hard to explain it all over again(I repeat this stuff many times in this forum).
I will provide the useful link for you to read yourself.
So far, this is the BEST solution and workable for almost everyone.

Official download link and guide for RMClock, http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmclock.shtml#rmclock

Guide on "how to use RMClock to solve this annoying slowdown processor problem",
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=374850
Please do read all.

 

Another difference - the 6920G uses a Realtek audio codec, not IDT. Nor do we have Andrea filters.

 

WOW! You're pointing out a difference that is very hard to notice.
I think undervolt is needed rather than kill the audiodg.exe process.

 

Well I have a HP Pavilion, not an Acer, so... whatever