Xi-FI Stuttering audio issue.

I upgraded my computer sometime back to the following spec.
Intel Quad core CPU - Q9450
4gb of ram
Gigabyte P35-DS3P (Intel) motherboard
Running Vista 32bit Ultimate
I decided to use my existing Audigy Fatality card in it
When I first set it up, I noticed an odd problem with the sound
When playing music on the PC, after about an hour or more of usage, the sound would begin to stutter and it would even effect the mouse' movement, to.
For some reason that problem went away (I have no idea how heh)
Two days ago it started again, same problem as before, but this time it's effecting games I play (it crashes the actual game when the stuttering starts)
I read on another forum that it's caused by either bad drivers, or the motherboards bios, so I updated both the drivers and BIOS, to no effect
I also read about it being a problem with latency on the PCI Bus (or something) so recorded the latency before and during a game and sure enough, the bargraph that shows latency was red during the period where I noticed the stuttering and skipping mouse/graphics
Bargraph here - http://www.uoforums.com/adam/latncy.jpg
Any advice would be appreciated.

Hi Ben,
The docking module is an upgrade kit (optional extra), you can see the package contents here:
http://us.creative.com/products/prod...ackageContents.
The docking module is here:
http://us.creative.com/products/prod...55&product=674
Cat

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