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Right now, i've just changed my motherboard and my processor to something way better ... Only one thing though : My father told me that the onboard sound card was better than my old X-FI 24 bits . But since , sounds in my game (in oblivion but also in DiRT for example) have been muffled most of the time . In oblivion, voices (when not speaking directly to someone) , a bunch of combat sounds, footsteps , and a good number of sound effects have been this way, like if a was putting a shirt in front of my speakers . But, sometimes they come back to normal (clear and loud) but it's like 5% of the time.

Do you think i should put my old sound card back in ? Because i never had these kind of problems with it ...

Awaiting your judgement my friends ...

do that. if the problem persits maybe its your speakers.

Update your drivers?

up to date drivers already

I've just tested something ... maybe it's just me but it seems to start when i do a cell change , and the sound is coming back only when i'm changing cell , and when the "loading" is done , it comes back to the "muffled" state ...

EDIT : I came back here to close it up ! I put back my XFI sound blaster , i guess inboard is pure crap whatever the power of the motherboard !