Comments on: Fix: Audiodg.exe High CPU Usage

By: Fabian Lewis

Fabian Lewis — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:13:50 +0000

Also want to express my kudos to you for saving me from this frustrating experience!
I was now ready to stop ALL my work, and dig in to the system UNTIL I would find the solution to this problem. So I started w google and came to this your information… saved me a LOT of time.
For reference: Acer Aspire Timeline 4810TZ, Realtek Chipset, Win7. Audiodg had around 18-22% utilization.
Now turned off “Dolby headset” feature (as enhancement) resulting in 6-8%.
Turing of all enhancements puts me at 4-5%.

By: nemesis423a

nemesis423a — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:49:18 +0000

TTTHHHAANNKKSSS AA LOOOT really, really A LOT.. i was ready to hit a new cpu cuz i instaled some new games and programs and i was thinkg that was the cause of the slow behaivor of my pc, now its normal the diferences its a reduce of 30 % of the volume of all aplication on mi pc but thats dosnt care because i have outside power audio enhancement. THANKS AGAIN and excuse my english.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:06:33 +0000

I’m having the same problem, but i have a creative x-fi fatality sound card. disabling the enhancements does not do anything. I’ve tried to reinstall drivers an such, but it doesnt help. please help?

By: Mateo

Mateo — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:19:41 +0000

ok guys,
i half take back my previous comment… after reading this article and “fixing” the overloading of audiodg.exe, it kept bothering that I had to turn off the enhancements… after doing lots of research it turned out…. :::drum roll:::

it is the drivers…

the default Win7/Vista drivers for my realtek integrated audio were the caused of the audiodg CPU high load. I went to Realtek, downloaded the latest drivers, installed and now all my enhancements play happy with my computer.

This might not fix your problem but it did mine.

By: fahrer4184

fahrer4184 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:02:50 +0000

Excellent tip! Now I can get work done on my netbook while listening to music simultaneously, instead of one or the other. What’s even funnier… the music actually sounds BETTER to me without the enhancements. W7 can take audiodg.exe and shove it!

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:10:50 +0000

I usually increase the bass using the soundcard’s equalizer instead of using audiodg.exe, or if my speakers support it, increasing the bass on my speakers.

By: Mateo

Mateo — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:21:57 +0000

audiodg.exe was driving me crazy… I didn’t understand why it kept taking 20-40% of CPU. well disabling enhancements fixed everything. I only had the volume boost on but it is very rare when i need it.

FYI. I was playing WMP inside Internet Explorer 8 and after 10-15 minutes of streaming it would “stutter” and wouldn’t stop until I turned off the wireless.

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:22:02 +0000

Hey man thanks for this!
It also turns out my headset works better in the black slot then the green.
I now have little to none splutters and the lag has gone!
I think..

By: xapubg

xapubg — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:25:04 +0000

Yes it solve the problem by disabling all audiu effects including equalizer’s.
So my 2000 euro notebook has no bass boost , thing i prefer cpu usage and better sound quality
P.S. I don’t expirience the lag in movies only CPU usage is 25-30% but if I only wach movie it’s not a problem.
P.P.S. sory for my english

By: akimsensei

akimsensei — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:52:30 +0000

hi guys, thanks a lot for the tips above. very helpful.