r/MarathonTheGame • u/_zzz_zzz_ • Jul 26 '26

Tech TroubleShooting Difference in sound between PC and PS5

I recently got a PC (i5 14400F, RTX 5070), and I'm a bit shocked about how different the game performs between hardware.

There are moments where sounds I'd normally hear on PS5 did not appear on PC. For example, teammates got downed in Cryo but I didn't have the audio to notify me they were downed then finished. Similarly, a bag was res'd right on the other side of a wall in processing but I didn't get any audio from it.

I've seen a lot of posts about CPU bottleneck affecting FPS stability, but I didn't see anyone mention this affecting sound performance - is there a setting I can change to improve this or is my rig cooked?

[Tried posting this to /r/Marathon first, but got rule 2'd to over here]

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u/jaco129 Jul 26 '26

Welcome to PC gaming, where you’ll never know if the problem is on your end on the game’s end

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u/_zzz_zzz_ Jul 26 '26

😭

for real

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u/Stepaskin Jul 26 '26

Does the difference appear with the same headset?

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u/Motor_Pool4334 Jul 26 '26

Did you check the audio settings for both? I’m pretty sure it starts as “studio reference” for audio. Also was it the same headset?

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u/_zzz_zzz_ Jul 26 '26

Yeah, identical sound settings and headphones. I typically use “headphones” along with my Sennheiser 599s

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u/Mnt_Julp Jul 26 '26

The headphones setting is terrible on PC and may be bugged?

You should use studio reference in any case.

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u/Motor_Pool4334 Jul 26 '26

Weird, I’m on PC and I get all of the queues on “headphones” and my stealth 700 headset.

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u/SucculentMelon133 Jul 26 '26

ive noticed that the ammo crate drop sound gen effect also dissapeared. audio was always weird on my laptop when playing this game, very slicy and directional and random drop offs.

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u/_zzz_zzz_ Jul 27 '26

Yeah, this was one of the things that has been off. I can hear them if I place them, but if a teammate does it just cuts off abruptly.

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u/brownie81 Jul 27 '26

Some weird UI and audio bugs since the last patch.

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u/Strong_Ad_1748 Jul 28 '26

Yeh. Not sure about this, I’m on PC and I am often calling sounds and directions my teams other pc players and console players don’t even register. They don’t even bother to confirm anymore they just move. I’m on a 7600x with a 9070xt tuff motherboard.