Battlefield 2 huge sound Issue!Creative statement plea

Hi guys..
I had once this problem with the DVD playback if some can remember...i couldnt find any solutions so i formatted my system...then reinstalled everything and look there...wow extrem powerful sound,clean and crisp!!! Awesome **bleep**!
GTA San Andreas is working fine, now since 2 days i have Battelfield 2 and there is an enourmous sound issue...you play the game a bit..all of a sudden(before fluent gameplay,no problem)sounds start to stuck alot when you listen to the guy talking to its like hes talking in slow motion and the whole sound starts to get grazy...and the performance drops then down to a level where the game is just not playable...me friend has this game 2 and gues what he has the same problem and last guess...he has an audigy 2...suprised?
If anyone knows this problem and know how to fix it pls let me know...
and i would like to hear from creative a statement if this is their fault or ea's?
All other games run supreme,i mean that in the soundish way.
thx in advance

I had the same problem with the radio in my game. Turn it from hardware to software mode in the audio options. You'll still get good sound, but it might run a bit slower, as it uses more memory.

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    Depending on what you've got Settings > General > Use Side Switch To set to (mute or rotation lock), then you can mute notifications by the switch on the right hand side of the iPad, or via the taskbar : double-click the home button; slide from the left; and it's the icon far left; press home again to exit the taskbar. The function that isn't on the side switch is set via the taskbar instead : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4085

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