Crackling game sound with WinXP

My new computer is using WinXP with some fancy new hardware:
(ASUS P5N32-E 680i SLI with SoundMax and two NVIDIA video cards)
(Intel Core 2 Duo)
(3 low-noise fans)

BUT... some of my favorite WinXP games spit out crackling audio... This
never happened on my older WinXP computer with a Pent4 chip and one video
card.

Is this new hardware part of my game sound problem?

Windows Media Player works just fine with no sound issues.... so I am
confused!

RockySquirrel wrote:
> My new computer is using WinXP with some fancy new hardware:
> (ASUS P5N32-E 680i SLI with SoundMax and two NVIDIA video cards)
> (Intel Core 2 Duo)
> (3 low-noise fans)
>
> BUT... some of my favorite WinXP games spit out crackling audio... This
> never happened on my older WinXP computer with a Pent4 chip and one video
> card.
>
> Is this new hardware part of my game sound problem?
>
> Windows Media Player works just fine with no sound issues.... so I am
> confused!
>

Are you running the latest version of your respective audio drivers?

Audio drivers are up to date... that is part of the mystery...