Cpu i9 13900 Drop outs

I had similar issues for months and months on my recent build i7 12700K/64G/6TB SSD machine, trying everything mentioned in the various threads to resolve it: see e.g. post in DPC Latency problems

However as Timo00 says, over the past couple of months the recent Intel/Microsoft updates seem to have resolved almost all thread director issues, so I have disabled all the fixes I applied before and got better performance. It is IMPERATIVE to apply all updates IMH (and professional!) Opinion.

BUT! I have just installed a new 12GB graphics card (AMD 6700XT) to replace the inbuilt 12700K graphics because (1) I was having endless issues with Intel ARC and Sonarworks mutually crashing and (2) I wanted more video RAM to support 4 large monitors (and to play some games, cough). To my great surprise my audio performance in Cubase has improved notably since, I can drop to very much lower buffer sizes than with the built in video in use, for in-time overdubs with no audio problems and running 70 + tracks including a lot of VIs. This is not what I expected to happen at all. Is the onboard Intel GPU stealing too many bus cycles? I would have thought that impossible. What could it be?

Whatever, adding the AMD card has in MY case had a major effect. This may not work for others, I am just reporting my experience. I deliberately did not buy an nVidia card on this occasion due to the reported issues… :wink: Also, none of the new nVidia and AMD mid range releases are very tempting, hence the previous model at a keen price while there is stock…

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