You mention that your sounds are choppy. I have installed DirectX 9.0c, and now all of the sounds in my games, but only games(not music or anything else), is all screwy. It is scratchy, it jumps and skips, and it is pure gayness. Does anyone have any idea how to help me here? I can't use my new 5.1 speakers because the sound is screwed up. I will also point out that this is only with my speakers, not my USB headset.