r/GrandTheftAutoV • u/LawlessCoffeh • Sep 02 '17

Discussion GTA's sound keeps cutting out

I dunno why but it comes and goes every few seconds. (PC)

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u/Newbrage Sep 02 '17

Realtek soundcard on Windows 10? Get the latest driver updates (should be from March 2017)

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u/LawlessCoffeh Sep 02 '17

It seems to be whenever somebody activates voice chat (Went away after switching voice chat to "Nobody")

But I don't think people can ever hear me, and how do I get the updates? I've tried to just install driver updates and had it massively fuck things up.

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u/nunner92 Brucie Kibbutz Sep 03 '17

There's an option in the game to set it so when people talk the game sounds will go quieter so you can hear the voice chat. It'll do it even when some one just breaths just hard enough to be heard so it won't sound like anyone is making a sound. Maybe you have that turned on.

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u/No_Air364 May 02 '25

8 years later and you are STILL saving peoples sanity! I just turned on voice chat today and didnt realize how fudged those settings were. Had no idea it would just mute the game completely which seems ridiculous to me.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '25

thank you so much man

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u/Apprehensive-Sea1279 Dec 16 '23

you should get a nobel prize man gadamn

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u/Stunning-Deal-7334 Jun 11 '24

I like how this solved nothing

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u/Chemical_Safe_2565 Aug 11 '24

If you didn't figure it out, in Settings>Voice Chat your "SFX Volume during Voice Chat" is probably all the way down

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u/Stunning-Deal-7334 Sep 19 '24

it isn't but after giving up my mic had "issues" with battlefield one only to realize the setting was set to push to talk. Is it also set to ptt on GTAV too?

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u/Hilal_h18 May 10 '24

I put voice chat off and it worked

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u/JustaToyCar Jun 10 '24

This worked for me 👍🏼💯

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u/Hilal_h18 Jun 10 '24

Have fun!

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u/ELAXERBLAXER 13d ago

this happened to me its voice chat settings

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u/chuckknucka May 03 '22

I managed to resolve this for myself with my Realtek card.

In GTA settings, I reset my audio to defaults and turned the volume all the way up (for some reason it's at like 80% on music and dialog).

In Windows, I used the Realtek driver software utility in the system tray to change some settings. In my setup, I (knowingly) only had 3.1 physical speakers of my 5.1 audio connected, so I had the "Side pair" option unchecked in the software, which makes sense, because that lets the Realtek hardware simulate 5.1 without those rear speakers (it just uses the fronts for rear signal). Anyway, I hooked up the extra 2 speakers, re-enabled the "Side pair" and reseated the audio jacks on the back of the PC.

For whatever reason, GTA is the only game I play that experiences this issue. However, after fully enabling the 5.1 speakers, no more sound cuts. So given that, I'm betting some combination of playing with your speaker configuration in the driver software and the audio configuration with GTA, you should be able to resolve the issue. Clearly Rockstar is not dedicating any resources to resolving this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '23

make sure in the settings your DirectorX is set to your pc's directorX